Chapter 4

The laughter from the crowd never stopped, like they were watching a meticulously choreographed farce.

"Elara really is crazy."

"To choose a broken wolf out of spite, she must be really desperate."

"Frostveil Pack truly is cursed, to have a daughter like that."

Sera opportunistically walked over, proudly displaying her belly, looking down at me, her words full of false concern.

"Elara, calm down. Even if we had a misunderstanding, Kael truly cared for you. Look at Killian, he can't even protect you. Is he truly worth entrusting your life to?"

Every word she spoke stabbed at my heart.

I lay on the ground, feeling the malice surrounding me.

Had I, indeed, made the wrong choice?

Just then, Killian suddenly burst out.

He used all his strength to break free from the two guard wolves' hold.

Even though he trembled with pain, he limped towards me.

He knelt down and carefully helped me to my feet.

"I'm sorry. You shouldn't have to suffer like this."

Then he turned his head and looked at the triumphant Kael.

"You're right, I can't protect her right now."

My heart instantly sank to the bottom.

Even he, was he going to abandon me?

But the next second, he looked up, his gaze sweeping over all the wolves present. "But at least, I won't hurt her."

"You mock her for being crazy, mock her for choosing me, a broken wolf, out of spite. But have you considered? What exactly pushed an Alpha's daughter of Frostveil Pack to tear up her own engagement at her wedding ceremony with her own hands?"

The entire crowd fell silent instantly.

"It was betrayal. It was deceit. It was harm from her own flesh and blood."

"My leg was injured by silver, I can't fully shift into my wolf form, but my heart isn't rotten.

I can't give her the position of Luna of Shadowfen Pack, I can't give her countless treasures, but I can give her absolute loyalty.

Not like your Alpha, who got Elara's twin sister pregnant before the wedding."

Kael's face turned ashen, and his full Alpha presence instantly erupted, pressing down on Killian.

"Stop being so dramatic! What right do you, a broken wolf, have to speak here?!"

"What right do I have?" Killian interrupted him, meeting his dominance without an inch of retreat.

"I have the right to love her and protect her. What about you? What right do you have?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Kael roared furiously, ordering the guards behind him.

"Throw this broken wolf out! Never allow him to step foot into the territories of our two Packs again!"

Several guard wolves swarmed over, grabbed Killian, and, ignoring his struggles, dragged him forcibly out of the venue.