Chapter 227


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    are changing inside here.


    Alora forond herself to focus back on the Alpha, she could not help but think at this moment, “Out of


    all the times for me to start falling apart, why now??


    “Yes Alora, yosi are to im your inheritance.” Alpha Andrew said to her in a serious tone. “You


    already know about your mother Bettina’s true origins, and just who your grandfather really


    Alora nodded, using the details he was giving her to steads herself. By focusing on these details,


    the ringing in Alora’s ears started to fade awa The chaos that was happening inside bet was pushed


    to the back of Alora’s mind, no longer taking center stage.


    “There are a lot of things that have been hidden from you that you need to be made aware of Alpha


    Andrew said, letting out a tired sounding sigh. “Thendslide that killed your aunt and your


    grandmother Heartsong was thought to be a natural disaster at first. After a thorough investigation,


    it was determined that it was not caused naturally, but with magic. A taint of ck Magic was left at


    the site where the Lindside originated from,”


    Alora looked at the Alpha wide eyed. “Did they ever find the person who did it?”


    Alora had not been close to any of her blood rtions ever. Because of this, she never developed


    any emotional attachment to them. However, she did not like that a Pack member and her pup had


    been murdered in such a way.


    Alpha Andrew shook his head. “No, they did not. It was one of the reasons the former n Alpha of


    the Heartsongs, handed over the raising of his daughter to someone outside his n. Between


    dealing with the loss of his pup Amethyst and his fated mate Helen, Brodie felt he was not fit


    enough to protect his youngest


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    Alora nodded, remembering this part of the story. “But for some reason when the former n Alpha


    was able to once more take up the responsibility of raising Bettina again, she didn’t go back with


    him.”


    Alpha Andrew nodded again, a quick smile shed across his lips, pleased Alora was able to readily


    offer up that information. “It is correct that Bettina did not go home with her father when he came to


    retrieve her. Your grandfather was a good friend of my father’s and became one of mine as I grew


    up. Bettina did not just refuse to go back with your grandfather, she tore into hum with her words


    and usations first. To his death, Brodie believed he deserved everything she had said to


    Alpha Andrew looked down into his cup of tea with a sad expression on his face. Alora stayed silent


    as Alpha Andrew took a moment to travel down memoryne. Alpha Andrew took a drink of his tea,


    emptying the cup.


    Alpha Andrew reached for the pot that had his preferred tea in it and refilled his cup. “When your


    sister was born, I was the one that informed your grandfather of the birth, not Bettina. Brodie was


    happy for your mother, but he was disappointed Sarah, as a daughter of the Heartsong’s Alpha


    family, did not carry the Moon Goddess’ mark”


    Alora felt a nerve twitch where her mark was located, she reached down and rubbed it, trying to


    relieve the sudden painful nerve spam.


    ” he talking about our mark?’ Xena asked.


    “I think so,” Alora answered.


    Alpha Andrew noticed Alora rubbing her mark and remembered the horrifying details he had just


    been told of Bettina’s repeated attempts to remove it. “Brodie sent your mother a small dowry for a


    sessful delivery. It was at that time, Bettina started trying to get to know Brodie again, but Brodie


    always suspected that Bettina had ulterior motives for trying to rekindle their father daughter


    rtionship.”


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    Alora nearly choked on the sip of tea she had just taken. It seemed, even as guilt ridden as her


    grandfather had been over the fallout between him and Bettina, he was not entirely blind to her


    schemes. Alora wiped her mouth off with a napkin. Alora coughed a couple more times before she


    was able to calm down enough to take another sip of tea.


    Alpha Andrew waited till after he saw that Alora had solved her minor coughing fit to continue. “His


    suspicions had Brodie writing and filing his first Will. He was there for your birth as well, called there


    again by me without Bettina and Allister’s knowledge. When you were born with that mark on your


    hip, Brodie revised his Will again that night. In his final Will, you were named his heir and the sole


    inheritor of everything he owned. However, there was a condition to you being able to im your


    inheritance, one you have alreadyplied to ”


    Alora looked at the Alpha confused for a second, then a look of realization came over her face as


    she thought back to the beginning of their conversation. “The changing of my surname.”


