Four Alphas Took My Moon Crown To My Adopted Sister Chapter 05

Four Alphas Took My Moon Crown To My Adopted Sister Chapter 05

I held Cedric’s icy stare and spoke calmly. 

“Alpha Cedric, what does this have to do with you?” 

“Does it have to do with me?” He let out a bitter laugh and reached out to grip my chin. “Everyone in the Wastelands knows you belong to me. You will not pick some random werewolf to be your mate. That will not happen.” 

His dominant Alpha presence washed over me, clouding my senses. “Do not test my limits. Call off the ceremony at once, and I’ll pretend none of this ever happened.” 

“What if I refuse?” I did not back down an inch. 

His fingers tightened sharply around my jaw. “Stella, do not act recklessly. If you want to keep Blackwood Pack’s support, you will do as I say.” 

“Then we’re done. We were never true mates to 

begin with. I could care less about Blackwood 

Pack’s support.” 

A heavy silence fell over everything. 

Cedric stared at me as if I had lost my mind. 

He knew me well. He was the one who taught me 

how to negotiate and navigate pack politics. 

He had always believed I could never hold onto my 

position in Silvermoon Pack without him. 

“Stella, I taught you those tactics so you could use 

them against our enemies, not against me. How 

are you any different from those scheming 

werewolves Teresa keeps company with now?” 

A bitter chuckle bubbled up in my chest. 

The difference is this. I once truly believed you 

were my only safe haven. 

I stepped back and pulled free from his grasp. 

“You no longer need to concern yourself with my 

affairs, Alpha Cedric.” 

“Stella,” he called after me, his voice sharp with 

threat. “If you walk out that door now, do not come 

crawling to me later. I will never forgive you.” 

I did not look back. 

I climbed into the vehicle, and my phone lit up in 

the darkness. 

It was a text from my father, its tone frigid. 

“Your mate has been chosen. Be present for the 

mating ceremony in three days.” 

He was pushing me into a corner. 

I turned off the screen and glanced toward the 

Silvermoon Pack house outside the window. 

Workers were busy preparing for the event through the night. 

And the man who would stand beside me was sleeping on the far side of the Wastelands right. 

now. 

Soon, every pack member would know exactly who my future mate was. 

The pain in my left shoulder had long since gone numb. I raised my right hand and dialed a number I hadn’t called in months. 

The line connected quickly, and a deep, steady voice came through. It was Bowen Sable. 

He was Cedric’s only rival across the Wastelands, 

and the current Alpha of Crescent Pack. 

Half a year ago, he had subtly proposed a political alliance through marriage. I had been completely 

devoted to Cedric back then, and turned him down 

without hesitation. 

“Alpha Bowen, is your offer from half a year ago. 

still standing?” 

There was a three–second pause on the other end 

of the line. 

“Miss Stella. It sounds like you’ve run into trouble.” 

“I need a mate. The ceremony will take place in 

three days.” I watched the scenery blur past 

outside the window and laid out an offer he could 

not refuse. 

“In return, I will convince my grandfather to grant 

you the Eternal Night Woods in the northern 

Wastelands as my dowry.” 

“Are you certain you can persuade him?” Bowen’s 

tone gave nothing away. 

“Once I take a mate, he is bound by Thorne family 

law to hand that land over to me. It is inheritance 

meant for the daughters of this line.” 

“Deal.” Bowen agreed without a moment’s 

hesitation. 

I ended the call and felt a wave of exhaustion. 

wash over me. 

When I returned to the pack house, I found Cedric 

sitting in the main living room. 

He had changed his clothes, and his face looked 

worn and grim. 

Teresa was nowhere to be seen, nor were the 

other three Alphas. 

He walked up to me, his posture almost like 

someone admitting fault. “Stella, I reviewed the 

security footage from last night. I wronged you.”