Page 153 of Carmichael's Omega

"What did Lily do? Did she try to run?" the Gamma asks. I look sharply at Papa. Was mama trying to escape him, and it triggered this... insane cruelty?

"No. My Lily was always a good omega. Obedient. Quiet," he rasps and goes silent for a beat. My fist clench, and the claws that I can't retract cut into my palms. Good? Fucking quiet?Sí, Mamá está tranquila.Because of the injury to her neck and throat, she can’t speak at all.

"What did you do to Lily with Marguerite in the same pack?" the Gamma asks again.

"I brought Lily to thehaciendaas our maid."

It cuts deep. It's like a fucking horror story of mate abuse. The worst part is that I know it gets worse. "You made your mate watch you with a false female,no?" I growl angrily, pacing back and forth faster and faster. "You rubbed it in her face? You could have killed her from rejection!" I scream in his face, hardly feeling the hands of the Beta pulling me away.

"Easy, Punk," he mutters lowly.

"Sí,"Papáagrees with my accusations, his face set in anger. "I nearly destroyed her. Then... I couldn't resist making her mine. So I made a deal," his eyes drift closed, and I wrench out of the Beta's hold to punch my papa in the face.

"Open your eyes! Tell me what the deal was!" I snarl and foam, grunting with the effort to escape the Beta's grip and kill thisbastardo.

"I would mate with Marguerite, let her be the Luna of LoboGris if she pretended that Lily's unborn pup was hers,"Papásays flatly.

"You gotMamápregnant with me," I breathe, "and Marguerite pretended I was hers?"

"Sí,"Papásnaps. "And while I was at it, I told Marguerite that she had to have two pups. She agreed. Greedy bitch!" he snarls. He starts to fight the chains, his nose dripping blood from my punch.

The Beta walks over and calmly slams his hand down onPapá'sshoulder, forcing him back into the chair.

"It is why you have your name, and Renee hers,sí?Tu mamawanted to name you Alejandro."

"Fuck you,pendejo!" I roar. Once again, the Beta holds me back as I go for my father's throat.

"Then Nico... Lily became pregnant again,"Papácontinued as if I had said nothing. I go still. It hits me hard. Nico, my little brother,mi hermanito, was the unbargained-for third pup. A mistake.

"I convinced Marguerite to pretend a third time, but she... She never gave the same care and attention to Nico. Some of the elderly females were suspicious of her third pregnancy. She would drink, shift too close to the due date."

"What did you do to Lily to hide her pregnancies?" the Gamma asks quietly.

Papálooks at him blankly. "Lily stayed in thehacienda. She had no one who would look for her, anyway."

"You isolated her," the Beta says with disgust. "You kept her from having anyone."

"Sí,"Papáadmits. "Then... she fell pregnant a fourth time."

"¡Chale!Fuck you, you piece of shit! Wrap your dick up,culero!" I shudder, bending at the waist and fighting the urge to shift.

Papásnaps his canines at me, and I laugh at his face hysterically. I can feel insanity creeping up and taking over. My alpha-wolf circles, pacing just like me, howling in pain and confusion for the sister or brother he never even knew about. A fourth... then the two little females.Diosa. Diosa, por favor.

"Where is the fourth sibling? Was that Bembe?" the Gamma asks calmly.

"No,"Papáchokes out. "Dead. Marguerite attacked her. She wanted Lily dead," Papa says. The stark agony in his eyes is the only sign of emotion in him at all. "Lily nearly died. She lost the pup."

Everything goes silent, and I feel my heart crack in my chest. Losing a pup... if Cassidy lost her pup, it would devastate her. How didMamásurvive?

"I killed Marguerite,"Papásays blithely. "I thought I had lost Lily. She recovered, barely, and by the time she was better, I already had the attic built for her."

"Why imprison her?" the Beta asks.

Papáshrugs as much as he can with the chains wrapped around him. "The pack was already suspicious. I could keep Lily, hide her away, protect her, and explain Marguerite's death all at once."

"Eres un bastardo," I snarl. "Bembe?"

"He's younger. Lily couldn't have another pup for a long time,"Papásays. "He's fourteen now."

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