Chapter 28: The Runaway Mate

Asher

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I gulped down into nothing after the statement of Elder Elliot. It took me a few seconds to recover from the shock.

How could they give me such a crucial condition? I can't possibly make them the Luna of my pack.

"I can't concur with this," I interjected in a cold and firm voice.

"This is no longer your choice to make anymore. You once have the option for only your mate to undergo the task but you ruined it,"

"According to the tenth law of the pack, the Alpha must inform the elders and have their agreement before carrying out any crucial operation or so,"

"That's the price you'll pay for violating the law, Alpha. Your mate has to undergo the task if you want her to become the Luna of the pack,"

"And if she refuses, you know what that means, right? Jessica would be the Luna of the pack," he concluded as though he had been planning what to say.

And for a moment in my life, I was rendered speechless. I wasn't expecting everything to turn out this way. At first, I thought I'd