The Luna they betrayed became Untouchable

Chapter 27: Chapter 27

Kael barely remembered the journey back to Silver Creek. His mind was still burning with the image of Evelyn standing beside Damon.

Which one?

The bastard’s words followed him all the way home. By the time he entered the pack house, he was furious enough to tear the entire place apart.

He barely acknowledged the servants who rushed to greet him, striding straight past them toward his study with Callum trailing a step behind.

"Alpha." Aldric called, already falling in line with him.

"Report."

Aldric hesitated. "There’s... there’s been some news, Alpha."

Kael’s stomach tightened. "What news?"

"The First Houses council has released their preliminary list of candidates for the upcoming cycle."

Kael stopped walking. "And?"

Aldric hesitated. "Silver Creek’s name was... removed, Alpha."

The words hit like a physical blow. Kael stood frozen for a moment, his mind refusing to process what he’d just heard.

"Removed?" His voice came out dangerously low.

Aldric passed the letter that had been sent to the pack house, and Kael snatched it instantly, his eyes scanning its contents.

Following recent developments regarding Silver Creek’s financial standing and internal governance, the council regrets to inform Alpha Kael Ashbourne that his pack’s candidacy for the First Houses has been withdrawn from consideration.

The words blurred before Kael’s eyes. He read them once. Twice. A third time. Each repetition only made the rage burn hotter.

He crumpled the letter in his fist. "They withdrew us? Without even a hearing? Without giving me a chance to—"

He stormed into his office, face red with anger. First it was Evelyn, then Damon, and now the First Houses?

He raked his hair backwards, suddenly feeling hot.

"Shall I get you cold water?" the Gamma asked, and without even a response, he ran off.

Kael had barely gotten time to breathe when he heard footsteps rushing toward the office. Sophia barged in, lips pulled into a pout.

"Alpha..." she whined, coming straight for him with a hug.

"Sophia—" Kael’s voice carried more exhaustion than warmth as she pressed herself against him. "Not now."

She pulled back slightly, brows drawn together. "What’s happened? You look like you’ve aged a decade since this morning."

She then waved her hands dismissively. "How did it go with Evelyn? Were you able to secure the shares? At least half? Did she agree to it?"

Kael’s jaw tightened at the mention of Evelyn’s name. He pulled away from Sophia, walking toward the window.

"She didn’t agree to anything." His voice was flat, cold. "The divorce is finalized. The shares are hers. There’s nothing left to negotiate."

Sophia’s smile faltered. "What do you mean, finalized? You haven’t even been to the court yet, so how—"

"I don’t know, okay? I don’t know what she did or how she did it, but the divorce has been granted and so were her shares."

He shut his eyes, his mind going through every possibility. He couldn’t possibly be drowning this way.

"That’s absurd." Sophia said, outraged. "Surely there’s someone you can speak to. Someone who owes you a favor."

"There’s always someone." Kael was already reaching for the phone. "Get me Elder Steven. Now."

It took several long minutes before the councilman reached him. "Alpha Kael."

"Explain how Evelyn got the divorce and shares approved without my consent or presence."

"Because there was nothing to contest, Alpha. The documentation presented was indisputable—original purchase agreement, witnessed and sealed five years prior. There was no marital claim to argue, given the funds never originated from Silver Creek’s coffers to begin with. The council ruled swiftly because there was, quite simply, nothing left to deliberate."

"There are procedures. Notifications. I should have been given the chance to respond before any ruling was finalized."

"You were notified, Alpha Kael. A representative was dispatched to your estate the morning of. I believe you were occupied at the time."

Kael’s jaw tightened. He looked at Sophia. "Was someone sent here for me this morning?"

Sophia’s eyes widened slightly as she remembered the man from this morning. She quickly shook her head. "No one."

Kael sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"If that is all, Alpha Kael." With that, the elder cut the communication before Kael could say another word.

In a fit of rage, Kael threw the phone at the wall. It shattered to the floor.

Sophia flinched slightly, watching him come undone in a second. She wasn’t used to this side of him.

"Alpha." Came Aldric’s voice. Behind him was a maid with water, who dropped it on the table.

After Kael took a gulp, Aldric began. "Alpha, the financial reports you requested. From while you were away."

Kael took the folder, flipping it open. His eyes scanned the pages, his expression shifting from exhaustion to confusion to disbelief.

"What is this?" His voice was barely a whisper.

Kael flipped another page. Then another. The numbers blurred before his eyes. Expenditures, authorizations, all stamped with the Luna’s seal.

"Five million silver for the garden?" Kael’s voice rose. "Fifteen thousand for imported silk? Twenty thousand for new furnishings?"

He looked up, his eyes blazing. "Who approved this?"

Sophia wanted the ground to open up and swallow her. If Kael hadn’t signed them, then she did. She was the only one with the authority for the past few days, and gods did she approve things—things she didn’t even read.

"I—I did."

Kael stared at her, his expression shifting from disbelief to something far darker. "You?"

Sophia’s face paled. "Kael, I—I was trying to manage everything. Our daughter, the pack, the infirmary, the healers. It was too much. There were so many documents, so many requests—"

"So you just signed them? Without reading them?" Kael’s voice rose with each word. "Five million silver for a garden, Sophia! Do you have any idea what that money could have done? What it could have saved?"

Sophia’s eyes filled with tears. "I didn’t know— You’re blaming me now, but even you couldn’t handle it all without a Beta, so imagine me. You left all this work to me." She cried out.

Kael opened his mouth to speak, but nothing came out. He was being a hypocrite, and she was right.

He set the ledger down slowly, the anger draining out of his shoulders as guilt crept in to replace it.

"You’re right," he said finally, quieter now. "I shouldn’t have left you with all of it. I’m sorry, Sophia."

She wiped her eyes, nodding faintly. Thank the gods she was able to settle the situation.

Callum, who had been standing, said nothing and instead gathered the scattered ledgers back into a neat pile without comment.

"Alpha," he began, "if I may."

Kael waved a hand, still rubbing his temple. "Speak."

"The Trading Guild’s collapse leaves a considerable gap in the pack’s revenue. But there may be an opportunity in it." Callum’s gaze moved briefly toward Sophia. "Lady Sophia has healing training. If she were to formally take over medicinal production for the guild—properly credited and properly supported—it could rebuild a portion of what was lost, without relying on an unknown investor a second time."

Sophia froze, eyes snapping toward the Beta. What the hell was he doing?

Kael’s eyes lit with something close to hope. "That’s—yes. That’s good thinking, Callum."

He turned to Sophia. "You’ll take it on. Starting tomorrow."

Sophia’s smile came a half-second too late, stretched thin at the corners. "Of course."

Her eyes cut toward Callum, glaring, though he never looked her way, already busy straightening the last of the ledgers, entirely unbothered.

Still, he felt her stare regardless.

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