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.

brothers say in

means?"

father's daughter..." Richard

wasting our time." Aidan crosses his arms over his

not our mother's." I

""WHAT...?!"

the brothers

except Richard who is scanning the others' faces, observing their

for a few

"That's impossible!"

"No way!"

"How?!"

what. But I know this is certainly not the 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 business-like. The news is sure to be shocking enough,

over the idea in their minds. I can almost see the

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first. "But... Lilia... went missing?" He's trying to process the

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

I approach

grab the photograph of Cara that remains in his hands. A small smile hits my

and repeat, "Our sister went missing." I point to the photo

the floor with a loud clang as if

closer at Cara's features. "Well, I'll

on his own face as he sees the similarities between Cara and the

very upset, "We'll all be damned for the part

"Speak for yourself. You all know I never liked

I sharpen my tone. I need to

just unveiled a gigantic

about to form.

Aidan, "going to make a scene to disrupt this

us. We find Cara, and we take her home." I look at each of my brothers, ensuring they understand the plan. "We'll figure everything else out later.

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

Another silence fell.

will," Colin

me, the most mature Mom's death

dial Cara's number; thankful my Beta had managed to get it for me. The line rings and rings

more attempts to call with no success.

What happened to her...?

look around, thinking through a plan. I can't leave. As Alpha King, it'd draw too much attention if I left now. And I wouldn't even know where to look in DarkWood

we've got to do something

Before Cara gets hurt.

a possibility I'd rather not

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

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snap

in case. If anyone asks, say

raises his eyebrows in surprise. "You don't think she'd be

know Lilia. Do you really think you three were the only people she

before continuing. "We all know what she's capable of... What she

nod all around. Each of us has more than a few tales of Lila's temper when

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find Cara before Lil, or Lilia's

Chapter 23

Alaric's POV

almost here. I'm about to marry