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Darius
The woman was that sick. She could not tell the difference between a legitimate child and a bastard.
Jenny said it was time for her to raise the matter in the council. Kapa Blake and Brian Melvick were there when she made all those statements: they didn’t believe her, of course, and saw her as a mad woman threatening my life. She also came with her guards for reasons best known to her.
“It all happened so fast. She was leaving and said she would get you off your seat and end the Hand line with the amount of evidence she had. Knowing she always made good on her threats, I knew I could not let her go. So I attacked; likewise, her men attacked my men, but we had the upper hand.
She stabbed me with the silver switch knife she always had on her, and Brian Melvick helped me end her. Of course, my men killed her men, and they got scared because they had killed a high council member, so I told them what they would say before I passed out,” She said, and I placed my hand on her thigh. She looked at me, and her eyes looked light. It must have been a burden.
“You know my secret, Darius; please do not hate me and do not tell Abelardo any of this. He would never understand. He loved his father blindly,” she said, pleading with me, and I nodded and hugged her.
She cried in my arms, and I could only imagine the amount of pain she was in.
She had no choice but to strike.
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Jenny was not going to back down. I had read the woman’s journals. She was sick and rotten to her core. It was good riddance.
“Please, Darius, Melvick and his men meant well, do not let them suffer; they believe they were protecting our family from a mad woman,” She pleaded. I told her to calm down, patting her back gently.
“It is okay, mother, your secret is safe with me,” I said, and she broke the hug and stared into my eyes to be sure I had just said what I said.
“What about Zora? She likes digging and …” She said with genuine fear in her eyes, and I shook my head and held her hands that were shaking so she could be calm.
“Zora was the one that figured it out, mother,” I said, and there was horror in her eyes.
“She hid the evidence from everyone and only let me in on it. She
protected your secret, mother. She knew it would hurt you, our baby and me, and she kept it,” I said, and tears fell freely from her eyes.
“I am grateful, Darius. Tell her I am grateful..” she said, crying. She was relieved.
“Zora, please join me in my mother’s room,” I linked my mate. I needed my mother to believe that Zora was on her side because I could feel she was conflicted.
I held my mother, and there was a knock on the door.
My mother broke the hug and wiped away her tears while Zora walked in.
My mother looked at me and then looked at Zora.
She went on her knees to plead to my mate. Clasping her hands together, she wept and begged.
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“Please, Zora, do not expose me. I am begging you. I had no choice..” she said, and Zora rushed to her and held her. She knelt and hugged my mother.
“Your secret is safe with me, Luna. We will burn all the evidence and never speak of it again,” Zora assured her.
I was glad Zora was the one that found the evidence. I did not think Marcel or Raphael would want to hurt my mother, but their mothers might feel differently about it. I watched as Zora held my mother while she wept on her knees.
It was a secret she had carried and lived in fear at the mercy of Jenny, the psycho. I hoped for all our sakes it was over. It was a relief, but we still had unanswered questions.
Who was working against my family? It was either the entire council, some people or someone on the council, David or Jenny’s bastard.
I realised that Hardy was innocent all along, and I had to try to find a way to calm the situation down and have a treaty with the south to avoid any more problems. There was also the issue of him being fated to Zora. Although she rejected him, he was too hopeful for him to let go like that He would always blame me for his loss, even if he respected and accepted the rejection.
I watched Zora comfort my mother.
We left her room together and returned to our bedroom.
“We need to destroy all the evidence, so it does not get into the wrong hands,” Zora said, going through the files.
“Anything that points to the bad blood between them, Jenny’s Sagemail, the letter to the south and the correspondence about the letter must be destroyed. I am thinking of burning it in the bathroom,” She said, and I frowned. Although we had electronic heaters in our rooms, there was a
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fireplace in the common room that we could use to burn the evidence.
“Why would you want to burn it in the bathroom when we can use the fireplace in the common room?” I asked, and she shook her head.
“Someone can walk into the common room and notice we are burning papers. No one would notice if we burn them in the bathroom bit by bit until they are all gone,” She explained, and I understood and agreed with her.
“So, what is our next move?” She asked me.
“After we are done burying her secret, we must look closely at everyone on the council. Investigate them while I search for David.” I told her, and she nodded and searched the documents to separate them.
I doubt David could help with anything, but I needed him to know I wasn‘ t hunting him.
I needed to investigate and find Jenny’s child. Meanwhile, we had to prep for the games. It would start in two weeks.
While we were figuring all these things out, it was best we figured out what to wear for the ball and prepare for the games to keep up
appearances.
Jenny might have led to a dead end regarding the pending mutiny, but it opened a lot of things that were hidden from us. The new knowledge that we gained would help us in our future decision–making.
Zora and I searched through the documents for two hours, and once we had separated the evidence against my mother from the others. I took them to the bathroom to burned them one at a time.
I sat by the window in the bathroom with a metal trash can and started burning the papers. I could not let Zora do this because of her condition. I wanted her and our baby to be healthy and well. She was everything to
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me, and she knew it, which was why she respected my decision and did not argue with me!
