The packs outcast Luna (Kaia and Theo) novel Chapter 175

Chapter 175

–Kaia–

As expected, the court summons came just as I thought it would

The summons came early in the morning.

It was delivered by two grim-faced men wearing the council’s offer threaded crest

I didn’t need to open it to know it wasn’t good news.

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The moment I touched the envelope, my stomach tightened, a miliar dread crawling up my spise e cold water.

Theo read it beside me, jaw clenching harder with every line.

“The council is calling us to court,” he said, his voice low but buffing. “They want to question the legitimacy of our marri and your position as Luna.”

My heart thudded once, painfully, I wasn’t surprised, but it still hurt.

“I knew this would happen.” I sneered sadly.

“They know.” Theo whispered. “About Silvermoon. Cara and Elaa must have told them

“I swear, I will not let those two get away with this. I’m going to in them”

Theo swore under his breath, pacing the room like a caged storm

I could feel his anger rolling off of him, but I had no idea what to s

I was conflicted too.

But I just sat there, staring at the summons in my hand.

My past. No matter how far I ran, someone always dug it up and shoved it in my toe

They would always remind me of what I was before this.

A disgraced Luna, who was chased out of her own pack by her mate

“Don’t worry, love, I won’t let anything happen to you. I promise you, Theo hold my shoulder and sand

He noticed my mood and tried to reassure me.

I smiled, nodding, even though my heart was thundering in my

I refused to make him feel defeated. So, I braced myself for whatever might happen

“I trust you, love,” I told him.

The next morning was the hearing, and I was ready

Theo took my hand and led me into the car, and soon, we arrive at the courthouse in Kingspan

I had no idea why they wanted to make a public spectacle.

This was an internal affair, but they wanted the whole city to know

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I know why they were doing this, and I was pained that I would be able to escape their grasp.

Walking into the council chamber felt like stepping into an execution room.

Eyes pierced me from every corner.

They looked at me with disgust and suspicion. At the same time few curious eyes followed me.

All of it heavy and sharp, it reminded me of Silvermoon once again.

Theo held my hand, but even that couldn’t shield me from the venom in the air.

One of the elders, a grey-bearded man who looked permanently displeased, slammed his palm on the table.

“Alpha Theo,” he barked, “you knowingly married a woman who betrayed her previous pack?”

I flinched, but Theo stood taller.

“She did not-”

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“She deserted them!” another councillor hissed. “She was the reason a pregnant woman almost lost her life. She could have died because of her! A woman like her shouldn’t have the position of a Luma!”

“She nearly destroyed her previous Alpha,” someone else added. A reject who brought ruin to her mate. A whore who climbed her way into becoming the pack’s luna”

I stiffened. Theo growled so loudly the walls vibrated, but they kept talking over him.

“She manipulated a pack once. What stops her from doing it again?”

“You should unseat her at once. Before she corrupts this pack as well

Each word felt like a slap. I kept my eyes forward, refusing to let them see me break, even as my throat burned.

They didn’t know what happened to me. They didn’t care. In their eyes, I was already guilty.

“Tell us,” an elder demanded, turning his sharp gaze on me, “why should we trust a rejected Lana who failed her first pack? Why should we believe you won’t betray this one?”

My mouth opened, but no sound came out. It was like my voice had shrunk back inside me, afraid.

I wasn’t afraid of them; I was afraid of being powerless again.

Afraid of being that girl in Silvermoon who endured every lie because no one believed her.

The room spun slightly, but I held on to the edge of the table and forced a breath out.

Before I could speak, another elder spat,

“Women like her bring ruin. Once a whore, always–”

“ENOUGH!” Theo roared, slamming the table so hard the elders jumped.

But the word lingered in the air, raw and poisonous.

My heart cracked, quietly and invisibly, in pain.

I stood there, surrounded by wolves who should have protected me, being torn apart like I was nothing.

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And for a moment.

I wondered if maybe I should have stayed gone.

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Theo pushed the chair back, and it scraped the floor violently as he stood, and the entire chamber jolted.

The anger rolling off him was thick and dangerous, so strong even the council members leaned back.

“I’ve had enough,” Theo growled, his voice vibrating through the hall. “All you’ve done since I brought Kaia home is insult. her. Spit on her. Judge her. And for what?”

Nobody spoke; it was thick silence.

He pointed at the semi-circle of elders, his eyes blazing with anger.

“You claim to uphold justice. You claim to protect this pack. Yet the only time you bothered to run a background check was. when someone else exposed her? Were you waiting until it became gossip material?” He scoffed sharply. “Some great guardians of the pack you are.”

A few elders shifted uncomfortably.

“You want to talk about due diligence?” Theo continued, stepping forward. “I knew who she was. I knew what happened in Silvermoon. I knew every wound, every scar, every lie that was told about her, from the very beginning.”

My breath caught. He had never said that so openly before.

