Two days later…
It was a beautiful morning. The sun rising and the atmosphere was becoming warmer each passing minute. The large dining room in the pack house was a hub of activity with many of the pack members having their breakfast. Casey and Emma were enjoying their hearty meal in one of the best tables while Michelle was in a corner downing her food as fast as she could so she could get out of there.
Her position as Luna had not been officially taken away from her but everyone knew that she was no longer the alphas mate and no longer respected her. Even her former best friend Janet did not want to be associated with her. She claimed it was because Michelle tried to kill Emma, but everyone knew that she had never been a true friend to Michelle. She had been in it for the benefits which was understandable. Michelle was very hard to love.
“I wonder why she doesn’t just leave,” Casey said referring to Michelle. “No one wants her here, including her family.”
“Be nice,” Emma reprimanded. “Do not forget that this is her pack. We’re the intruders here and should be grateful that these people have accepted us.”
“There’s no need to be a saint, Emma. I know that you’re happy that she no longer has any power.”
Emma sighed and went back to her food. Suddenly, the room became quieter. Emma looked up and saw that Jenezel had come in with her husband. She was turning on the TV while he went to sit, waiting to be served.
Usually, the TV was off during breakfast. No one ever made any attempt to turn it on so everyone was curious as to why Jenezel was turning it on.
“I hope everyone is okay,” she said. “I’ve made sure that the children are not in here today, if you hadn’t noticed.”
Emma scanned the room. Jenezel was right. Emma had not even noticed that there were only older teens and adults in the room. It was quieter than most days.
“What I’m going to show you is the most deplorable behaviour,” Jenezel said. “Anyway, why don’t I let you judge for yourselves.”
Michelle quickly got up and started heading for the door but a guard stopped her from leaving.
“Michelle, you’re not leaving until you see this interesting video.”
Emma had never been into Jenezel’s house but she figured the living room which was shown on the TV was from that house. The video started with an empty living room, and then it focused on a figure in the kitchen. Even with the back view, Emma could tell it was Michelle. Jenezel fast forwarded until a man walked in. He went and hugged Michelle from behind. She seemed hesitant at first but soon leaned over and they started kissing. Thankfully, the sound was off. The room went silent as Michelle and Jenezel’s husband started having sex. That part was blurred.
Michelle was restrained by one guard and Jenezel’s husband, who had also tried to escape, was restrained by two men. Michelle grabbed a glass cup from a table near her and threw it at the TV screen which shattered just as Lucius walked in.
“What the hell is going on here?” Lucius asked.
“I just played a video of your wife having sex with my husband in my own house,” Jenezel said loudly. “That was not the only time these two were together. While I was trying to help Michelle maintain her position as the Luna of this pack, she was busy banging my husband. This is the height of shamelessness. I’m so heartbroken and seeing the two of them acting like they never did anything wrong kills me.” Jenezel started crying but Emma was sure the woman was not the emotional type.
Clearly, she just wanted her husband and Michelle to get the worst punishment there was. “Because of that, I’m requesting the alpha’s permission to banish them from this pack. There are many things that my husband has done to me and I’ve kept quiet. I can no longer stay silent and will speak to the council about these issues today so that this marriage can be annulled.”
The whole room was silent. They turned to Lucius, waiting for an answer.
“Permission granted,” Lucius said. “Meet with the council and have these two given a fitting punishment. Take them away.”
Jenezel smirked at her husband as he was taken out of the room with his side chick. It was a sneaky expression and many people must have missed it but Emma didn’t.
“Emma, please come here.” Lucius said.
Emma raised her brows.
“Please,” he said.
She rose and pushed her chair back before walking gracefully to the front of the room where Lucius was standing.
“As you all know, my mate bond with Michelle was broken when she tried to kill this beautiful woman,” Lucius began, making Emma blush. “I would like to formally introduce to you my new mate and the future Luna of Summit Pack. She is Emma Greenfield.”
The room erupted into applause and cheers. Emma was overwhelmed to see that the pack members were actually happy that she would be their Luna. Their cheered happily. Lucius leaned towards her and kissed her in front of everybody, inciting more cheers.
“Thank you,” he said. “It makes me so happy that you’ve warmly received her. There has been a lot of misery in my life in the past few years. It seems like that’s about to change.”
The crowd clapped their hands again.
“Alright. Enjoy your breakfast.”
“We’d like to hear from Emma.” Katya called out from the back. There were a lot of yes’s all over the room.
“I wasn’t ready for this,” Emma said, projecting her voice so that everyone could hear her. “But I’m very happy to see that you want me to be with you all. Before I came to this pack, I was a rogue for many years and I lost my companions. I’m so happy to be around you guys. I haven’t been here long but all of you have been like a family to me and I hope that we will continue to work together to make Summit Pack better and better.”
The applause was deafening this time. Emma was glad that it did not look forced and was accompanied by smiles. Life was beginning to look good.