Chapter 629

Madeline:

I knew why they reached for their weapons the moment they saw me.

It was not a good sign.

I think Lord Jonah and even Lady Eugenia noticed the tension too.

They understood those weapons were not being pulled out for protection.

They were being pulled out for us.

That was why Lord Jonah quickly grabbed the steering wheel himself.

My children were terrified.

The moment I pulled them into my arms in the back seat, I noticed their little bodies trembling against mine.

Lady Eugenia sat in the front passenger seat while Lord Jonah quickly made a U- turn and drove in the opposite direction from Ron’s warriors.

But instead of heading back toward the pack, we drove toward the woods.

The pack was no longer safe for us.

My body still ached terribly.

It felt like Lena could break free and take over at any moment.

“What did you do that was so terrible that everyone is after you?” Lady Eugenia finally spoke up.

I had been wondering how long it would take her to start talking.

“Eugenia, not right now,” Lord Jonah warned with a grunt, clearly trying to stop her from starting an argument.

“I’m just saying, aren’t you going to question her?” Lady Eugenia shot back.

She hated being held accountable, especially by Lord Jonah, the man she had controlled for years.

The moment he challenged her, she lost control.

“I’m just saying, did you not see the condition she’s in? They took blood from her,” Lord Jonah argued, trying to make her understand.

Meanwhile, I kept my children close, holding them tightly to comfort them.

“They did that because she refused to help them,” Lady Eugenia grunted as she adjusted the rearview mirror just enough to glare at me through it.

“And then she lost my son,” she hissed, her glare turning even colder.

I closed my eyes and took a slow breath.

That was it.

I was not going to let her blame me for Baxter going missing.

He was the person I loved most in this world.

I would never allow anyone to question how much I cared about him.

“You didn’t even lift a finger to take care of him,” I snapped. “When he fell into a

coma, when he disappeared, I was the one running around trying to find him while you stood there blaming me.”

My voice grew harsher with every word.

“You’ve been a burden on everyone

this entire time. We were already

dealing with the fear of losing Baxter while also putting up with your constant tantrums.”

The moment the words left my mouth, her eyes widened.

Her jaw slowly dropped as she stared at me in shock.

“Did you hear the way she’s talking to me?” Lady Eugenia nearly shouted at her

mate, furious that he had not immediately silenced me.

“You pushed her, Eugenia. Stop it,” Lord Jonah grunted.

She shot him a sharp glare before punching him in the arm.

“No, don’t do that!” I yelled, quickly covering my children’s eyes.

The way she was behaving felt completely unhinged.

I did not want my children growing up thinking it was acceptable to hit your spouse under any circumstanice unless they were hurting innocent people or putting

someone in danger.

“Stay out of it,” Lady Eugenia snapped at me, turning toward me and pointing a long

finger in my direction.

“My son is missing,” she cried, pressing a hand against her chest. “I’m the one suffering.”

Tears filled her eyes as her voice cracked.

“You don’t have to worry because you already have two Alphas running after you. You’ll find someone else and move on with your happy life, while I’ll spend the rest of me living with a hole in my heart.”

As the words left her mouth, she broke down crying.

And suddenly, the thought hit me.

Living the rest of my life without Baxter?

No.

That was impossible.

“You think that?” I choked out through my sobs. “I’m a mother too, and I lost my daughter. Nothing and no one will ever fill her place.”

The memory of Gina hit me all over again.

My children clung to me as they cried, finally understanding that their sister was never coming home to play with them again.

Then, while we were speeding down the road, I realized this was the same route Ron had taken earlier.

We were driving so fast that we reached the woods within minutes.

The moment we arrived, I saw Byron standing there.

Ron was there too.

Ron was crying hysterically while Byron held him tightly by the shoulders.

In front of them, flames burned wildly into the air.

I did not need long to understand what I was looking at.

The moment the car stopped and I got to see a better look of it, I knew it was

Yuvonne’s body burning in the fire.