Chasing His Betrayed Luna by KiKi Jones

53. Pit Of Hell

AURELIA

My heart skipped and a part ofsort of died when | saw my daughter's terrified face. Beads of tears escaped

her eyes as she blinked rapidly. | could hear the murmurs from the small crowd behind Katie and | completely

avoided Hazel's gaze for obvious reasons. "Dad?" | asked with disbelief loud in my voice. How could she call him

dad?

Why would she call him-

"I know he's my dad, mom." Katie cried, sniffling as she added, "Kyle toldeverything, Mom."

Her heart plummeted to the bottom of my soul. Two of my fears were manifesting before my eyes. One is Katie's

reaction when she finds out the truth and the second is Black Fur members finding out the truth about my past.

However, my focus remained on my wailing child. "Baby-"

Katie muttered an objection, "Can you stop hurting him? He didn't take Kyle."

Although I had many other questions, I settled for one to avoid overwhelming Katie. "Where is your brother?"

Katie wiped her wet face as she began to explain, revealing sshocking facts. "While you were in the

bathroom, Kyle toldabout the argument at the hospital. He has also toldthat he knows you make him

wear the mask because he looks like Raiden just like how I look like you. Kyle said | resemble you because you're

our mom and he resembles Raiden because he is our dad-"

"Where is your brother, Katie!" | snapped at her as | failed to contain my emotions.

Inara's rage was still dominant in my mind and hearing Katie's explanation wasn't helping.

"Be gentle with her, Lia. Please." Alpha Tristan interfered, pulling Katie close to him and rubbing her back as she

cried.

I inhaled deeply, grateful for Tristan's calmness and understanding. | still owed him an explanation even though

he didn't seem like he needed one anymore. | crouched in front of Katie, holding her hands, and asked as gently

as my racing heart allowed, "If Raiden didn't keep your brother, where is he? Telleverything Katie."

| was tempted to make use of her middle nbut doing that would only spook her.

Katie sniffed back tears, her lips parting as she started explaining, "Please don't be mad at Kyle, Mom. | made

him do it." My daughter's shaky voice loosened the messy weave of fury withinand as she continued

speaking, | only listened. "He was about to get into the car after he told Aunt Hazel that he would be riding with

us but | brought up an idea because we didn't want to leave, Mom."

"You don't want to go back hto your friends? No one has ever bullied you at home, Katie but you'd rather

stay here?" | queried a bit harshly.

Katie sucked in a breath. Perhaps | shouldn't have used the word bullied because Katie broke into tears again

and | could sense that last night's incident still horrified her.

"We just wanted to stay with our mom and dad. We don't want to be separated." Katie sobbed.

My soul cried with her. | pitied my kids not just because | knew what it's like to grow up without a complete

family but also because they assumed Raiden was a good person just because he was their biological father but

that was far from right and | detested seeing Katie in pain because of the messy relationship between Raiden

and me.

| should never have returned to this pack... | should have stayed tucked away in Tristan's pack, keeping my kids

from Raiden and his hellhole of a pack.

I sighed, "You still haven't toldwhere and how to find your brother."

"Can we please stay and get to know Dad if | tell you-"

"You're in no position to bargain with me, Katie." | cut her off. "Where is Kyle?"

With obvious displeasure, Katie announced, "We agreed that he would hide in Dad's office. | didn't know there

would be pain—"

Will she stop calling him dad like he

has been a part of her life? Heck, Raiden doesn't deserve that title! didn't even bother to ask how the two little

brats of mine knew where Raiden's office was and how to access it.

| faced Raiden whose face was bruised from my attacks but I didn't feel sorry for him nor was | planning to

apologize to him. This was what he deserved.

"Your office, Raiden," | uttered.

Raiden looked past me, staring at Katie when he asked, "Hoffice or the one in the middle of the pack? I've

been standing here since you left but I didn't get a whiff of his scent."

| also couldn't perceive Kyle's presence in the vicinity-

Inara interrupted my thoughts, saying, "He can't perceive the twins' natural scent because | masked them from

his sense of smell the day we arrived in his pack."

"And you didn't tell me?" | scoffed at my wolf.

"You didn't ask why Raiden had not perceived them as his, Relia." My wolf defended herself.

| chimed to her, "Thank you."

Inara did her best to protect the kids' identity but | messed it up. |

abandoned that line of thought as it drew onthat if | couldn't

perceive Kyle here, he must be

hiding in Raiden's pack officeel

|

was about to ask Tristan to take us there when Katie dropped another bomb.

"He was supposed to be hiding in Dad's hoffice. In this mansion." Katie said.

That's strange but | didn't question her. Raiden dashed into his home, leaving the door open but I couldn't bring

myself to step into the sbuilding where my life crashed Six years ago. Memories of how was treated like a

prisoner flashed

through my mind, momentarily

affecting my senses.

| shook that feeling off, saying to myself, "This is for Kyle. You never have to do this again as soon as you get

Kyle="

"Are you alright, Lia?" Tristan asked, his hand settling on my shoulder when he arrived at the entrance of the

mansion, standing beside me.

"I just hate it here," | answered before | could filter my words.

Tristan murmured, "I'm here with you. Whereas, we just need to get Kyle and we would be hin no time."

How did | get so lucky with this one? | asked myself as Tristan guided my steps, helpingbreak free from my

dark memories. Together we ran after Raiden and we arrived in his office in no time. However, Kyle wasn't there

even though his scent was still fresh in the space. All we found was Kyle's mask and a letter.

Sadly, the letter wasn't written by Kyle and its content made it known that my son had been kidnapped... for real

this time.

My legs gave out under my weight as my eyes scanned the note. Tristan tried to helpup but no one...

absolutely no one could rescuefrom this pit of hell.