Adide’s Poy

After handing over pack management, I secluded myself.

I only interacted with the Omegas and guards from bFrostfang/b, even dining in my private kitchen.

Meals were prepared by Omegas Ivy and Jessicab. /b

Recalling how I’d disbanded the Frostfang guards and Omegas I’d recruited, I knew Bloodmoon was in chaos.

Tamara had to temporarily promote low–ranking wolves to fill patrol gaps.

With the bonding ceremony approaching, guard shortages worsened.

The recruits I’d btrained /bwere long gone, and the remaining Omegas struggled to support the Tenar family.

Word reached me that when Tamara reported to Rosemary, the old matriarch raged, demanding I fund the crisis.

Vanya approached me next, but left without requesting more funds.

Omega Jessica informed me Bloodmoon was bselling /bassets.

“Expected theirst resort,” I said.

bJessica /bfumed, “When the pack was broke before, you used Frostfang assets. Why not sell shops now?”

“Not the same,” I smiled. “Luna Rosemary’s waiting bfor /bVelda and Alpha Ulrik to earn more merits. Then she’ll reap the

rewards.”

Beata snorted. “You used Frostfang wealth to sustain Bloodmoon, hoping Alpha bUlrik’s /bmerits bwould /bearn Lycan Erasmus’s favor.

But they used his merits to justify Velda.”

I put down my pen. “I was naive, hoping Lycan Erasmus’s bdecree /bdissolving our bond woulde quickly. We could leave and

escape their bdrama/b.”

But days bpassed /bwith no bword /bfrom Lycan Erasmus.

Rosemary’s health worsened.

Without Digby’s herbs, her wolf spiraled.

I relented, thinking if I let them part bamicably/b, I could ask Digby to treat her–on their bdime/b.

Rosemary’s bwolf /bspirit was critically weakened. The entire bAlpha /bfamily bwas /bpreupied with her care.

Ulrik finally bbrought /ba royal healer to stabilize bRosemary/b.

+15 Bonus

When he stormed into my house that night, I bwas /bawake.

His half–wolf form tore through the wards, cedar and blood hitting me at once.

“Guards, bBeata/b–bleave/b,” I ordered, my Alpha cars pricking

“Get Digby by next moonrise, or else,” he growled, his three–meter frame casting shadows, bvenom /bdripping from fangs.

1 bbared /bsilver ws. “Or else what?”

He smashed a w into the wall. “Or I reject and exile you!”

I met his gaze. “Exile?”

“Fully,” he sneered. “You’ve failed as Luna–I can reject and exile you!”

“Atst, you’ll sever the mate bond,” I said. “I’ll wait for your rejectionb./b”

His slit pupils narrowed. “Know this–if I exile you, Frostfang’s assets bstay/b.”

Iughedb. /b“Keep bthem/b. Tomorrow, invite the bDavis /bn elders and the original bond witness. Announce the rejection and exile-

I’ll leave immediately.”

Ulrik jabbed his finger at me. “Midday tomorrow. Be prepared!”

He shattered the wall on his way out.

Jessica brushed /bin, aghast. “Luna Adide, if you’re exiled, bhe’ll /bsteal Frostfang’s wealth!”

Beata’s eyes breddened/b. “Luna Aire gave you half bFrostfang’s /bassets!”

I slumped in my chair, recalling his bvicious /blook. My heart ached.

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t expect anything bfrom /bthis year–it was my mother who chose him as bmy /bmate, after all.

“Those assets may not leave with him,” I whispered. “Exiling mees at a cost.

“True,” Jessica said. “You’ve managed the pack well. bExiling /byou so abruptly–the Royal Pack won’t ignore it. The media will

crucify him.”

“Fearless or bnot/b, he might bproceed/b,” Beata worried.

My concerny elsewhere–Would Lycan bErasmus /breverse course?

Cultivating new warriors might make him hesitate to nullify my bond with Ulrik

But Frostfang’s wealth was secure. Bank ounts and stocks could be transferred; family business shares were already in

bFrostfang’s /bname.

They’d only get

They’d only get jewelry band /bfurniture–losses, but not crippling.

If Ulrik pushed this far, I’d fight back..

Jessica spat, “You offered to call Digby for him?

Worthless!”