Chapter 240
RAMON’S POV
The air in the holding cell was damp and cold, the faint smell of stone and earth filling my nostrils. The dim torchlight flickered against the walls, casting shadows that danced like ghosts. I stood in the doorway, staring at the man had trusted with my life, with my pack, with everything
Daniel sat on the bench, his hands bound in front of him, his head bowed. He looked nothing like the warrior I had known for years. His shoulders, once broad and strong sagged under an invisible weight. His face, which had always been calin and steady, was now pale and lined with exhaustion.
1 didn’t step inside right away. I couldn’t. My chest was tight, my thoughts tangled in a web of anger, confusion, and betrayal.
“Why“” The word came out low, almost a growl, before I could stop it
Daniel’s head lifted, and his eyes met mine. For a moment, saw a flicker of something familiar in his gaze, remorse, maybe, or shame,
“Alpha,” he said quietly, his voice rough
1 stepped inside. letting the door clang shut behind me. The sound echoed through the small room, amplifying the tension
“Don’t call me that,” I said sharply, my fists clenched at my sides. “You don’t get to call me that anymore.”
He flinched, his gaze dropping back to the floor. I deserve that
You deserve worse,” I snapped, my voice rising. “You betrayed us, Daniel. You betrayed me. After everything we’ve been through, after everything we’ve built. you threw it all away. For what? Money? Power?”
“No.” he said quickly, his voice shaking. “It wasn’t like that.
“Then tell me what it was like!” I shouted, my anger boiling over. “Because right now, all I see is a traitor who sold out His shoulders trembled, and for a moment, I thought he wouldn’t answer. Then he looked up, his eyes glistening with uns! “It wasn’t about money o
pack!”
unshed tears.
or power,” he said, his voice cracking. It was about survival. Mine and my family’s.”
I stared at him, my chest tightening. “Survival?” I repeated, my voice dripping with disbelief. “You expect me to believe that? You’ve been a part of this pack for years, Danarl You know we take care of our own. You could have come to me-
“And told you what?” he interrupted, his voice rising. “That I stole from the pack? That I used Bloodmoon’s resources to pay off gambling debts? You would have exiled me, Ramon. You would have cast me out, and then what? What would have happened to my mate! My children?”
His words hit like a punch to the gut, and I took an unsteady step back. “You stole from us?”
He nodded, his shoulders slumping further. “Years ago. It was a mistake, one I regretted the moment I did it. But Lorena found our. She came to me, and she used it against me. She said if I didn’t help her, she’d tell you everything. She’d destroy me.”
“So you betrayed us instead.” I said batterly, my voice shaking
“I thought I could keep it small,” he said quickly, desperation creeping into his tone. “I thought I could give her just enough to keep her satisfied without putting anyone in real danger. But then she started asking for more- -maps, schedules, vulnerabilities. And I couldn’t say no, Alpha Ramon,
She thureatened
my family. She said she’d kill them if I didn’t cooperate”
I stared at him, my mind reeling. Every word he said felt like a blow, each revelation cutting deeper than the last.
*You should have come to me.” I said, my voice barely above a whisper,
le shook his head, trars streaming down his face now. “You don’t understand. She would have killed them. She would have killed me.
aid, ing anger flaring again. “You don’t know what we could have done to protect you, because you never gave us the
“I was scared!” he shouted, lus voice breaking. “I was terrified, Alpha Ramon! I thought I could handle it on my own, but I was wrong. And now Cade is paying the price for my mistakes.
The room fell silent, the weight of his confession settling heavily between us. I turned away, my hands gripping the edge of the bench as I tried to steady myself.
Chapter 210
This wasn’t the Daniel I knew. The man sitting before me wasn’t the loyal omega who had stood by my side through countless battles. He wasn’t the man who had earned my trust and my friendship.
But maybe he never had been
“How long?” I asked, my voice cold.
“How long have you been working with her?” I demanded, turning back to him. “How long have you been feeding her information, watching her tear us apart from the inside?”
His gare dropped again. “Months,” he admitted.
I swore under my breath, my fists clenching. “Do you have of you!”
any idea how many lives you’ve endangered? How many people could have died because
“Yes,” he said softly, his voice filled with anguish. “And I’ll live with that for the rest of my life. But please, Alpha Ramon, you have to believe me, I never wanted this. I never wanted to hurt anyone.”
to think clearly.
I didn’t respond right away. I couldn’t. The rage and betrayal swirling inside me made it impossible to
“Why didn’t you come clean!” I asked after a long silence. “Why didn’t you come to me the moment she approached you?” “Because I was ashamed.” he said, his voice trembling. “Ashamed of what I’d done. Ashamed of how far I’d fallen. And because I didn’t see me like this.”
I didn’t want you to
“Well, now I do,” I said bitterly. “And I don’t know what’s worse, the betrayal or the fact that you thought so little of me, of this pack, that trust us to help you”
you didn’t
head bowing under the weight of my words.
He didn’t reply, his h
I turned toward the door, my hand resting on the handle. “We’re not done here,” I said, my voice cold. “You’re going to tell us everything–every detail, every conversation, every piece of information you gave her. And if you lic, Daniel, if you hold anything back…”
I didn’t finish the sentence, but the threat hung heavy in the air.
“I understand,” he said quietly.
I paused, my hand tightening on the door. “One more thing,” I said without turning around. “Did she ever ask about Sonia! About her pregnancy?” His silence was answer enough, and I felt my blood run cold.
“She asked,” I said, my voice trembling with rage. “Didn’t she?”
“Yes,” he admitted, his voice barely audible.
I gritted my teeth, my anger threatening to boil over. Without another word, I opened the door and stepped out, slamming it shut allway outside the cell felt just as suffocating as the room itself. I leaned against the wall, my chest heaving as I tried to process everything I’d just heard.
Daniel’s betrayal cut deeper than I thought possible. He had been more than just an omega to me, he had been a friend, a brother. And now, all of that felt like a lie.
But beneath the a
anger, there was something else, a flicker of doubt, of pain. Had I failed him somehow? Had I missed the signs? Could I have done something anything to prevent this!
I didn’t have the answers. And that uncertainty was almost worse than the betrayal insell
As I pushed off the wall and made my way back toward the main hall, one thought echoed in my mind, louder than all the rest.
Lorena wouldn’t stop
until she destroyed everything I cared about. And I wouldn’t stop until 1 destroyed her first.
