121 Amanda''s truth


    ~Tamia~


    Getting Nicole and the children settled in wasn''t a challenge. The children were pleasant and a joy


    to have around. They were eight years old, and I was a bit envious of them but d I had my little


    bundle of joy growing inside me.


    "Lady Tamia, I am grateful that you would wee us into your home," Nicole said while her


    husband helped put their bags in the room. It was my old room.


    I thought Amanda would be in it, but I was told Sylvester changed his mind about putting her there


    and put her in the smaller room.


    "Oh, I am not Lady yet. Our wedding is in two weeks. Stephanie Volkov is still the Lady of the north;


    they refer to me as Luna for now, and having you in this ce is a joy. It is also your home," I said,


    and she smiled and came to hug me.


    "Thank you so much. It really means a lot. We had been running around and hiding before we had


    our triplets. At least now we can rest." She said, and my heart broke.


    Hearing her say they have not known peace for the years they have been together was hard. It is


    the worst thing that can ever happen to anyone.


    "Please rest," I said, and she held my hand.


    "If there is anything you need me to help with, kindly let me know. I am good with house chores,"


    She said and looked at her husband.


    "We do not n to be freeloaders here. We would like to earn our keep," she said, and my heart


    broke into pieces. David is a Volkov. I wonder how he grew up and how they have lived for them to


    be this way.


    "I am sure Sylvester would find a ce for his brother. As for you, you''re a luna here too, so start


    acting like one. My friends and I are having evening teater; I would like you to join us," I told her,


    and she looked at David, who nodded.


    I did not know if Sylvester would want to spend time with his brother and get to know him. We were


    nning an operation; I could not jeopardise it and send David to where Sylvester was having his


    meeting. I would have to allow Sylvester to move at his own pace.


    "Do you know where my older brother is?" David asked me, and I knew he was talking about


    Dominic.


    Dominic might have changed, but he was still a douchebag.


    "You mean Dominic?" I said, and he nodded.


    "I am sure he wille searching for you once he is through with his engagements," I said, not


    wanting to get into details and start exining things to him. I wanted to keep it simple.


    "Okay, ehm, I will take the triplets to their rooms. Tanya and Liz would have a room while Justin


    would have a room to himself," I said, and Justin squealed.


    It was clear he had to share with his sisters most of his life.


    "A room would be fine. I am sure you have other guests," Nicole said, and I shook my head.


    "He is a boy and deserves his own space, and the girls deserve their privacy, too," I said, winking at


    Liz and Tanya, who grinned at me.


    "Come on," I said, and with that, I exited my former bedroom, which was now David and Nicole''s


    bedroom.


    I did not take the children too far away from their parent''s room. I gave them the rooms immediately


    after their parents'' room. Justin started jumping on the bed when we entered the space allocated to


    him. He looked so excited that it warmed my heart.


    I gave the girls the only room left; Amanda''s room was beside it. I needed to question Amanda


    before the tea party.


    Once the girls were settled into their room, I excused myself.


    I went to the door of Amanda''s room, and one of the Kappas lurking about used the key to open it


    so I could enter the room.


    I entered the room, and there she was, standing by the window with her hand on her bump, staring


    outside. She turned to look at me. Her eyes were swollen, and I knew she must have cried her heart


    out.


    "Amanda," I said, and she left the window and approached me. She looked like she had aged a bit


    from thest time I saw her at the Arena.


    "Lady Tamia," she said and bowed her head to show her respect.


    "Why?" was all I could ask her.


    We stood there for a few seconds, and she looked at me. I knew she was thinking of how best to


    start. I was all ears.


    She wiped away her tears.


    "I had no choice. My father already had set everything in motion. I did not know until they took you


    to the north. That was when he became forceful. He had set everything in motion." she said, and I


    sighed.


    "Before then?" I asked her knowing she had visited her father too often forfort before the north


    attacked. I thought she went toin to her father about her living condition, but now I know


    better.


    "When he asked me to lie that Leo epted me, I went along with it because only a fool would defy


    my father. Everyone that defies him ends up dead," she said, and she did not need to borate on


    this. My parents paid the price for their defiance. Leo''s father, their Alpha then, could not protect


    them.


    "He would invite me, and during my visits, he would ask me what was happening in our house,


    pretending he cared about my well-being. I did not think much of it, so I talked.


    I said everything exactly how it was, and he would tell me to hang in there and that it would soon


    improve. It sounded generic and rehearsed, but I would excuse it since I knew he did not know how


    to show affection.


    When you gave yourself up, and they took you away, everything changed. He began to push me to


    marry Leo, and he started asking me private questions about Leo''s moves and what Leo was up to


    if he was going to avenge the attack and so on. I thought that was a bit too nosey, so I pushed back.


