Chapter 248
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Third Person’s POV
Adelaide settled into the car, but jumped as it started.
She was flustered, though luckily no one noticed.
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Her heart was pounding–but hey, Irene and Cedric were right behind in another car. They were her family!
She couldn’t see Lance nearly tripping.
The crowd burst into laughter, and Lance’s face turned as red as a beet.
He took a deep breath and sat in the car with a suave posture.
The royal family members who came for the mating ceremony were all laughing their heads off.
Klein was furious, thinking of expelling Lance, but decided to give him one more chance.
Only Tommy understood Lance was just too excited and walked on air, hence the clumsiness.
The car started moving toward the Blackthorn Pack.
Beata, Jasmine, Ivy, and Cedric accompanied Adelaide into the Blackthorn Pack this time.
Jessica and Valentin stayed behind to manage the Frostfang Pack’s affairs, the manor, and shops. Someone had to keep Cedric’s estate intact.
Jessica was also training people, preparing for Cedric’s future return to inherit the Alpha position, ensuring the pack was filled with reliable individuals.
Soon, the two motorcades met head–on.
Ulrik looked at Lance, and Lance looked back.
Their eyes met, and Lance felt nothing but gratitude–he was thankful Ulrik had abandoned Adelaide.
Of course, gratitude was one thing; Ulrik had hurt Adelaide, which was another.
Ulrik’s gaze was complicated. He once felt the same youthful vigor when he brought Adelaide to his Bloodmoon Pack.
Back then, he thought he was the happiest man alive.
But life was unpredictable. Now, Adelaide was Alpha Lance’s mate. He had more than one mate, yet he still felt something was missing.
So, when he looked at Lance, his eyes held envy, jealousy, resentment, reluctance, pain, and bitterness.
At that moment, he realized he and Adelaide truly had no future together; their ties were completely
severed.
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This realization made him mutter as they passed, “Congratulations on marrying the she wolf the Bloodmoon Pack discarded.”
He knew he was being irrational. He knew what his words implied. He knew he might face Alpha Lance’s wrath.
But Lance just smiled and said, “Thanks for being blind. It let me win my true love.”
Ulrik was stunned, watching Alpha Lance drive away triumphantly.
What did he mean? His true love?
Wasn’t his mating with Adelaide out of necessity?
Once Lance was out of sight, his smile faded. Fuck, was Ulrik courting death?
Tommy, who overheard, asked in a low voice, “Should we teach him a lesson?”
“Tomorrow,” Lance’s lips uttered two words. Today shouldn’t be tainted with bloodshed, especially with Irene around.
He didn’t want to spend his wedding night dodging her stick.
Lance paused and added, “Bring more people.”
As Tommy was about to nod, Klein’s eerie voice cut in, “Keep it down. You don’t need to involve yourself.”
Lance straightened his back, focused straight ahead.
Sometimes Klein’s voice was genuinely terrifying.
Tommy thought, could Klein not speak in such a tone?
Soon, the car stopped near the Blackthorn Pack’s territory.
The powerful wolf packs in the capital were already close to each other.
The sun was still in the sky, slowly setting, painting the clouds like a magnificent tapestry.
It had snowed in the morning but cleared up by noon.
Now the setting sun seemed to coat the world in gold, not feeling like twilight but rather a grand and majestic beauty.
Adelaide was led into the Blackthorn Pack.
As she entered their territory, she heard a cacophony of voices, some familiar, some strange, interspersed with blessings.
There was Madison’s annoying voice, oh, and Wanda too–her mating ceremony had been ruined. Craig was the center of attention, overshadowing her as the bride.
But it didn’t matter because Paisley quietly slipped up, held her hand, and asked, “Guess who?”
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“Come on!” Adelaide laughed and said, “You’re Avery”
“You’re Avery.”
Paisley snorted, “Avery is probably in the side hall now–he’s the gift.”
Adelaide also laughed, feeling less nervous.
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She didn’t know what procedures they were following. She just stood there, hearing something about raising the totem pole and igniting the wolf smoke. She thought to herself, totem pole?
Haha, so funny.
Well, actually, it wasn’t funny, but her mind just kept wandering.
Because she couldn’t see clearly, all she could sense was the strong smell of pine resin and the oppressive aura unique to the surrounding wolf clan.
Then came a shout from the crowd, “Please escort Priscilla to the ‘Bloodline’s Origin‘ stone seat in preparation for the ‘Moon Goddess Witnessed‘ mating ceremony.”
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