Chapter 151 The Betrayal Within the Pack
Gabriel staggered back from Dolphus with a snarl in his throat, as he pointed his shaking finger. And he said to Dolphus, “What are you trying to gain by dragging this blood relative of yours into our pack and forcing her into the role of Seraphina's daughter? What are you hunting for? Are your eyes fixed on the whole wealth of the Farringtons? Is half not enough for an adopted pup like you? Do you want the entire family fortune now!”
Dolphus did not say a word, but his wolf was silently alert.
Elena lifted her head, and she lowered her teacup onto the table.
“Mr Gabriel, please stop calling it our Farrington family. You and your grandfather divided the family ground nineteen years ago. The present Farrington family has nothing to do with you anymore.”
Gabriel raised his cane high, ready to strike Elena’s face.
Elena did not move, but Dolphus's eyes flashed gold.
Before the cane could land, Nicholas stepped in and wrapped his palm around the cane, to stop it from landing on Elena’s face.
Gabriel turned on him. His voice cracked with rage.
“Nicholas, so you are standing with outsiders now! My brother is old and confused. He is being tricked. Are you also allowing yourself to be tricked!”
His shout had barely finished when a stack of heavy papers flew through the air. The edges cut the air, before slapping into Christopher’s face.
The papers were scattered across the floor.
“Raphael?” Christopher whispered.
Raphael rose slowly from his seat. His pupils shook with rage he had never shown before.
Even when his leg had been shattered years ago, he had not looked like this. He had sat calmly, watching the guards deal with the attackers. But now his fury burned through the room.
Gabriel had never witnessed such a look from him.
“It was you,” Raphael said at last. “You were the one who took Seraphina out. You were the one who allowed her to get lost.”
The room dropped into a heavy silence.
No one had ever imagined that Seraphina could be kidnapped and taken out of her family at that time. She had a driver for every trip. Every corner was protected.
No stranger could even step five meters near her.
So how could she have been taken to that wild, forsaken slum in Atwater village?
For years, Gamma Raphael had carried the mystery in his chest. A wound that never healed.
But now, as he stared at the documents Dolphus had uncovered, the truth hit him with the force of a wolf’s strike.
The betrayal had come from within the pack. It's from Gabriel.
Dolphus had planned to show these papers to Raphael Farrington after leaving the family. But now that Gabriel had stepped forward, Dolphus no longer felt the need to wait.
It was time to end the lies.
Christopher's face was drained of color. His knees nearly buckled.
“Dolphus … what are you saying?” Gabriel whispered.
Morrin fell to her knees as she tried to gather the scattered documents. Her eyes passed across the words, and her breath caught.
“This cannot be real. Dolphus, my father, is Seraphina's uncle. We are tied by the same ancestors. How could he ever harm her?”
“The reason is simple,” Dolphus responded abruptly.
Far back, Gabriel had watched the way Gamma Raphael held his mate close. He remembered the moment Gamma Raphael’s mate had brought Seraphina into the world. Her strength had shattered, leaving her unable to have another pup. The thought had planted a wicked seed in Gabriel's heart. He had whispered to himself that if Seraphina ever met an early death, the Gamma's fortune would drift toward him. Even if the wealth did not naturally fall into his arms, he believed he could twist things until his own offspring were accepted as Raphael's new pups, and from there the legacy would shift to his bloodline.
This had been Gabriel's quiet plan since the day Gamma Raphael had adopted Dolphus. At that time Gabriel had stood stiff and silent, pretending to support the decision, but resentment had lurked inside him. In his mind, Dolphus carried no wolf blood that matched the Farrington line. Gabriel had always told himself that an adopted wolf could be removed with the right push. He believed that one day he would shove Dolphus off the path and take control of the pack’s empire himself.
When that path failed, he had formed another plan. He intended to use Seraphina's fading mind. Gabriel wanted Seraphina to accept his own child as hers, which would give him power to claim at least half of everything the Farrington family owned.
Raphael had sensed those shadows long ago. It was the reason he had rushed to arrange Dolphus’s bond with Raven Santiago. He wanted Dolphus to stand with a strong she-wolf who could guard the family when he was no longer around to protect them.
Only a few nights earlier, Gabriel had learned the Gamma wanted to bring a daughter into the family for Seraphina. The moment the news reached him, panic tore through his chest. He knew that his plans were breaking apart.
"You are a bloody liar. These papers are not real," Morrin cried out. She held the sheets and shot a desperate look at his uncle seated on the chair. "Father, how can you put your trust in a stranger instead of your own real blood... my father and I."
Morrin's voice pushed heat into Gabriel and he hurried forward, backing up her plea. "Yes, brother, you cannot trust this outsider. He is only here to steal what belongs to our family."
Dolphus lifted his gaze from his wristwatch and he growled. "No matter how much you try to deny it, the killer you hired to hunt Seraphina will be here in ten minutes."
Shock flashed in Gabriel's eyes. His head jerked toward his stepbrother, who stood stiff with stormy anger darkening all over his body. Gabriel's false courage wavered.
"You are lying," Gabriel shouted, but his voice cracked with fear and exposed the truth inside him.
Elena stepped closer and guided the Gamma back into his seat. "Grandfather, if the proof is clear, the law can still strike even if time has passed. When a suspect hides from judgment, the time limit no longer matters. And do not forget, fifteen years ago during that same time, Gabriel paid a servant to poison you. If not for Florence came for your rescue on time, your body would never have healed fully. We can still send this man to prison."
Dolphus loosened his suit jacket and settled on the sofa. "When we see the rogue who performed such evil from that time, we move straight to the law. Whether you believe my words or not, the law will decide."
Long ago, Gabriel had approached Seraphina as her uncle. He took her away when she was weak and unguarded and had handed her to a hired killer and ordered him to end her life.
But the killer had not obeyed. After taking the money, he vanished with Seraphina. He hid her away and disappeared from every trail.
More than twelve long years later, Seraphina surfaced again. Alive, breathing, but with her mind shattered like broken ice. Gabriel tried everything to find the rogue from the past, but the man stayed hidden. The matter faded and he believed the danger had died with time.
Now Dolphus stood tall, claiming he had found the same killer from all those years.
Morrin moved in front of her father. "My father is innocent. You want to bring in a stranger and blame him for something he never did."
Then she turned toward Raphael, who was silently watching as the whole drama was unfolding before his eyes. "Father, speak. Dolphus and Elena are joining together to remove every one of your real family."
Raphael's mouth parted. The truth about Elena’s blood burned on the edge of his tongue. Because he was aware that 6no one in that room carried a bond closer to him than Elena.