He Stole My Children I Refused His Crown Chapter 18
Damien came in and led the still-coughing Celeste away.
Three days later, the royal council convened an expanded session.
At first, the proceedings were routine, focused on minor territorial disputes.
Then, Alpha Conrad abruptly requested a suspension, publicly questioning the chain of evidence in Ironvale’s treason case and demanding that Elliot be brought into the council chamber for questioning.
Lucian was clearly caught completely off guard.
After the royal guard brought Elliot in, an old royal case, suppressed for twenty years, was finally dragged into the light.
King Adrian took the sealed report from the Chief Royal Healer and personally walked over to Elliot.
He pulled open Elliot’s collar to reveal, just below the collarbone, the royal bloodline mark—identical to his own.
The mark alone wasn’t proof.
But the handwritten testimony of the dead nurse, the preserved newborn wristband, the medical ID number from that year, and the freshly completed royal bloodline test all pointed to the same truth.
Elliot was King Adrian’s son, who had vanished twenty years ago.
King Adrian’s hand trembled. He immediately ordered the guard to bring Queen Helena to the council chamber.
A ripple of shock went through the Councilors and the pack Alphas.
When Queen Helena entered, she looked perfectly composed, though her brow was drawn in a slight frown.
King Adrian threw the nurse’s testimony down in front of her.