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Carmela is here as a special advisoo me, Margaux, the head of the Luna Douncil answers with a condescending sneer on her face. âAnyone whe has a problem with it can leave
Have you gone nuts Margaux? Leila fires at her coldly. âWhere did you think this is your pack? if she is your advisor, then fine, she can advise you after the meeting, not during She needs to leave.â
The other Lunes look at Leila with palpable shock. She rarely talks back to anyone in the past but she literally just called Margaux mad and directly countered her order
Not one of them present there has the guts to stand up to Margaux as Lella just did. As the head of the Luna council, Margaux holds some sort of veto power which she abuses at will and standing up to her attracts some fines or takes away some benefit the said pack of that Luna is to receive some time in the future.
âWhat did you just say to me? Have you forgotten who you are talking to? Margaux replies in an even colder tone, gently pounding her fist on the table they are all sitting around.
âWin are you? Youâte the head of the council because we voted you in and you tenure will slapen soon I hope you remember that every finger you have often by abusing your power, you will be putting your finger in one of then mouth soon, letâs hope Karma doesnât come to visit, so you can get a taste of your medicine
âOh shut up Leila. Are you trying to antagonise the other Lunas against me? Just like you antagonised Alpha Taturn against his own fated mate?â Margaux scoffs.
âMargaux stop, thatâs okay, Iâll leave, Carmela says in an innocent tone, glancing at the other Lunas with saintly eyes.
âNo, youâre staying.â Margaux replies firmly, placing a hand on Carmelaâs shoulder. âLike I said, whoever has a problem with your presence can leave.â
âI have a problem with it,â Freydis, the Luna of the Snow storm pack suddenly speaks up. âLeila is right, Carmela may be the fated mate of Alpha Tatum but if he hasnât married her yet and divorced Leila. Until then, Leila is the Luna we recognize. Iâm sorry Margaux but I stand with Leila on this one.â
second that,â Ashley, the Luna of the Byzantine pack, raises her hand. â This is a meeting among Lunas, you disrespect the rest of us by bringing her here.â
âThat is correct. Carmela should leave or the rest of us can for the two of you to hold the meeting alone,â another one of the Lunas adds firmly.
Margaux grits her teeth and gives Lella a mean scowl. She invited. Carmela to the meeting on purpose to undermine Lellaâs position as the Luna of the blood oak pack but now it is her own position as the head of the council that is being undermined.
When did Leila get so bold, enough to challenge her authority?
When did she get such charisma, enough to inspire the other Lunas to stand up to her?
Leila is nothing, she is wolfless, she is not even her Alphaâs fated mate, why does she look so fierce right now?
They hear a knock on the door before Margaux can give her reply. They are in a secluded hotel room, converted into a small conference room, majorly to keep their discussion a secret but also for their safety.
âIâll get it, Iâm leaving anyway,â Carmela says, rather fast and she grabs her purse and walks briskly to the door.
The moment Carmela opens the door, her body is thrown across the room and she lands face first into the wall, dropping with a thud.
Leilaâs heart thrums heavily in her ears as Carmelaâs assailant comes into view, it is him, the very same assassin with a tattoo of a viper around his forearm, Carmelaâs henchman.
Is this it? Is this the day she finally dies?
Fear unimaginable grips Leila and she shudders as the man jams the door behind him, locking his cold, dark and deadly eyes with hers.