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Chapter 6

Author: Sea Sia
Color drained from Ashton's face, his commanding composure cracked apart.

For the first time...I saw his hands tremble.

"Elena!"

He strode toward me, his voice caught somewhere between fury and panic. "What do you think you're doing? Withdraw the summons Now!"

A weak, trembling voice drifted from the doorway.

"Ashton...?" Victoria stood there wrapped in a white fur cloak, one hand clutching the doorframe.

Her face was pale. Tears shimmered in her eyes. "Please..do not fight because of me.I will leave Shadow Fang. I will never trouble either of you again."

I watched her perfect performance without a word. Ashton hurried to her side immediately, carefully supporting her before she could even sway.

He was so engrossed in comforting her... That he failed to notice the heavy footsteps echoing from outside.

The great doors of the Healing Hall opened. A line of silver-armored Moon Guards entered first. Behind them walked the three white-robed Pack Elders.

The entire hall fell silent.

Ashton turned, one arm still wrapped protectively around Victoria.

"Elena! Have you lost your mind?! Just to achieve your goal...you would go this far?"

I finally looked at him. Not with anger or tears but with a disappointment so profound, It felt as though I were looking at a stranger.

A stranger who had chosen to believe the worst of me always

He froze beneath that gaze.

At that exact moment, my communication crystal shone once more.

Silver words slowly appeared across its surface.

[MATE BOND SEPARATION DECREE- APPROVED.]

I quietly closed my fingers around the crystal. The last thread binding us together had finally stretched taut enough for me to tear it down forever..

I turned towards the guards. "Let's go."

“No!” Ashton came forward only to be stopped by the elder who raised his Moon Staff.

A silver barrier spread between us.

"Alpha Ashton, you can no longer interfere in the trial. The Moon Goddess has accepted Luna Elena's invocation."

"Until the judgment is complete, neither Alpha nor Luna may interfere."

"You are forbidden from approaching the accused."

Ashton’s brow drew together as I left without another glance at him.

An hour later he strode into the Hall of Judgment. The three Pack Elders were already seated beneath the statue of the Moon Goddess.

"Elders." His voice was calmer now, though exhaustion was evident between his brows.

“Elena was too hasty earlier, there is no way she will remain locked up and interrogated. Send her home, I will talk to her, if she has done it I will personally give an explanation.”

Silence answered him. The three Elders exchanged glances.

Finally, the eldest let out a quiet sigh. "Alpha Ashton...who told you Luna Elena was still here?"

Ashton’s brow furrowed, his jaw clenching hard. "No matter what happened, she is my mate. Where did you send her?"

"Alpha, the investigation was completed the moment we arrived." The Elder placed a cedar box upon the table, inside lay the dead Moon Dove.

"The bird died nearly two days ago. The blood on its feathers had already dried before today's ceremony. It could not have been placed into the gift box by Luna Elena during the banquet."

Another Elder continued calmly,

"The handwriting upon the gift tag was forged. We also questioned every servant responsible for arranging the gifts, no one witnessed Luna Elena bringing any present. There is no evidence connecting her to this matter."

The eldest elder looked directly at Ashton. "We had no lawful reason to detain her. She left saying she will not come back."

As soon as the words fell, the creeping guilt in Ashton’s heart froze with a thump, his heart sinking.

“What the fuck are you sprouting?! Elena is my mate, she only has me in this entire world, if not for me where will she go?”

“The Moon priest has approved her separation decree.” The elders did not care for his fraying mental state and told him the truth.

A sudden wave of nausea climbed up Ashton’s throat as a sharp echo of words rumbled through the entire Moon temple.

“I, Elena Silverfang, reject Alpha Ashton Kurt as my mate and Alpha, never to be born as a pair of mates in any life. I abandon this bond forever.”
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