All Chapters of Dear Ex Mate, You're Mine to Ruin: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

Lillian’s POVI’d feared this exact scenario, had known deep down that my presence in Fangshade Pack wasn’t quite as welcomed as Dorian believed it to be. For five years I’d felt the whispers, the sidelong glances, the subtle ways some pack members made it clear they saw me as an outsider who’d gotten too comfortable in their territory. And now, standing before the elder council while they looked at me with stone, cold disapproval, all those fears were being validated in the worst possible way.My union with Dorian was being opposed, just like I’d known it would be. The elders saw me as damaged goods from a rival pack, as someone who would bring shame and weakness to Fangshade rather than strength and legitimacy. And no matter what Dorian said about my contributions or my character, their minds were already made up based on where I’d come from rather than who I’d become.“Elders, please,” Dorian said, his voice strained with the effort of staying calm. “You’re letting prejudice cl

Dorian’s POVI sat in the private conference room with three of the most senior elders, Carter, Marcus, and Patricia their expressions ranging from disapproving to outright hostile as we continued the argument that had started in the full council meeting days ago. “You do not have the right to dictate who I marry,” I said firmly, my patience wearing thin after an hour of circular arguments that kept leading nowhere productive. “I am Alpha of this pack, and the choice of my Luna is mine alone to make. That’s not a suggestion or a request for your approval, that’s simply how pack hierarchy works.”“We’re not trying to dictate your choice,” Elder Carter said, though his tone suggested otherwise, his words contradicting the very stance he’d been taking throughout this entire meeting. “We’re simply advising you that if you insist on taking a bride, she should be from our pack. Someone whose loyalty is unquestioned, whose blood is Fangshade through and through. Not from Moonstone Pack, not

Lillian’s POVI stood at the window watching Dorian’s car disappear down the driveway, a hollow feeling settling in my chest as the distance between us grew. A week felt like an eternity right now, especially with everything that had happened with the elders and the strange threats I’d been receiving.“You should have told him,” Alanna said from behind me, her voice tight with worry. “About the shadow, about the note, about all of it. He has a right to know someone’s threatening you.”I turned away from the window, wrapping my arms around myself. “What was I supposed to say? That I think I saw someone spying on me but we searched everywhere and found nothing? That I got a threatening note that could have come from anyone? He would have worried himself sick or worse, cancelled the trip and lost out on important territorial negotiations.”“Better than leaving you here vulnerable and unprotected,” Alanna countered.“I’m not unprotected,” I argued, though I didn’t feel as confident as I

Lillian’s POVI stood at the window watching Dorian’s car disappear down the driveway, a hollow feeling settling in my chest as the distance between us grew. A week felt like an eternity right now, especially with everything that had happened with the elders and the strange threats I’d been receiving.“You should have told him,” Alanna said from behind me, her voice tight with worry. “About the shadow, about the note, about all of it. He has a right to know someone’s threatening you.”I turned away from the window, wrapping my arms around myself. “What was I supposed to say? That I think I saw someone spying on me but we searched everywhere and found nothing? That I got a threatening note that could have come from anyone? He would have worried himself sick or worse, cancelled the trip and lost out on important territorial negotiations.”“Better than leaving you here vulnerable and unprotected,” Alanna countered.“I’m not unprotected,” I argued, though I didn’t feel as confident as I

Lillian’s POVI screamed for help, my voice echoing through the pack house with pure panic. “Help! Someone help! Someone collapsed!”Within seconds, guards came rushing into my room, their expressions alert and weapons drawn as they assessed the situation. Right behind them came Alanna, still in her clinic clothes, her healer instincts immediately taking over when she saw the unconscious form on the floor.“What happened?” Alanna demanded, dropping to her knees beside the maud and checking her pulse.“The tea,” I said, pointing to the cup on my bedside table with a shaking hand. “She drank it and then just collapsed. I think it was poisoned.”Alanna’s expression turned grim. She pulled a small vial from her pocket and waved it under the maid’s nose, then examined her eyes and the color of her skin. “Nightshade extract mixed with wolfsbane,” she said after a moment. “Deadly combination for our kind. Get me my full kit from the clinic, now!”One of the guards ran immediately while Alan