Chapter 187: Azrael’s plans
Raine’s words hit Azrael like a sledgehammer. The room’s darkening atmosphere thickened with the weight of that shocking revelation.
Azrael’s eyes, already red from fury and other extreme emotions freed from years of resentment toward his omega father, shook in despair and regret.
"Lyssana...?" Azrael’s voice was a broken whisper, yet it held a fire ready to burn the name mentioned alive. His memories resurfaced once again, the following days, weeks, and years of his father’s disappearance, it was Lyssana who stayed and comforted them.
The head maid that Azrael always respected and looked favorably, now a face scratched in his memory, blotted with ink, and indescribable hatred soared in his chest. "How could she...why would she...?"
His words still held disbelief, but there was no doubt in them.
Raine Montgomery could barely meet his gaze, her own eyes swimming with unshed tears and regret. "I don’t know all the reasons behind her actions, but I suspect it was...her twisted affection and obsession toward Rage. Before Ashler came to him, Lyssana had been working in the mansion. But because she was a beta, to Rage who wanted the best of the best, she was like an unattractive item.
"What I do know is that she manipulated circumstances to make it look as though Ashler was the one at fault, to drive him away from you and Rage. Ashler...your father...suffered an unscheduled heat from what I heard back then, and that wretched man entered in the picture..."
Raine pursed her lips. She averted her eyes from his devastated nephew and continued, "But learning about all that, I now know that Ash told the truth. His heat was deliberately induced...Lyssana was after something else now, besides Rage. Have you heard of the man lingering on your father’s house already?"
Kayden was listening to their conversation attentively, but half of his focus was on Azrael’s wounded hands. Blood trickled from his knuckles and some shards of the glass table he broke unhesitatingly were stuck on his skin, yet his cousin looked numb from the pain.
Azrael stiffened after hearing about Ragel. He nodded his head, his eyes still lost from the truth and betrayal. "What does he have something to do with this?"
Raine swallowed hard. She couldn’t bring the conclusion running in her mind. Unconsciously, she glanced at Sandro with eyes asking for help.