    He told me I was dispensable; if I did not do what he wanted, he would just get me out of the way


    and do what he liked. Knowing his brutality, I knew he could kill Leo and me, so I agreed to feed him


    information. After that decision, I did not know what to do, but I knew it would buy us time.


    You need to understand that I was grabbing on straws. Leo hated me, so I dared not confide in him,


    and you were no longer with us. I was alone. Everyone looked up to me as the head Luna of the


    east, so I had to keep going. I performed these luna duties to the best of my abilities while I fed my


    father lies to satiate him.


    It was getting tedious, especially when I feared my information would not check out.


    One day I decided I would run away. Leo didn''t love me, and he didn''t want me around him, and I


    knew my father would soon find out that I had been lying to him. Leo had the power to push back;


    he had Max and Kyle, but I had no one, and I doubted he would protect me from my father since he


    med me for losing you.


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    Leo saw me moving out of my room with my bags the day I wanted to leave. I could not tell him the


    real reason, so I made it seem like it was a matter of the heart, hopeful that he would let me leave,


    but he pleaded with me to stay, and I was too in love to walk away.


    I knew he needed help and could not be left alone, so I chose to risk it and stay. Every day I woke


    up fearing my father would find out I had been lying.


    When Leo decided to leave for the games, I decided to visit my father''s house and steal some


    information that I knew might keep me safe. The sh drive is currently in my bag at the hotel. It has


    the list of people he nned his mutiny with and how they funded themselves. Every single one of


    them. I made sure I took the information before joining Leo in the north," She said, and I paused.


    "Where is the sh drive right now?" I asked, and she sighed.


    "In our hotel suite, I put it in Leo''s bag before we came here. So if they checked my things, they


    wouldn''t find it," She said, and I was ted. That was all the information we needed to nail more


    people. I hid my excitement so she would finish talking and I could send people to get their stuff.


    "Continue," I said, and she nodded.


    "My father followed me here, and he was mad but couldn''t do anything. That was why I was always


    in public or with Leo. I had lied to him that Leo won''te to the north. I had messed up his ns


    because I knew he wanted to n an attack on your life and make it seem like it was an act of


    revenge by Leo. He knows Lord Volkov would lose it and attack Leo blindly. I happened on that


    information thest time I visited him, so I lied to him.


    He also knows Leo isn''t a pushover and would fight Lord Volkov. Leo and Devin are friends, so they


    would get into the war they have been trying to create. Leo being here spoiled the n, and he was


    mad.


    The night Leo caught me, I had learned that day from a friend who was in a society that my father


    had put a target on my head and they were going to kill me. I could not tell Leo, but I remained with


    him, waiting for an opportunity to run. The fact that I am almost due did not help the matter either."


    She said and went to sit on the foot of the bed. That was when I noticed that she had silver


    bracelets on.


    "Who put that on you?" I asked her.


    "Leo. I told him I won''t run, but he wouldn''t have it," she said, and I took out my hairpin to pick the


    lock on the bracelet.


    Taking her hand, I began to pick the lock.


    "You know how to do this too?" she asked me, amused while I picked the lock.


    "Yes, Leo taught me when I was young. It was the only way I could get out of the house at night so


    we could hang out," I said, and the bracelet opened.


    "I am sorry I ruined your happily ever after with Leo, Tamia. I wish I never went to that damn party,"


    she said, sounding genuinely regretful.


    "We all wished we never went to that party, but I believe it was meant to happen because I am


    where I was meant to be all along," I said, and she nodded, tears streaming down her cheeks.


    "I am d you got your happily ever after, Tamia; you deserve it. I was too jealous of you to be nice


    to you back then, and I am sorry. I wish I could take it all back. But know that I did not want toe


    into your home. When my father found out we were fated, he began to scheme. I should have


    fought back," She said, and I pulled her close to hold her. She broke downpletely.


    I felt her fear and her anguish. I wished Leo would just try with her. She was a victim like all of us,


    caught in the web of her father''s lies.


    As things were, if we did not put an end to Ramsey, it is only a matter of time before he gets to


    Amanda and kills her. Any man that can order the assassination of his child is cold-hearted. When


    we catch the bastard, there is no point in being merciful. He did not deserve it at all.


    I left Amanda in the room and sent Kappa Wilson to Leo''s hotel to get their stuff. I also asked two


    female staff to cater to Amanda''s needs. The woman had been through enough, and the truth was,


    if she had note into our lives, I would not be with Sylvester now. I was grateful for how things


    turned out; it was time for peace.