    Alpha Andrew nodded. “The Will states you have to have your name changed to Heartsong by your


    twenty third birthday to im your inheritance, or it was to be turned over to Bettina to be distributed


    between you and Sarah as Bettina saw fit.“


    Alora frowned. “At the time you allowed me to change my surname to Heartsong, you said you


    approved it based on my DNA test proving that I was of the Heartsong Bloodline.”


    “I did say that, and what I said was true. In the paperwork, the reason for the name change request


    is listed as a “Voluntary change of surname after DNA confirmation of bloodline.” The stated reason


    for approval is “For the continuation of the DNA confirmed bloodline’s original surname.” This shows


    that the change in your surname was not forced or done for the sole purpose of iming your


    inheritance. Keeping certain busy bodied Council members from alerting the wrong people to your


    name change.”


    Luna Ember cut in this time, cing aforting hand on Alora’s shoulder. “We were hoping to be


    able to protect you from any possible danger, but unfortunately, it seems you would be in danger


    regardless.”


    Alora looked back and forth between Alpha Andrew and Luna Ember with a confused look on her


    face, noting their concerned expressions. Alora focused her gaze back to Alpha Andrew and asked,


    “Wrong people? Danger?”


    Alpha Andrew’s expression became grim. “Brodie started to suspect just as I was, that all the


    premature deaths of both of our ns Alpha family members in thest two centuries, were not


    natural. The confirmation of ck Magic being used to cause the mudslide that killed your


    grandmother Helen and aunt Amethyst validated that suspicion. Brodie theorized that there is a


    hidden faction of the ck Magic coven that managed to survive the war all those centuries ago,


    and that the deaths would be connected to them.”


    “Unfortunately, the only way that a faction of the ck Magic Coven, or a ck Magic user would


    go unnoticed in a Pack is if someone, or several someones, was


    helping them.” Luna Ember said in a tomber tone.


    Alora looked at her, her gaze serious. “You’re saying you believe we have traitors in our Pack?


    “Yes, that is exactly what we are saying.” Alpha Andrew said in his deep rumbly voice, his tone grim.


    Darien sat there and listened to the conversation with clenched fists. Serenity looked up at Darien


    with a concerned gaze and a wormed frown. She wove her arm through his and leaned into his


    side, cing her other hand on his clenched fist, and gently rubbing her fingers over the back of his


    hand. Serenity let out a startled squeak when that hand suddenly turned over andced its fingers


    through hers.


    Looking back up, Serenity met Darien’s grateful gaze, even as his expression revealed how affected


    he was by this conversation. Serenity did not me him, not every day that you were made aware


    of a friend being subjected to extreme torture by her own parents. Or that your family has been


    plotted against by a hidden faction of the ck Magic Coven.


    The only part of this that Serenity could rte to was finding out that it was members of their Pack


    who had betrayed it and allowed ck Mage to cause those deaths. It sent shivers of apprehension


    down Serenity’s spine, at the same time her extraordinarily powerful sense of honor made her want


    to track down those traitors and have them punished.


    Serenity did not realize she was looking away from Darien, or that she was growling while clutching


    Darien’s arm tighter, until his lips were brushing agahust her ear as he whispered into it.


    Darien’s deep voice was low and raspy as he said, “Your growl makes me want to do all kinds of


    dirty things to you.”


    With what Darien thought was an adorable squeak, every inch of Serenity’s exposed skin turned a


    lovely shade of dark red. Serenity felt she had never blushed sa hard in her life, she wanted to be


    mad, but for some reason seeing the pleased smile on Darien’s lips, and the teasing light in his


    eyes, she could not be


    Darien and Serenity were so lost in their moment that they were unaware of the amused


    expressions on the faces of the other three upants in the room with


    them.