Rejected, And Became A Heiress

Chapter 35

It's going to change everything.

The knowledge sits like a boulder in my stomach, weighing me down.

Being Alpha King requires keeping lots of secrets for the good of the pack.

But this is different.

...This is family.

This is the first step in righting a wrong from almost thirty years ago.

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The Arbun family, to which I belong, is the alpha family of Pack Bloody Moon, a family line where every member is red-haired wolf.

There's a legend that many years ago, our ancestors met goddess under the red moon. The goddess bestowed upon the Arbuns' hair the color of the red moon, as well as unparalleled talents... But that's not the focus of today.

Including myself, there are currently six sons and one daughter in the Arbun family-except for Lilia, all my brothers are exceptionally talented.

Me, Landon, Richard, Aiden, Ryan, Colin...

We are all red hair.

Something feels off when I walk into the room and see my brothers Aidan, Ryan, and Colin in the corner, huddled together deep in discussion.

"What's this?" I ask, approaching the group.

Aidan has a small photograph of Cara in his hand. Colin has handcuffs in his.

Handcuffs?!

Ways Aidan

up to no good.

I pull Aidan backwards, spinning him to face me. "What are you up to now?" Somehow it's up to

"Just trying to help my sister out," Aidan replies, his eyes shifting to his twin, Ryan.

Aidan stands up straighter trying, unsuccessfully, to match my taller height.

"We're not gonna hurt her or anything, honest." Ryan says, trying to smooth things over, holding his palms up. "We're just gonna keep her out of the way, is all."

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I growl at all three. "Looks like I called this meeting not a moment too soon."

My brother Landon strides into the room in a flurry, "What's thi all about, Eamon? I was having a nice chat with DarkWood's muscum director, and I'd like to return as soon as possible. She said she was interested in seeing some of my paintings-" "You'll have time to network as soon as I'm finished, Landon." I roll my eyes at him.

"Trust me, you'll want to hear this." Richard tells them as he closes the door behind himself.

The four brothers all shoot Richard a curious look before facing back to me, their oldest brother. Their Alpha King.

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"Richard and I performed genetic testing-"I begin.

Aidan lets out an exasperated sigh, "Don't tell me-testing on Lila, right?! Not this again, Eamon. Nanny already showed us those results; she's our sister, get over it."

"Those results were incomplete." Richard replies simply.

four brothers

means?"

father's daughter..." Richard

told you! Quit wasting our time." Aidan crosses his arms over

our mother's."

""WHAT...?!"

the brothers

me with wide eyes, except Richard who is scanning the others' faces, observing

dead silent for a few moments

"That's impossible!"

"No way!"

"How?!"

news they were expecting. "Father and Nanny had an affair spanning most of our childhood. Lilia is the product of that affair." I say keeping my tone

all staring off, mulling over the idea in their minds. I can almost see the wheels turning in each

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went missing?" He's trying to

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went missing," 4-correct him. "Lilia merely showed up at a

I approach

the photograph of Cara that remains in his hands. A small smile hits my lips as I look at Cara's face and see my mother's eyes and flame

them all to see and repeat, "Our sister went missing." I point to the photo of

onto the floor with a loud clang as if they'd burned his

at Cara's features. "Well,

sees the similarities

upset, "We'll all be damned for the part we've played

snorts, "Speak for yourself. You all know I

important right now." I sharpen my tone. I

deep in another pack's territory, and I've just unveiled a gigantic revelation

about to form.

be DarkWood's problem soon enough. We are NOT," I make hard eye contact with Aidan, "going to make a scene to disrupt this wedding."

this ceremony. We keep this just between us. We find Cara, and we take her home." I look at each of my brothers, ensuring they understand the plan.

""...For mom."I say.

Another silence fell.

will," Colin says

us, but usually besides me, the most mature

thankful my Beta had managed to get

are watching as I make two more attempts to

What happened to her...?

King, it'd draw too much attention if

we've got to

Before Cara gets hurt.

possibility I'd

explain it, but I've got a bad feeling about all of the above. Lilia never goes down without a fight. I'd bet money that Lilia has enlisted help in her quest to get Cara

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snap

in case. If anyone asks, say you got an

"You don't think she'd be

really think you three were the only people she schemed

on their faces is all the response I need before continuing. "We all know what she's capable of... What she can be like when her

than a few tales of Lila's temper

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to start. I just hope we find Cara before

Chapter 23

Alaric's POV

almost here. I'm about to