Alpha Your Warrior Ex-Wife is Back (by Aurora Starling) novel Chapter 98

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Chapter 98

Gideon’s POV

The hall was still heavy with the echo of that single command: Wait.

Every wolf in the room stood still, ears forward, eyes looked toward the far shadows. My own wolf growled just beneath my skin, claws itching to fight. Whoever had dared interrupt my judgment had stepped into dangerous ground.

Then, from the shadow, the figure emerged.

At first, I was not able to recognise him. His gait was slower than I remembered, weighed down by age, his shoulders hunched slightly from years of battle and duty.

But when his face lifted and the torchlight struck silver across his weathered features which were full of wisdom and slight edge of cunningness, recognition slammed into me.

Uncle Darius. Daphne’s father.

My father’s most loyal advisor.

He was the one who was praised as the “Shield of the Alpha Line.”

Everyone let out a surprised gasp and stepped back instinctively as if to clear the path for him. His presence was strong since he carried the weight of history, the shadow of old battles fought at my father’s side. I had grown up seeing him as unshakable, a pillar of loyalty.

But the sight of him here, now, after Daphne’s betrayal… my chest tightened. Something was wrong.

He didn’t stride with dominance or challenge. Instead, he lowered his body deliberately, slowly, until he was now kneeling on the cold stone floor, head bowed humbly.

“Alpha Gideon,” his voice cracked with his old age, but he spoke with pure sincerity that silenced the whole pack. “Please spare my daughter.”

The wolves stirred uneasily. Even my Beta stood frozen beside me, even he was clearly caught off guard.

Daphne’s eyes widened in surprise at her father’s gesture, and for once, she seemed relieved yet rattled. But now she decided to say nothing, and only watch.

“Uncle Darius, What brings you here?” I asked, my voice like a blade scraping stone. “You step forward after all this time not to condemn her, but to shield her?”

He pressed his palms flat against the ground. “She is my blood. My only daughter. I beg you, Alpha–punish me in her place. Take my life, my honor, my title. But let her remain in the pack.”

The crowd began to whisper again as everyone exchanged worried glances. They were torn between respecting the old warrior or feeling disgusted by his plea for his daughter.

I narrowed my eyes and looked at him cautiously. “Do you think her crimes vanish because you kneel? Do you think your service to my father earns her immunity from justice?”

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Chapter 98

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He then looked me in the eyes, I felt very weird looking at his eyes. His eyes didn’t look like the man who was broken but his eyes were now sharp and full of calculation as I watched him closely.

“I served your father faithfully for a few decades, I have worked hard for this pack.” he said softly, his words and voice sounded very pitiful yet convincing. “I have bled for this pack. I carried your father from battle when he was struck down. I swore loyalty not just to him, but to his bloodline. And I have never wavered. Will that loyalty be repaid with the destruction of my family and my daughter? With the exile of my child?”

My wolf growled inside me tensely. The weight of his words pressed against my chest like a threatening knife, not because they carried truth–but because they carried the same manipulation as Daphne.

He was using my father’s memory as a shield to save his daughter. He was using guilt as a weapon to weaken my resolve.

And the wolves around us had different reactions, some looked around uncomfortably and some nodded agreeing with the words he spoke.

That realization lit a spark of fury in me.

“You dare to use my father’s name?” I snarled angrily, my Alpha tone breaking through the air, silencing every whisper as everyone just stared at us. “You dare to twist and use the memory of my father to excuse your daughter’s sins?”

Darius only flinched but did not lower his head this time. “I know what she did was terrible and I can only ask for mercy. For one chance. She is misguided, yes, but she is still young. You knew my Mate–her mother. She died when Daphne was just a baby. She grew without guidance, without balance. Her mistakes are my failures of not being able to raise her properly, Gideon. Punish me for them. Not her.”

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