The Heartbroken Luna's Choice Banish Love novel Chapter 123

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Cassian didn’t respond to her immediately.

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His gaze was fixed on Ulva and Randolph. In their eyes, there was no explosive rage–only a cold, dead disappointment.

That kind of silence was far more humiliating than any threat.

“I’m here. They won’t do anything to you,” Cassian said, before reaching down and peeling Samantha’s hand off his arm.

His movement wasn’t rough, but it was as definitive as a boundary line. “Go home now.”

Samantha’s fingers froze in mid–air, her face turning a shade paler.

She wanted to say more, but the sudden detachment in Cassian’s eyes silenced her. She could only stand there and watch him walk toward Trista’s parents.

Cassian caught up to them, reaching out to help with their bags, his voice low. “Let me give you a ride.”

Randolph didn’t even grant him a second glance, his tone like granite. “No, thanks.”

Trista’s parents continued to hold hands, waiting for the light to change.

Cassian stood to the side, no longer insisting, no longer explaining.

He just watched those two clasped hands. His chest felt heavy, as if a dull weight were crushing the air out of his lungs.

Samantha, feeling uneasy, followed them. Her voice was a tiny whisper, as if afraid to startle a predator. “Cassian… did Trista’s family misunderstand again?”

The words had barely left her mouth when a black luxury car pulled smoothly to the curb.

The doors opened, and Alaina and Wynn stepped out.

Alaina moved quickly. The aura of a mature alpha she–wolf spread naturally with her first step -cold and orderly, like an invisible net dropping over the street.

She went straight to Ulva and Randolph, immediately lowering her posture, her voice gentle. “What a coincidence–let me take you home.”

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Ulva looked back at Cassian, then at Samantha.

She didn’t argue. “That won’t be necessary, Mrs. Holmes.”

With that, the two crossed the street together.

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They would rather walk than accept a single shred of “decency” from Ironthorn ever again.

Watching this, Wynn’s chest tightened with fury.

Watching this, Wynn’s chest tightened with fury. She turned and caught sight of Samantha beside Cassian. Fire flared in her eyes, and her voice came out sharp, like the lethal snap of a wolf’s jaws. “Mom–did you see that? He’s actually keeping that stray omega by his side right in front of Luna Trista’s family.”

At the word “stray,” Samantha’s face went white. She took an involuntary step back. “Al–Alaina

Alaina didn’t raise a hand.

She simply stopped, tilted her head slightly, and looked at Samantha.

In that instant, something dropped from her gaze–pure Alpha authority. It wasn’t an emotion; it was a verdict.

The air grew heavy.

Samantha’s breathing hitched, her body reacting faster than her brain. Her shoulders hunched instinctively, as if an invisible set of fangs had clamped onto the back of her neck.

In her panic, her pheromones leaked a cloyingly sweet scent of a plea for help, trying to find a crack to hide in-

But the moment the scent surfaced, it was crushed by Alaina’s colder, stronger presence.

Like a tide extinguishing a spark, leaving no room for an echo.

Samantha’s knees buckled. She nearly collapsed on the spot.

Desperately trying to steady herself, she leaned toward Cassian, grabbing him like a shield against the crushing aura.

Cassian instinctively stepped in front of her. “Mom, what are you doing?”

Alaina looked at him. There was no shouting in her eyes, only a heartbreaking disappointment.

“I am reminding her,” Alaina’s voice was terrifyingly calm, “that this is not a place where just any

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Her gaze bypassed Cassian, landing on Samantha’s face like a final sentence. “Especially not a rogue without a pack to call her own.”

Wynn lunged forward, reaching out to snatch Samantha, her voice shrill. “Don’t you hide–did you think acting soft would keep him protecting you forever?”

Cassian caught Wynn’s wrist and pushed her back.

Wynn stumbled, her eyes instantly filling with tears. Hurt and rage exploded at once. “Cassian! You keep putting Luna Trista second for her–and now you’re pushing me for her!”

She gritted her teeth, her voice trembling. “What did she use to blind your wolf? Or have you forgotten that you’re our Alpha?”

Cassian’s face was dark. He kept his voice low but used the tone of an alpha issuing an absolute command. “Wynn, stop making a scene.”

Alaina pulled Wynn to her side. Her eyes cut through her son like a blade, the warning unmistakable. “I’d like to see if you’re willing to defy your own mother for this she–wolf!”

Just as Cassian tried to shield Samantha again, Wynn threw herself back into the fray to block him.

Alaina didn’t say another word. She raised her hand and slapped her, twice.

The sounds of the hits echoed clearly at the street corner, crisp and decisive.

Passersby stopped to stare, their gazes surrounding them like spotlights. The air was thick with the suffocating feeling of a public spectacle.

Alaina had always been refined and composed; even when her own mate had strayed in the past, she had never lost control enough to hit someone in the street.

But today, she refused to endure it anymore. She refused to give Samantha a single inch of ground to cling to.

In front of Alaina, Samantha was utterly outclassed. She didn’t even have a chance to speak.

Before Cassian and the growing crowd, she didn’t dare fight back or scream. She could only dodge and beg, looking utterly wretched as her final layer of pretense was stripped away.

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