Exchanging Vows: The Swapped Wife Is a Top Shaman novel Chapter 79

Chapter 79: Chapter 79

Bella’s Point of View

After I learned the news about Fred’s disgraceful scandal, I was pacing back and forth in my room, I was so angry. I was shaking from head to toe. To think that the whole pack village had seen him hauled out in his underwear with a secret mistress while our families were actively planning our  wedding, it was the ultimate humiliation.

At this exact time, a light knock sounded on my door, and my father’s personal messenger told me that the my father was requesting my presence in the high council hall immediately.

I didn’t even stop to fix my hair or smooth down my dress, I marched down there.

When I finally pushed open the double doors of the council hall, the room was dead silent. I found my parents and my grandmother all sitting around the big table. The moment I stepped inside, they stopped whispering and turned to look at me, every single one of them wearing a deeply worried and anxious expression on their faces.

My father, Alpha Jaden, looked up from his stack of maps, his broad shoulders slouching with exhaustion. He cleared his throat, his deep voice sounding unusually soft. "Bella, sit down, please. We need to discuss what happened with Fred."

"I don’t want to sit down, Father," I said.

My father let out a long sigh, running a hand over his face. "Alright. Then tell me plainly—how do you want us to deal with this matter? The palace officials are involved now, and Lord Khalid is begging for an audience tomorrow morning to apologize."

I didn’t hesitate for even a single second. I looked him in the eye and delivered my whole heart. "I want to call off the engagement entirely, Father. I want nothing to do with him or his family ever again." I said.

My mother gasped loudly, her hand flying to her chest. "Bella, think about what you are saying! The announcements have already been sent to the royal court!"

"I have thought about it, Mother!" I shot back, turning my furious gaze toward her. "I don’t want to marry such a pathetic playboy who thinks it is acceptable to have several secret mistresses before even taking a formal wife! I am the daughter of an Alpha. I refuse to live a miserable, secondary life like that after marriage, constantly wondering which inn my husband is hiding in with a woman."

The room went completely quiet for a long moment, the tension suffocating us all. My grandmother, who had been sitting quietly in her chair, finally looked at me with a very stern expression, Grandma hesitated a bit,before she spoke.

"Bella, sweet child, you are letting your anger blind your vision," she said.

“Grandma.” I let out.

"You must look at the bigger picture here. Fred is not just any random pack guy... he is Alpha Alaric’s blood nephew. Alpha Alaric’s Silverside Pack is currently the largest and most powerful territory in the entire werewolf kingdom. Not only that, but Alaric also possesses the legendary Treasure Box that can keep the entire kingdom victorious in any war."

“Your grandmother is making a point.” My mother said.

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