“Now that you have seven pus, that's enough. Your role as breeder Luna is no longer of any value. Take a rest.”
Filled with resentment, I endured the excruciating pain in my internal organs and cried, demanding an answer.
Cassian hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay, I'll tell you, what I actually love is your..."
But before I could finish speaking, I breathed my last.
The pain of the first cycle of the Moon Goddess's reincarnation made me tremble all over, but it also made my mind incredibly clear.
I emphasized each word, speaking slowly and deliberately, "Mother, I will not be bound by a contract."
As my mother watched me grow up, she knew how much I loved Cassian.
When he first led the pack warriors to the northern border, I waited for him at Wolfsburg in the north for a whole month.
When he returned injured, I took care of him tirelessly for half a month.
My mother said this would damage Luna's reputation, but I didn't care. I just wanted him to be alright.
So my mother was a little confused. "Selena, didn't you used to say you wouldn't mate with anyone but an Alpha heir? This is a great opportunity.”
I shook my head firmly. "Words spoken in youth are not to be taken seriously."
Besides, I already had someone I liked, and he'll be coming soon to exchange Mate Contracts.
My mother looked shocked and glared at me, as if blaming me for not telling her sooner.
She turned and said with a forced smile, "Alpha heir, there’s nothing my daughter, Selena, can do about it if she doesn’t want to."
“How about we get Lyra to form a bond? She likes you too.”
Lyra, who had been silent all along, trembled and shook her head vigorously, saying, "Mother, I won't form a bond either."
Our mother frowned and scolded, "What's wrong with you now?!"
Lyra glanced at me, then stammered, "I also have someone I like."
“But Lyra, he’ll came here soon to exchange the Mate Contracts.”
After our father's death, our mother had managed the Silvermoon Pack. Although she was a very strict mother, but she loved both me and Lyra from the bottom of her heart.
Seeing that neither of us was willing to form a contract, she didn't want to force us.
So she returned the Mate Contract to Cassian, saying apologetically, "Alpha heir, I'm sorry, the girls have their own ideas, and as their mother, I can't force them to make a decision."
“Why don't you go check out other wolf packs?”
Perhaps feeling humiliated, Cassian, who had remained calm throughout, became somewhat annoyed this time.
He blurted out. "No! The person I want to form a bond with must be from your Silvermoon Pack!’
He then slammed the Mate Contract on the table and turned to leave.
He left only one sentence before leaving.
“You have three days to discuss who will form the contract. If I can't choose, I'll just apply to the Lycan Queen for the Royal Mate Decree.”
After that, it was only three of us remained in the hall.
My mother, in her haste, gave my sister and me a push, urging us on. "Blackwood Pack and the Lycan Queen are extremely close. The Royal Mate Decree is simply a matter of a word from the Queen."
“Once registered with the Royal Council, no wolf pack can refuse.”
“You two should hurry and have your sweethearts come over to exchange Mate Contracts. It will be too late if you're too late.”
Lyra and I looked at each other in bewilderment.
Over the years, we had been arguing fiercely over Cassian, and hadn't paid any attention to any other Alphas.
Those Alphas who once admired us had either formed a bond with us or given up on us completely.
Where on earth were we supposed to find a willing mate on such short time?
My mother noticed our unusual behavior and frowned, asking, "You two didn't just make this up, did you?"
Seeing that we couldn't hide it any longer, we simply told our mother everything about the three cycles of the moon goddess's reincarnation.
It took my mother a long time to accept this explanation.
She held my and my sister's hands, tears streaming down her face.
Of course, as a mother, how could she not feel heartbroken and distressed to hear that her eldest daughter was poisoned to death and that her youngest daughter's wolf core was destroyed?
