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Valerie felt helpless; all her adrenaline from before flew out of the window. She couldn’t bear to hurt Alessia, not even in the name of training. This rule was ambiguous. Knocking Alessia unconscious at her level of strength would mean Valerie would have to resort to cruel means to do so.

It was not a training session Alpha Denzel was emphasizing. It was a real battle. Valerie was upset and to confirm if this was Alpha Denzel’s revenge for her disobedience or merely his style of training, she said to him, "Give me someone else."

"No. You want to spar with her, so you fight with her," Alpha Denzel said with a deadpan expression, confirming her suspicion.

Valerie’s eyes were teary. She couldn’t bear to hurt Alessia, and neither could she control her anger. Not caring that she was in front of his pack members, she began to rage like a wounded lion.

"You are a heartless monster, and I hate you so much. One day, I will kick your ass right in front of everybody," she yelled. The warriors were shocked. Alpha Denzel’s rule this time was quite extreme, but they didn’t expect Valerie to have such a temper, resulting in such an outburst.

They thought only their Alpha did because Alpha Denzel had a terrible temper. Now they watched the happenings in anxiety, eager to know what was going to happen next. Alpha Denzel was hurt by her words.

His wolf would be greatly upset every time she threw hurtful words at him, but his expression was blank, knowing that he deserved it because he couldn’t tell her his reason for treating her so.

Their timing of meeting was so wrong, resulting in this, but if he hadn’t met her at that time, Alpha Tristan would have equally killed her. Now, he couldn’t help but blame the moon goddess for mating her to Alpha Tristan first, but then again, it was rare for one to have a second chance mate.

Since Alpha Denzel was unable to protect Lisa, he was slightly at fault and could not be paired with a destined mate.

Until a she-wolf was rejected, he would have never found one.

If Luna Valerie had not been rejected by Alpha Tristan, Alpha Denzel would have still been waiting for a second chance mate.

"I just gave you the chance. I never thought you to be a coward aside from cheating on your mate," he taunted her. This was the only way of making her upset since all other means failed, but what he didn’t expect was the hard punch on his cheek.

Due to his height, Valerie had to jump to meet her target, which she got perfectly because no one expected her to make such a fast move. The training room froze, silence reigned, one could hear a pin drop.

"She just punched the Alpha in the face," Burke roared, his gaze dark. Valerie realized her mistake, her heart thumped wildly from fear. Alessia feared this time and began to think of a way to get Valerie out of this mess.

After all, she was the reason why all this happened. Valerie stood up publicly to Alpha Denzel because she missed Alessia.

Alpha Denzel never laid a finger on her in spite of everything, but she punched him in front of his pack members. Gross disrespect.

Valerie recalled the grudge he had against her because of Ashley. Seemed both sisters were hot-blooded, but what Valerie did was worse than that of Ashley. She also recalled that Alpha Denzel had kept it in for years, bent on tormenting her until Alessia informed her about it.

Alpha Denzel was not one to mess with, but this was his rejected mate. Though the punch was hard, he felt no pain from it but rather humiliation.

"Per pack rules, she has to die!" Burke declared. The pack warriors rose to their feet, chanting their support.

"Yes, she has to die," they roared together. Even those infatuated with her before stood for the integrity of their Alpha, condemning her actions.

The she-wolves were even happier since most of them were in love with their Alpha. They loved that he was still unmated, meaning he could just choose any of them since there was nothing like a third chance mate.

As the chaos was ongoing, Alessia signaled to Valerie to run, but she shook her head in refusal, standing boldly. Even if the pack’s strongest warriors declared it, only the Alpha had the right to confirm it.

If Alpha Denzel wanted her dead, she would not fight it. Alessia felt helpless, knowing that if Valerie left, Alpha Denzel would do nothing. After all, he still loved her, but the angry pack warriors were her only concern.

She could not allow it, using her authority as the beta to counter it when Burke was causing chaos and the warriors agreed with him and began chanting death. She spoke in her beta tone, forcing them to silence.

"Read the pack rules well. It doesn’t apply to training. Anyone can get hit during training, including the Alpha. Haven’t you hit him before?" She asked Burke.

During training, Alpha Denzel had even complimented Burke for doing a good job when he landed a kick on Alpha Denzel’s back after getting defeated continuously.

"Beta Alessia," Burke raged. "That was during training, and you should be protecting the Alpha. Is that woman your friend?" Though not understanding the Alpha’s relationship with Valerie, as he had been instructed countless times to protect her, he still could not take the woman’s disrespect towards his Alpha.

Much more, he was disappointed that Alessia was not supporting them to get rid of her. Alessia tried to not show that she was on Valerie’s side. After all, what was a punch to Alpha Denzel’s face to Valerie losing her wolf?

In her arrogant opinion, he deserved it, but she was not going to tell that to the pack members.

"I’m only stating the pack rules in clause 17. In the time of training, a warrior’s strength and weakness are what would be determined. To achieve that, each warrior must battle with the Alpha and in that case, is also lucky to cause any form of damage to the Alpha and get away with it."

She paused, stared at Burke, and asked, "Aren’t we training? We all know about the injustice against Luna Valerie. She didn’t do what the Alpha accused her of. I think we should all be fair here or we are no different from Alpha Tristan and the Yellowstone pack."

Her words resonated in their minds, forcing them to keep mute, but Burke looked up to Alpha Denzel who was still too shocked to react.

"Alpha, what is your say in the matter?" Burke asked.