The packs outcast Luna (Kaia and Theo) novel Chapter 62

Chapter 62

–Lucien–

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The moment I walked away from Elara, I didn’t stop smiling.

Gods, she made it too easy.

The way she looked like she was about to burst when I turned her down was so satisfying.

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Her voice still rang in my ears, tight and desperate, trying so hard to hide the panic vibrating beneath every word.

Elara always strutted like royalty, but today… She walked up to me like a beggar.

And I enjoyed every second.

I headed toward the north wing, hands in my pockets, humming under my breath. I didn’t even try to disguise the satisfaction curling warm and sharp in my chest.

Elara wanted help.

And I’m the only one she can ask it from. She needed me.

Me. Lucien Ashford.

The same man she used to look down on every chance she got.

She must be choking on the irony.

I stopped by the window overlooking the training grounds and watched the pack warriors sparring.

For a moment, I imagined standing down there as their Alpha instead of Theo.

A weak-hearted Alpha.

Who doesn’t deserve to be Alpha? I mean who allows a fragile man to become Alpha?

He’s nothing more than a walking liability on the pack.

The thought made me laugh.

Elara’s proposal echoed back through my mind. “I want Theo. You want the throne.”

She wasn’t wrong. Not completely.

But she made one fatal mistake.

She thought I would be her pawn.

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Her tool, something she can conveniently weaponise against her supposed man.

Stupid.

She didn’t understand that I only ever play one game – my own.

And according to my rules as well.

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I slipped into my private guest room, closed the door, and leaned back against it, letting my smile finally stretch into something darker.

“An alliance,” I whispered to myself. “Temporary strategy annual benefits.”

Oh, please. Elara is not all about that.

Elara thought small. Always had.

This wasn’t about getting Kaia out of the way.

This wasn’t about helping Elara reclaim Theo.

This was an opportunity-a big one.

I sat on the edge of my bed, tapping my fingers against my thigh.

If Elara failed to regain her place, she’d be humiliated.

If Theo defied the Council again, he’d be weakened politically.

If the pack doubted his leadership, elders would start whispering.

If Kaia became Luna… pressure would crush her.

If the bond was unstable… even better.

Every crack could be widened and lead to collapse.

And when the pack needed someone strong, stable, and unburdened by a pathetic heart condition…

Guess whose name they’d start saying?

Mine.

I leaned back, letting the idea settle, heat crawling up my face when I finally realised how close I was to getting what I wanted.

Elara thinks she’s using me.

But truly, I’m the one in charge.

I’m using her. Her emotions are high and desperate.

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And desperate people make mistakes.

Mistakes that could be useful to me.

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I closed my eyes and muttered to myself, smirking, “I’ll help you, Elara… but only enough to watch you burn.”

Whether Kaia survives, and whether Theo holds his throne-none of that matters.

In the end, everything they build will fall straight into my hands.

I have to wait.

And Lucien Ashford, I was very, very patient.

After making my decisions, I left

I wasn’t planning to stop by my parents’ quarters.

I only wanted to grab something from my old room and leave before Theo’s perfect little packhouse suffocated me again.

But then… I heard voices.

Raised voices.

My father’s.

Kingsley never raised his voice.

I froze just outside the door, every instinct urging me to lean closer.

“…you will not interfere anymore, Cara.”

My father’s tone was low but sharp enough to slice through the walls.

I edged toward the slightly open door, my pulse ticking with curiosity creeping into irritation.

My mother snapped back, “I never interfered. Everything I did was to support you—”

“Everything you did,” Kingsley cut in, “drove a wedge between my son and me.”

My jaw tightened.

Son.

He only uses that word for one person.

Theo.

My hands curled into fists, nails digging into my palms as I leaned closer to the doorframe.

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Kingsley continued, firmer now, “You pushed me away from him. Every time I tried to reach out, you stepped in. You wanted all the attention on you and Lucien. And I let it happen. That was my mistake.”

A crack went through my chest like a whip.

So that was it?

He regretted giving me attention?