“And let me make something clear: Kaia did nothing wrong. Nothing.”

One of the elders opened his mouth, but Theo cut him off before a single word could escape.

“If you can’t conduct a simple investigation without being spoon fed lies, then you don’t deserve to sit on that council. You don’t deserve the authority you cling to so tightly.”

A strangled noise of offence rippled through the hall, but Theo didn’t back down.

“I tolerated your treatment of her because I wanted peace,” he said, looking at their faces. “Because I didn’t want to strain the pack. But this…” he gestured around the room, at the faces of the people throwing venomous accusations at me,” this is no longer peace. This is harassment. And I won’t stand by and let you harass my Luna anymore.”

My chest tightened.

Theo stood in front of me like a shield; he was seething with fur, refusing to let them swallow me whole like Silvermoon once did.

He drew in a deep breath and finished,

“Kaia is my Luna. And if the council can’t respect that, then the council will answer to me.”

The chamber went dead silent.

For the first time since walking in, I breathed.

After a while, Theo stopped talking, but the hall remained silent

Nobody spoke; Theo’s voice had curbed their excesses, and they didn’t dare to utter a word anymore.

When he turned back, his eyes landed on me, and I smiled, assuing him that I was okay.

He looked back at the circle of elders.

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Theo’s voice dropped, firm but steady as he straightened to face the council again.

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“Now,” he said, “Kaia is here because you summoned her. And since she is responding to an official summons, you will speak to her with respect. She is innocent until proven guilty, and until then, she remains my Luna.”

A murmur swept through the room.

I could feel shock, outrage and disbelief emerging from the crowd after Theo declared his stance.

One of the elders, Elder Thomas, banged his cane on the floor.

“It does not work like that, Alpha Theo,” he snapped. “A woman who was once mated to another Alpha cannot serve as Luna of a different pack. It is the law.”

I felt the familiar sting in my chest, the same old accusation thrown like a stone. My hands tightened in my lap, but Theo didn’t flinch.

He turned his head slowly, eyes sharp.

“A law meant to prevent divided loyalties,” Theo replied evenly. A law meant for Luna who abandoned their first packs or betrayed them.”

He gestured toward me.

“Kaia did neither.”

Another elder scoffed. “Her past still disqualifies her.”

Theo stepped forward, voice rising.

“Her past does not disqualify her. Her innocence matters. The truth matters.” His jaw clenched. “And as long investigation hasn’t proven otherwise, she remains Luna.”

Their brows furrowed, offended by his defiance, but Theo didn’t stop.

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“You may not like her. You may not like her past. But you will uphold the principle of innocent until proven guilty. And you will treat her with the same damn respect you claim to uphold in this chamber.”

My heart beat hard against my ribs.

Tears welled up in my eyes when I saw Theo fighting for me-something Draven couldn’t do.

Instead, he fed me to the lions and allowed them to eat until I was nothing but bones.

“But the truth remains that the law book prevents a once-mated shewolf like Lady Kaia here from becoming Luna of the Shadowclaw pack”, an elder stated, and everyone else murmured agreeing with him.

Theo let out a cold laugh, and everyone shifted in their seats, cofused by his reaction.

“The law book?” he echoed. “Oh, please. The law book is not greater than the bond blessed by the Moon Goddess herself.”

His words echoed, bold and sacrilegious enough to rattle the room.

He lifted his chin, eyes blazing with Alpha authority.

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“So tell me what law are you quoting exactly? Which page? Which chapter? Show me.”

The elders exchanged glances, stiff and unsure,

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Theo stepped closer.

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“If you’re so certain a once-mated she-wolf cannot become Lun” he said, “then bring out the law book and prove it.”

A couple of councillors scrambled, whispering harshly as they went to fetch the thick, leather-bound volume from its shelf.

Dust scattered as they dropped it onto the table. They flipped pages fast, and they looked at it frantically and desperately.

I watched their faces pale one by one.

“What…?” one elder breathed.

“No, this… this has been revised,” another muttered.

“Revised?” Theo stepped forward. “Or did you simply never bother to read it?”

The head councillor swallowed hard.

“This section… the clause about former mates…. It has been updaged. It no longer forbids a previously mated she-wolf from becoming Luna of another pack.”

Their hands trembled as they traced the rewritten lines.

Theo folded his arms, unbothered and unrelenting.

“So,” he said quietly, “your entire argument, all the insults you rained on my mate and your attempts to humiliate her were based on a law that hasn’t existed for years?”

The chamber fell into stunned silence.

I felt heat rising in my throat, not from shame this time, but from vindication.

From the sight of their shocked faces. Knowing that they had condemned me without doing the bare minimum of research.

Theo tilted his head, his voice dripping with contempt.

“You claim to be protectors of justice,” he said, “yet you don’t even know the laws you enforce.”

No one dared speak. Some looked ashamed while others looked frightened.

But all of them, every single one, looked defeated.

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