QT: I hijacked a harem system and now I'm ruining every plot(GL)

Chapter 441: Seraphina

I am here because this boy is Kai’s nephew. His sister’s son. I owe it to Kai to be here, to support his family, to show that the packs can still come together.

But what is this?

"That is not always the case, no?" Elara says, shifting in her seat. "There have been times when the wolf has mated into the female wolf’s pack."

"How ridiculous," Kai’s sister snaps. "That was when packs were small, or when they needed male wolves for the growth of the pack."

Elara merely looks on.

"That is why we are having this meeting, no?" she says.

"How ridiculous. I do not even understand why not—" Kai’s sister starts.

"I do not want to mate into your pack," the girl says, cutting her off.

"How outrageous—why—"

"Oh, simple." Mira’s voice is sharp. "Look at yourselves. Your hair. Your clothes. I would rather die than live like th—"

"Mira." Elara’s voice is firm. A scolding.

The girl looks aggrieved but keeps quiet.

This.

This is why I hated Redmoon.

This culture. The way they look down on others. The way they see themselves as better than the other packs. The way they treat their own traditions as the only traditions.

I see it has not changed at all.

I watch Elara. She is calm. Composed. She does not seem bothered by the girl’s outburst. She does not seem bothered by anything.

I remember when I was young. When I was in Redmoon. When I was the one being looked down on.

"Seraphina, you surely cannot be walking around like that?"

"Oh dear, how embarrassing."

"You are really beautiful, but the way you act takes away from your beauty."

"Look at Elara. If you acted even a fraction of the way she does, you would be so much better."

The voices ring in my head. I clench my fists.

"It is tradition," I say. "It cannot be broken because of the mere whims of your pack."

Elara looks at me.

"That is quite the conundrum," she says. "Our dear Mira would rather not leave. There are huge cultural differences. I am afraid she might not be able to endure."

"Oh please." I wave a hand. "This is a waste of time. Once they are mated, she will come to us."

"I will not," the girl snaps.

"It is how it is." Kai’s sister’s voice is sharp. "As long as you are my son’s mate, you will be coming. And I hope when you do, you will be more well-behaved."

"Do not talk to my daughter like that!" Mira’s mother snaps.

"It is the way it is," I say.

"I refuse." Mira’s voice is loud. "I am not leaving my pack!"

"How ridiculous." Kai’s sister looks at me. "Luna, look at this—"

I feel a headache forming.

"Look," I say. "The female wolf goes to her mate’s pack. It is how it has always been."

The room is silent for a moment.

Then Mira speaks.

"I would rather break the bond."

Silence fills the room.

Those are not words to say lightly.

Then Kevin speaks up for the first time since the meeting began—his voice cutting through the heavy quiet.

"Do you mean that?" he asks.

Mira looks at him.

"Yes."

"But our bond." His voice is quiet. Uncertain.

"I would rather break the bond than leave my pack."

He clenches his fists. His face pales.

"Surely," he says, "you cannot be willing to toss away our lifetime over this."

"I cannot imagine living a lifetime like you," she says.

His face is hurt. I can feel it too,the rejection. Nothing can compare.

"How—you!" Kai’s sister’s voice rises. "It is a mate bond! How dare you defy the goddess!"

"My," Elara says, "the mate bond is not something written in stone. By the grace of our goddess, we have free will. We can say yes or no to a bond. Our Luna here is proof that there is life after the end of one."

Everyone looks at me.

I feel the weight of their gazes.

I feel the weight of her words.

"No!" Kevin’s voice cracks. "I will mate into Redmoon!"

His mother gasps.

His aunt looks at him like he has lost his mind.

"You cannot—"

"I can," he says. "If she will not come to me, I will go to her."

His mother steps forward.

"Kevin, you do not know what you are saying—"

"I know exactly what I am saying." He looks at Mira. "I would rather leave my pack than lose you."

Mira stares at him.

Her eyes are wide.

"You would do that?" she whispers.

"Yes."

"Well," Elara chimes in, "there is no law against wolves voluntarily leaving their pack to join another."

Kevin’s mother turns to her.

"You," she hisses. "You shut up! You have no right to be here. You are not even family."

"Oh, but I do." Elara’s voice is calm, unruffled. "As my mother is dead and my brother has yet to take a mate, I am the closest thing to Luna of Redmoon. I am here as a mediator."

The room is charged with tension. Kai’s sister stands abruptly, her chair scraping against the floor.

"This is absurd," she says. "Kevin, you are coming home. We are ending this farce."

"No," Kevin says.

She freezes.

"What?"

"I said no." His voice is steady. "I am not coming home. I am staying here. With her."

His mother looks like she has been slapped.

"You would abandon your pack? Your family? Your blood—"

"You are my blood," he says quietly. "But she is my mate. And I will not let her go."

Kai’s sister looks at me.

"Luna," she says, her voice tight. "Say something."

I open my mouth. I close it. I do not know what to say.

Elara claps her hands.

"The children have two years until Mira is legally an adult," she says.

"They can only bond then anyway. Let us take this period of two years to have the kids decide which of the two packs they prefer. They will spend an equal amount of time at both packs to come to a decision."

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