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The hall quieted down once more, and for someone who had been in charge from the beginning, everyone knew that something was amiss. Luna Bellatrix smiled, took advantage, and rephrased her question right before Alpha Denzel decided to intervene as it was a sensitive matter.

"In case you did not understand it the first time, you have not been marked.

If you mattered to Alpha Denzel like you said and if you were indeed his Luna and not a contract one like Luna Fella, who left as a disgrace and even committed suicide after her Alpha found his mate, then what else could you be? "

Everyone was surprised that a matter of decades ago when they were all children was brought to light.

Luna Fella was a contract Luna of one of the packs, well respected without anyone knowing, but her dreams fell into the gutters, and she committed suicide after her Alpha found his true mate a few years later.

It was recorded that Luna Fella had even carried an heir with her, leaving a curse on her Alpha. His destined mate could not get pregnant after five years, making the pack vulnerable. During a massive attack, the pack had been wiped out without traces.

It was one of the tragedies to happen in the werewolf community, and somehow, it injected some form of fear into Luna Valerie, as she feared the what-ifs of Alpha Denzel finding a third chance mate because of the rejection.

Nevertheless, Alpha Denzel was a man of his words, not swayed by emotions. If something like that should ever happen to them, she was certain that he would not have it in him to send her away.

"I am the woman he is capable of entrusting his pack to. I am the woman he would give his life for. Even if I have not been marked, you don’t deserve an explanation for it because I am still better than you in a thousand ways," Valerie shot back, her confidence on a different level.

Alpha Denzel let out a relieved smile. She never stopped making him proud. Everything she said was the truth. She was the woman he would gladly lay down his life for.

Valerie did not see any importance in talking to them further. She already made her point. About to signal the DJ to return the music, Luna Kainda suddenly regained some confidence since the drug for farting had left her system.

"Valerie, every Luna here is marked. You don’t have a place here and should leave," Luna Kainda said, intentionally leaving out her title to upset her.

Valerie was getting annoyed and did not bother hiding it anymore. She was also certain that not even Adira or Troy were capable of sending her off their pack.

She retorted calmly. "No. The only people who have overstayed their welcome are the three of you. I banish you three from ever stepping your filthy feet in his pack ever again." She used her Luna authority, forgetting that this was not her pack.

Luna Kainda feared, but Luna Bellatrix, being the brain behind everything, was quick to spot out the loophole. "You don’t have the right to banish us. You are not the Luna of this pack."

Lucky for Valerie, Adira got her back and instantly spoke in her support, loud and clear. "I banish you, Luna Kainda, Bellatrix, and Ahuma. Do you need the guards to accompany you?"

Hearing Adira exert her Luna authority over a pack she was not familiar with on her first day of coronation, everyone thought she was bold.

Luna Bellatrix did not intend to offend Adira since this was indeed her pack and tried to patronize her.

"You are depriving yourself of the chance to be a member of the Luna’s club because of a two-times rejected Luna?" Disdain laced his voice as Valerie glared at her.

Her way of describing it seemed like an insult to Valerie, and before she could retaliate, Luna Ahuma added her voice.

"I hope you won’t do that, Luna Adira. I read from the ancient books that some of them even lose their wolves after such a rejection. Are you sure she still has hers?"

Her question caused Valerie to freeze, but after all she did for Adira in convincing her to come see Troy when she didn’t want to, comforting her in her lowest moment, she could not allow Valerie to be hit where it hurts most.

If not for Valerie, she would not have returned and would not have become a Luna today. Without thinking, Adira hastened to Luna Ahuma, slapping her so hard the latter toppled and fell from the chair she sat on.

With agitation in her eyes, she said seriously. "If sitting down, drinking, and talking trash is what you do in the Lunas club, then I’ll pass. Now get out. We cut ties with you three." Her voice was shaky with so much anger, Valerie had to rub her back to calm her.

She was not so strong in hiding her emotions like Valerie. The three women were nervous to have crossed their lines, judging from the angry look on the faces of their alphas.

To resolve the matter without making themselves look small, Luna Bellatrix voiced out, in case Luna Adira was unaware.

"If you cut ties with us, then you are doing the same for our Alphas and packs."

Adira wasted no time, turning to the three Alphas as Luna Ahuma struggled to lift herself from the floor with the help of Luna Kainda. How could they have known that Adira would stand up for Valerie?

Adira found the three Lunas a nuisance and did not think that Troy would be upset with her decision. At least she managed to divert attention from Valerie’s wolf.

"You can go with your Lunas and sever ties with our pack or stay away and watch them face the humiliation alone." Adira declared.

The guests were gulping down a lot of strong drinks as the atmosphere tensed up. "Adira..." Alpha Commander, the mate of Bellatrix, was about to say when Adira corrected him.

"It’s Luna Adira. You should not ignore my title. You might be friends with my mate but not me."

Alpha Commander scoffed. "Developing an attitude too? If I didn’t know about all you did, I would have been afraid and cowered."

Adira’s teeth gritted together, and Valerie was about to speak when she responded to everyone’s surprise.

"How is it my business if you choose to live in the past when the world is moving into the future? You think that what you think about me matters to me?"

It indeed mattered to her, and it hurt that he brought it up, but remembering what Valerie went through, her mishap was nothing.

"Alright. I am not obligated to reason with a Luna. Only your Alpha can suggest something like that. Both of you have the right to even bring up something like that," Alpha Commander said, and was soon interrupted by a familiar voice.

"Alpha Commander," Troy’s voice sounded from the back, where another wine bar had been erected. Everyone shivered when they saw him with Alpha Denzel with a darkened gaze.