Chapter 143

143 –A Life For A Life

Kaylee:

I took her to the room, settled her on the couch, and wrapped a blanket around her small shoulders.

“Here! watch this. I’ll be back soon. ” I stroked her soft cheek as I handed her my tablet.

If she wasn’t Madeline’s child, people would have assumed she was mine.

She was as adorable as I was, fluffy cheeks and all.

I stepped out quietly, stopping behind the hallway wall to listen. I needed to know what was happening.

“You did what?” Graham shouted.

“We had to take Madeline in for questioning,” Eldon snapped back. “She carried children from three men. That isn’t something we ignore p>

My stomach lurched. What did they mean by that?

“And tell me something,” Eldon continued. “Did you, Baxter, and Elgin share her? Is that why she was always around you? You three were using her p>

I nearly gagged. The woman who walked around as if she were the definition of grace had apparently been warming the beds of three alphas.

And then she carried their pups? How? Disgust washed over me.

If I had known what kind of woman she was, I would never have let her near me, wouldn’t have even shaken her

hand.

“Father, it only happened once,” Graham snapped. “And we initiated it. She hesitated. We convinced her. We wrapped her in sweet words, and then we abandoned her. Because of you!” he yelled.

The puzzle pieces fell into place. His father had pushed for our marriage to keep Graham away from Madeline.

It all made sense now, but I was still reeling. Madeline. A whore. Of course it was obvious now.

A woman that opens with her body wouldn’t stop at just three men.

I wouldn’t be surprised if she had slept with Alpha Ron too. Unlike her, I was decent. Loyal. A good daughter and a

wife.

A horrifying thought crept into my mind, had Graham come to me after being with her? Even recently?

Had he climbed into my bed while carrying her diseases? I felt genuine pity for her husband, oblivious to the woman he’d married.

Eldon’s voice changed.

“Fine, I’m not judging. But she will have to explain how she managed all this.” He wasn’t insulting her–no, he’d never waste an insult unless it benefitted him.

That alone irritated me.

And Graham- he was still protecting her. Men always defended women like that, the ones easy to use, easy to claim. 1

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They never cared for women like me, who refused to be used.

“Where is she? I’m going to her,” Graham said, his voice frantic and my body stiffened.

“You need to take care of Gina. She’s shaken after what happened with Elara,” Eldon said, speaking to him in a tone meant to sway children. “All the kids are with their fathers. Give Gina so much love that she convinces Madeline to stay with you p>

Oh, I knew exactly what Eldon was doing. He wasn’t protecting Madeline.

He just didn’t want Graham interfering with the council’s interview.

“Father, you should have talked to me! Now she’ll hate me,” Graham said, panic visible in his tone.

“She won’t,” Eldon assured him smoothly. “That’s why I didn’t take you with me. That’s why I didn’t tell you. You can promise her you didn’t know. Calm down. I’m on your side. But we must make sure she isn’t a monster, it could be dangerous for your child. ”

As soon as Eldon called her a monster, I watched Graham’s face tighten.

“She is not a monster, Father,” he hissed under his breath.

Hearing him defend her still hurt me, but now everything made sense.

Of course he was on her side, at least as long as she opened her legs for him

Then I remembered something else. Madeline’s daughter was on my couch holding my tablet. I nearly gagged.

The idea that I had called her cute even once made me feel disgusted with myself.

She was a product of sin, of a woman’s filthy desires.

Madeline had lost control of her own body, and this was the result.

No wonder her children were affected by sickness. I bet every mother whose child suffered from that sickness had done something wrong.

Something like that would never happen to my own child. 1

I was a pure woman who had only slept with one man. I had desires, but I controlled them.

As I stood there listening, I realized Graham was too wrapped around Madeline’s finger.

But I needed to return and check on the child to make sure she wasn’t sitting on my bed and spreading her germs.

When I reached the room, my phone lit up with an unknown number. The suddenness of it confused me. I answered without thinking much.

“Hello?” I asked, frowning.

“You want a child, don’t you?” a woman’s voice said. I didn’t recognize her at all.

“Who is this?” I replied.

“There is a way you can conceive,” she continued and I rolled my eyes.

“Who the fuck are you, and how do you know I want a child?” I grunted.

“I know everything. And I know how you can conceive p>

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I let out a sarcastic chuckle at her words.

“Everyone knows how to conceive a child, so fuck off,” I snapped. I was about to pull the phone away when she spoke again.

“You have tried everything and you still couldn’t conceive. But you haven’t tried one thing p>

I didn’t respond. She waited, then added, “You haven’t made a sacrifice p>

The hairs on my neck rose.

“What sacrifice?” I asked, trying not to sound too curious.

“A child for a child. A life for a life. You must end the life of the man’s child. The man you want to conceive with p>

My head lifted sharply, and my eyes landed on Gina sitting on the couch watching a cartoon.

“You kill his child, and you will conceive one of his p>

She hung up.

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