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CHAPTER 44
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FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 122
JASON’S POVI stood frozen for a long moment, processing my grandmother’s devastating public admission, the assembled coalition’s shocked murmuring feeling distant and unreal against the sheer magnitude of what she’d apparently just confirmed.“I need the truth,” I said finally, my voice carrying raw, demanding urgency despite our public setting. “All of it, Grandmother. Right now, in front of everyone, because I refuse to let this continue unfolding through Cross’s carefully constructed presentation while you offer nothing but partial, devastating admissions.”Vivienne met my eyes, and I watched something settle behind her expression, a resigned, exhausted acceptance that suggested whatever remained of her careful, decades-long concealment had finally, completely run its course.“You’re right,” she said, her voice carrying quiet, devastating clarity despite the assembled crowd’s continued anxious attention. “You deserve the complete truth, Jason, not fragments carefully managed to mi
FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 121
ELLA’S POVCross’s legal team distributed a fresh wave of documentation throughout the assembled coalition leadership, and I watched, my pulse hammering with anxious anticipation, as he prepared to deliver whatever devastating revelation he’d spent thirty years constructing toward this exact, public moment.“What I’m about to share,” Cross said, his voice carrying grave, deliberate weight, “concerns not simply a historical succession dispute, but a crime I believe was deliberately concealed for decades, a crime that directly enabled the current Silvermoon leadership’s illegitimate claim to power.”The assembled crowd fell into tense, anxious silence, and I felt Jason’s hand tighten around mine as Cross continued, his voice carrying rehearsed but genuinely emotional intensity.“My own father,” Cross said, “Alistair Cross, died forty-two years ago, officially attributed to an unfortunate hunting accident during a diplomatic visit to Silvermoon territory. I have spent decades believing t
FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 120
JASON’S POVI felt Ella’s hand tighten around mine as Cross’s legal team continued distributing documentation throughout the assembled crowd, understanding the same mounting tension currently gripping us both despite our determined effort to project confident, unified composure.“We should approach the podium ourselves,” I said quietly, watching the coalition’s presiding council member glance toward us with obvious uncertainty about how to manage this unexpected, unscheduled development. “Rather than simply waiting anxiously for whatever he’s planning to say, we position ourselves prepared to respond immediately.”Ella nodded, her own composure carrying the same fierce, determined confidence I’d witnessed her demonstrate throughout every previous crisis this exhausting campaign had thrown at us, and we made our way together toward the central assembly area, several coalition leaders parting respectfully to allow our passage despite the evident tension permeating the entire gathering.
FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 119
ELLA’S POV“I don’t think you should attend,” Jason said carefully, watching me select a gown for the upcoming gala with obvious, protective concern despite our earlier successful reconciliation. “Ella, given everything Cross is apparently planning, given the very real danger this event represents, I think it’s genuinely safer for you to remain here with the children.”“I understand your concern,” I said, continuing my careful selection despite his evident worry, “but Jason, I’m not interested in hiding while my own family’s legitimacy faces public challenge. I’ve spent too much of my life already hiding from confrontation, letting other people control the narrative around my own circumstances. I refuse to do that again now, particularly not when our children’s future is directly at stake.”“Your safety matters more to me than proving a point about not hiding,” Jason said, his voice carrying genuine, evident worry beneath his careful attempt at reasonable argument.“I know,” I said, s
FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 118
JASON’S POVI found Ella that evening in the nursery, watching over our four children with the same quiet, fierce devotion that had characterized every moment of her care since their birth, and felt the accumulated tension of these past several difficult days settle into something considerably softer at simply observing her in this peaceful, private moment.“They’re finally all asleep,” she said softly, glancing up as I entered, a tired but genuine smile touching her expression. “Even our smallest fighter managed a full feeding tonight without any complications.”“That’s wonderful,” I said, settling beside her, watching our children’s peaceful, steady breathing with the same overwhelming love that struck me every time I properly observed them. “How are you feeling? Beyond simply the exhaustion of managing four newborns during all of this chaos.”She was quiet for a moment, considering the question with obvious care. “Better, I think. I’ve been processing everything that happened, that
FAT, BARREN, AND REJECTED CHAPTER 117
ELLA’S POVJason relayed his confrontation with Cross that evening, his voice carrying a complicated mixture of continued fury and genuine, unsettled uncertainty I hadn’t heard from him even during our most difficult previous crises.“He genuinely believes it,” Jason said, pacing the length of our private quarters with obvious, accumulated tension. “Not simply manufactured justification for his current campaign, Ella. Real, deep conviction that his own bloodline carries legitimate claim to Silvermoon’s founding leadership, dating back considerably further than even his business dispute with my father.”“What does that actually mean for us practically?” I asked, watching him process this devastating complication with obvious difficulty.“I don’t know yet,” he admitted. “I’ve asked our historical archivist to begin investigating whatever documentation exists regarding the founding succession, though given how deliberately obscured this apparently was, I don’t expect quick or easy answer
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