Chapter 228

Chapter 0228

I grab Angel by the arm and walk out of the cells to an area where Eli can’t hear us. “What do you mean he’s telling the truth. He was found with her body.”

“Yes, and he admits that. Every word he said back there was truthful. Alessia confirms it.

This can’t be. This can’t be! I’ve been searching my entire life for this man, this man that I thought killed my mother and now I found out he didn’t kill her? It makes no sense.

“Then why was he with her? Why was he holding her dead body?” I’m pacing, running my fingers through my hair. Angel comes up to me, taking my hands in hers.

“I don’t know. The only way we’ll find out is if we ask him.”

I look into her eyes. “Are you sure? Absolutely sure?”

“Yes. I’m positive.” She says.

FUCK! I’ve been chasing the wrong person all these years? I’ve been using Eli as my personal punching bag, and he didn’t kill my mother?

I take a deep breath. “You’ll tell me the minute anything he says is a lie. Anything!”

“Of course, Liam.” She cups my face in her hand, and I lean into her touch. “You and me Liam.‘

I cover her hand with my own, then pull it to kiss her palm. “You and me little angel.”

As we walk back, I grab two chairs to sit on, so we can hear what he has to say. When I sit, I pull Angel into my lap. I need her scent close to keep me calm. She doesn’t resist and once I have her settled, I look at Eli.

“You said it was a long story. Start at the beginning.”

Eli

I don’t know why this alpha asshole wants to hear my story now, after all this time. I’m not sure I really want to relive it, but if I have a chance to finally clear my name, my family’s name, and make that asshole of an alpha, Jerome pay, even it he’s dead, I’ll do it.

I go sit on the makeshift bed in my cell. “Do you know how I became the Banished

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Beta?” I ask them.

The Guardian, I haven’t gotten her name, starts to shake her head but Liam speaks. “Your Alpha banished you because your father was a traitor.”

That was the story Alpha Jerome told everyone, that my father was a traitor, that he went on a rampage and killed my younger brother, and the alpha heir, James.

rather Alpha Jerome, being the kind–hearted Alpha that he was, banished me, than killing me. From start to finish, the story was a lie.

“That was the story that Alpha Jerome told everyone so he could save face. Do you want the real story?”

The Guardian leans back against Liam. “Yes, we’d like to hear the real story.” She tells me.

I scrub my hands over my face and begin.

“When I was twelve, my brother Evan was fifteen. He was meant to be the next Beta, taking my father’s place. The Alpha Heir, James, was a nasty piece of work. He thought being an Alpha made him special, above everyone else.”

“James was 17, older than Evan, when it happened. He and his friends took Evan out into the forest. I don’t know if it was a coincidence or if it was planned, but they came across a mother

gar and her cubs.”

“James ordered my brother to prove his worth as his next Beta and protect him. as the Alpha. James and his friends ran, leaving my brother to fight the big cat alone. My brother was strong, but not strong enough to take on an angry cat, protecting her young, especially on his own.” I stop for a moment, collecting myself and my thoughts. “My father and I found him ripped to shreds, huge claw marks covering his body.”

“My father confronted Alpha Jerome and James. James made up some excuse that if he had been worthy of the title of Beta, he would have defeated the big cat. Alpha Jerome said that my father should have done a better job of raising my brother, making him strong and worthy of the Beta title. My father was furious. He wanted to leave and renounce the pack, but Alpha Jerome wouldn’t allow it.”

“My father lost it and he challenged James to a duel. Alpha Jerome forbade it, but James didn’t listen and agreed to fight my father. My dad defeated James in the fight and in his grief, chose to kill him rather than let james concede.”

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