Chapter 171
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Third Person’s POV
After seeing off the guests, Valentine returned and noticed Adelaide’s sorrowful expression. He stepped forward to break her trance of painful memories, “Mr. Pahari said he’ll personally take men to the Glenveil
Pack.”
Wanda’s mate was Alpha Winslow Potter of the Glenveil Pack.
They’d been mated for years without producing any pups for the pack. Later, a breeder from the Glenveil Pack bore Winslow’s child.
The Glenveil Pack, with a century–long history, had always valued tradition and decorum, maintaining a strict family ethos.
When Wanda and Winslow first mated, he hadn’t yet become the Alpha of the Glenveil Pack.
After the old Alpha’s death, Winslow inherited the position.
But upon becoming Alpha, Wanda became the Luna.
Had the former Luna, Rowena, not still been alive, the Glenveil Pack’s century–old reputation might have been ruined.
The old Alpha of the Glenveil Pack had three brothers, but Wanda’s relationship with the other three Potter families was strained.
Early in her mating bond with Winslow, Wanda, leveraging her status as Madison’s daughter and a royal, had run amok in the Glenveil Pack.
Even before becoming Luna, she meddled in the decisions of other Potter family members working in the royal court or government.
She mishandled everything, threw the pack into chaos, and spent extravagantly, earning universal disdain.
Luna Rowena, already ill, was so enraged she fainted.
She later sought treatment from Shaman Digby and, despite her frailty, took charge of the pack’s daily affairs .
The Glenveil Pack, a centuries–old pack, would never air its dirty laundry.
But Wanda’s antics were too much to hide.
In her fury, Rowena declared she’d rather die than hand over management to Wanda.
Winslow’s current breeder was once a member of Rowena’s former pack. Though she joined the Glenveil Pack in a lower capacity as a breeder, she wasn’t an omega.
With Rowena’s favor and her subsequent pregnancies–one son, one daughter, and another on the way
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her status was now secure.
The Glenveil Pack adhered to ancient traditions and worshipped the Moon Goddess.
It forbade cruelty to omegas and breeder oppression, enforcing strict rules.
To gain higher status in the Glenveil Pack, Wanda would need Rowena’s death or a child bearing the Alpha bloodline.
This was why she repeatedly sought her mother’s shelter at Madison’s estate–she had no standing in the Glenveil Pack.
Everyone despised her.
When city officials visited to question Wanda about the recent scandal, Rowena quickly learned of Wanda’s alleged role in smearing Adelaide.
Rowena, who had little prior interaction with Adelaide and only a nodding acquaintance with Airella from pack gatherings, knew of only one prior intersection–a peaceful resolution over a ruby necklace.
But the Glenveil Pack, having endured centuries in the capital, followed clear principles–no bullying the weak, no fearing the powerful.
They respected heroes, especially werewolf warriors and generals who protected the kingdom, and never crossed them.
Even conflicts with irritable werewolf generals were swiftly resolved.
Because everyone in the Glenveil Pack knew that those irritable werewolf warriors, though sometimes crude in speech, would fight with all their might, even at the cost of their lives, on the battlefield.
The Glenveil Pack, whose ancestors were Gamma–born, retained an inherent respect for werewolf generals.
Thus, upon learning that Wanda had bribed bartenders to defame Adelaide, a national hero, Rowena was both furious and ashamed.
After the city officials left, despite Wanda’s protests, Rowena refused to believe her innocent.
“Nonsense!” Rowena snapped. “I’d sooner believe a pig can climb a tree than think you haven’t schemed against Miss Davidson! I was ill and didn’t attend your mother’s birthday party, but I know what you’re capable of… It’s disgraceful! As the Luna of the Glenveil Pack, you couldn’t even recognize Mr. Neil’s painting, let alone tear it apart in public.”
Wanda, enraged by Rowena’s disbelief, retorted, “Fine, I did it! You never believe me anyway. You’d love to cast me out, but dare you? If you do, my mother will destroy the Glenveil Pack!”
With that , she stormed out of the packhouse, packed her things, and returned to Madison’s estate.
Rowena nearly fainted with anger but retained her composure.
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She ordered gifts prepared and decided to personally apologize to Adelaide at the Frostfang Pack the next day, also aiming to resolve an old matter to case her troubled heart.
Meanwhile, city officials visited Madison’s estate, as the implicated witnesses were Madison’s omegas. Following protocol, they conducted inquiries.
Given Madison’s social standing, Mallory handled the matter diplomatically.
Madison readily sacrificed a subordinate to take the fall, and Mallory, without further ado, brought the individual back to the police station.