Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

34. Alpha Tristan's POV (1)

ALPHA TRISTAN'S POV

"You left and rejected me, Aurelia. How could-"

Raiden's words echoed in my mind as I strolled back to the apartment he made available for reasons I didn't know back then. I'd asked myself why he was acting nice and suspicious but it wasn't until now that I got my answers.

I heard every word, starting with Raiden's claim... starting with how he called her Aurelia instead of Lia as she told me that day in my special hospital room where she delivered her babies... Raiden's babies, I supposed.

I might not have heard every word because I just happened to stumble into the duo but I heard enough to justify the roaring flame of anger underneath my skin. I heard enough to make me understand that I'd been a fool for almost six years. She lied to me. She deceived me. She played me for a fool.

Despite the grace I showed her and her kids? Hell! I provided her with a place to stay, a home, a pack, a family, and a new life because I thought she was from a dead place. That dead place. She made me believe that she was special. No, she's actually special. Special enough to make me spare her life that night. Special enough to fool me.

"She didn't fool you, Tris. She never lied to you." My wolf, Dolf, came to Lia's defense.

Lia... That wasn't even her real name.

"Aurelia. Lia. Connect the dots, Tristan. She told you a part of her name because she didn't want to be reminded of this place and that asshole. He broke her." Dolf has always liked Lia even before I discovered how special she was.

My wolf was the reason I didn't have Lia killed when she stumbled into my pack but her unique abilities were why I let her stay in my pack. Why I gave her a home.

"Just like she told me part of the truth." I seethed, contemplating going into the apartment even though the building was right before me. I wouldn't want to go in with the fury rocking my body because I wouldn't want to act rashly, snap Lia's neck, and ruin everything I've worked for.

She played me but I still needed her alive.

weren't focused on your selfish plans, Tristan. You'd have investigated even before now but you didn't not even after

fighting against myself every day. Dolf has different principles and priorities while my priority was simple- Get my revenge by destroying Raiden's family and becoming the authority everyone in the realm bows to- and every principle I hold

the same words he had been telling me for the past fifteen years. I growled, "How do I heal a heart that has been ripped out of me by the Flockhart of this same

"Tristan, You can't-"

I can

and piss me off even more. I blamed the

took my family away from me... they took everything I loved and forced a fifteen years old boy to have his first shift

torturous pain that usually

accompanied the first shift.

wasn't allowed to grow

painful past back into the deep dark box at the depth of my mind and locking it up because plans were in place and dwelling in

tonight because

on

crucial to the success of my fifteen-year-long plan but only started falling in place with

of Lia in

Pack is known for its rich resources

after

before the front door, I took a deep breath to keep my emotions under control. Losing control had never been an

the doorknob, pushing the door open, "She told you a part of her name because she didn't

Lia wasn't to be blamed. I brought this upon myself but this is good. Raiden wanted Lia back but she hated him. I could use that

good," I smirked, stepping into the building to call Louis for a meeting but I came face to face with my secret weapon who just made my plan easier to execute just by

gasped, her voice thick with shock, "Alpha