Chapter 65
Third-Person Narrative.
“You were supposed to be working for me; I brought you back here to this pack where you were shamefully banished,” Gwen’s father ranted to Lucia.
When Lucas Amel planned his little invasion, he had completely forgotten all about Lucia and how mischievous she could be.
She had released his hand from its frozen position, but he was unable to move from his standing position.
Lucia also broke free the chains that were tied around Derrick’s hand and neck.
As soon as Derrick regained his freedom, he was quick to put the chains around Lucas Amel’s hands, legs, and neck.
“It’s surprising that you still believe that I am that old, greedy witch, Anesi,” she said with a mocking chuckle.
Just then, Gina came out to see what was happening, and Lucas couldn’t help but flinch at her.
“You are Anesi; you only transformed yourself as we mutually agreed; you had just one job, and you failed woefully,” Lucas said confidently to Lucia.
“Sorry to disappoint you, I am not Anesi, but I must confess the old witch truly deserves what she got from the one she was brewing up to become just like her,” she said.
“What are you talking about?” he questioned, looking a little lost.
“The fact that Anesi was murdered by her over-ambitious apprentice the same night you visited her and asked her to kill the slave girl so that your daughter could become the Luna,” Lucia said, and this revelation made Gina gasp surprised.
“I was only fighting for what was rightfully ours; the prophecy clearly stated that my daughter would one day be mated to the triplet alphas, and I wasn’t going to sit back and let a nobody steal my daughter right,” Lucas Amel said defensively.
“Even if you have to kill your flesh and b***d?” Lucia questioned him, obviously repulsed at Lucas Amel’s utterances.
“What are you talking about?” Lucas Amel questioned, once again at a loss for words.
“I am talking about the fact that the child you have been fighting and killing everyone for is not your child,” Lucia said to Gwen’s father.
“You witch, you think you can manipulate me with your lies. Gwen is my daughter, and I know this because I was there when she was born. I have been the one taking care of her right from when my mate died during childbirth,” Lucas said proudly.
“Your mate did not die during childbirth; you murdered your mate, and I, in turn, took your mistress,” Lucia said to him.
“What are you talking about?” Lucas was completely surprised as to how Lucia came to know about that information.
Of course, he very well knew what she was talking about, but the fact that he had never told anyone that dark secret of his made it even more puzzling for him.
“I was there that night when you lured your mate into your room, you raped her, and you locked her up in your dungeon, simply because she was an omega.
You could have just rejected her and let her look for someone else to be happy with, but you were afraid that she was going to tell people about your bond.
So, you tortured and raped her every day for three months until she became too weak for you to abuse. Even when you came to know that she was pregnant, that didn’t stop your rain of doom on the poor girl.
Every night she would cry, and not only her tears reached out to me, but also the silent tears of the baby you had implanted in her womb. As much as I love not to interfere in your people’s affairs, I just couldn’t resist coming to help her. I deliberately made her look wretched before you while secretly nourishing her and her baby. I knew there was no way you were going to let her go; you deliberately starved her with the hope of finding her dead one day.
You were afraid that your alpha mistress, who was already pregnant at that time, would leave you if she found out, and you were determined to conceal the secret.
So, I disguised myself and told your mistress your secrets, and instead of rebuking you, she conspired with you to kill your mate.
The day your mistress was to give birth happened to be the same day your mate gave birth. Your mate gave birth to a healthy, beautiful alpha wolf, according to what I had planned for her. I made your mate fall into a deep sleep while I carried the baby that I had helped her deliver and brought her to the palace, where your mistress was receiving all the attention and treatment of a VIP. I had planned to kill her baby so you both could raise the child of your mate. But, on getting there, I realized that your mistress’s baby was not yours; she had given birth to an omega. Unknown to you, she had an omega lover while she was with you, and since she couldn’t tell the father of the child, she was rejected by her omega lover, who feared what you might do to him. To cover up her shame, she pimped the baby to you, and you accepted with pleasure. I realized that karma was already waiting for you at your doorstep, and to intensify your pain, I killed your mistress while you were busy killing your mate at home. But I still had one problem, and that was the fact that I had yet to decide what to do with the baby.
Your baby.
Just then, another set of tears reached out to me.
It was that of a mother who had just lost her child during birth, so I took the alpha baby and exchanged it with the dead baby, after which I erased everyone’s memory, so your child grew up with her omega family, while you were busy nursing a bastard, a greedy one at that,” Lucia said to Lucas Amel.
“What are you saying?” Lucas questioned himself as his heart broke at Lucia’s words.
“You very well understand what I was talking about; the child that you so much loved and would kill the world for is nothing but an omega, a bastard omega, born to you by your cheating alpha mistress,” she replied.
“You are lying,” Lucas Anel growled out in pain. Never would he have believed that his beloved alpha had cheated on him and that Gwen was not his logical doctor.
“You can choose to believe whatever you want; he is all yours. You can take him to the dungeon and have him pay for the sin he has committed,” Lucia said to Derrick along with the other warriors who had joined the conversation.
Lucas Amel’s mind is thrown into both confusion and misery as the thought that he had been training an omega repulsed him.
“It’s not true, Gwen is my daughter,” he continued growling while the warriors took him away to the dungeon.
She was about to walk away when she remembered the soldiers were still under her spell.
“She turned to look at them. You should go back to your pack and tell your alpha that you lost the battle and that Lucas Amel betrayed you all,” she said to them, and they all chorused.Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.
“Yes, ma,” and began heading out of the palace.
“Who are you?” Gina, who had been watching in total awe, questioned Lucia.
Lucia turned to look at her with a beautiful smile.
“I am the reason you don’t remember anything that bastard did to you; I am the reason your mate is not limping with a broken leg; and I am the reason you are alive today with a beautiful family that loves you dearly,” Lucia said to her in a faint voice.
“Then who am I?” Gina questioned, her voice breaking from her unshed tears.
“You are who you are, Gina, and above all, you are the future of this pack, I am so sorry that you have to go through all that you have been through, I just wanted you to understand the plight of the weak and helpless,” Lucia said to Gina.
“Am I the baby in your story? Is this evil man my father?” Gina questioned as tears rained down from her eyes.
“You are smart, Gina; what do you think?” Lucia asked while quietly touching her forehead.
Flashes of when Lucia led her out of the house flickered through her mind, up to when she found herself in Lucas Amel’s house.
Slowly, Gina could remember everything that happened at Lucas Amel’s house, and the realization made her cry even more.
Derrick pulled her into his arms and gently pat her back while she cried on his shoulders.