I gritted my teeth, breath shaking with contained fury.

Inside the room, my mother scoffed. “Oh, please. That boy ignores us both. He always did-”

“No,” Kingsley snapped. “He drifted because of us because of you constantly provoking him, belittling him, and poisoning every small interaction he had. And I allowed it. But no more.”

No more? My stomach dropped.

Kinglsey’s voice hardened. “You will not stand between us again. And you will not undermine him in pack matters. From this day onward, you have no authority.”

My breath stopped.

No! No, he didn’t just-

Mother gasped trembled with disbelief. “You’re stripping me of my influence? After everything I’ve done for this pack?”

“You undermine our Alpha. You feed Lucien ambition instead of grounding him. You whisper resentment into every situation,” Kingsley shot back. “That ends now.”

I felt something cold crawl up his spine.

My ambitions and plans?

He wanted to clip my wings-now?

Mother’s voice cracked. “You’re choosing Theo over me?”

“I’m choosing the pack,” Kingsley said. “And Theo is its Alpha.”

Theo. Theo. Theo.

My head rang with it.

That name lingered around me like a curse.

Like he was some chosen saviour instead of a weakling with a failing heart.

I stepped back slowly, face burning with humiliation and a rage that tasted metallic on my tongue.

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So this was the truth; Kingsley never cared about me.

He only tolerated me until now.

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And now, after one little mating miracle, he was ready to throw both his wife and second son aside to polish the golden child’s crown.

Fine.

If that’s how he wanted to play this…

I would remember every word he said now and I’ll remind him of it later.

I should have walked away after this.

But their voices kept rising, pulling me in like a magnet.

Inside, mmothet hissed, furious and wounded,

“You dare speak to me like this after everything? After I kept this family together when your wife died?”

Kingsley exhaled sharply, the kind of breath that usually came before a command.

“Don’t twist this, Cara. I was grieving, and you saw an opportunity. You inserted yourself into every decision and shut Theo out because you knew I listened to you.”

“Oh, please” she scoffed, “That boy always hated me. He made sure I felt it every day.”

“And you provoked him every day,” Kingsley fired back. “You compared him to Lucien. Questioned his strength and worth. You pushed until he stopped coming to me altogether.”

A bitter laugh tore from my mother. “So now it’s my fault he was weak? My fault he hid behind his heart condition? My fault he wasn’t-”

“STOP.” Kingsley’s voice cracked like thunder.

Even I flinched.

“His condition was never your weapon to use against him,” he growled. “And you know it.”

Mother shot back immediately, “Well someone had to hold him accountable! You babied him. And look, now he’s reckless, stubborn, and blinded by some nobody girl without a powerless wolf!”

Kaia. Of course, she’d bring her up.

Kingsley’s voice dropped to something colder.

“You will not speak of Kaia that way. Not in this house.”

My mother froze.

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“You’re defending her now?” Mother spat. “A stray girl Theo picked up from the wild? You have lost your mind, Kingsley.”

“I’ve finally regained it,” he said.

And wow. I didn’t expect that answer.

Mother’s breath shook, anger splintering into disbelief.

“So what then? Are you choosing Theo and his mate over your own wife? Your own son?”

Kingsley didn’t hesitate. “Yes.”

I felt my lungs tighten without air.

Just like that.

“Yes,” he repeated, voice steady. “Theo is the Alpha. And Kaia is his mate. That is what matters for this pack. Not your pride and manipulation. And certainly not Lucien’s ambition.”

My heart pounded hard enough to crack ribs.

Ambition. Manipulation.

That’s all I was to them?

Mother’s voice trembled with venom. “You’ll regret this, Kingsley.”

“No,” he said, exhausted but firm. “I’ve regretted the last ten years. And I will regret the next ten if I don’t take a stand now.”

Silence thickens between them.

I stepped back from the door just before one of them could storm out.

My blood froze like smoke.

So that was it.

My father had chosen his side, and it wasn’t ours.

He’d chosen Theo and the powerless wolf little mate over his own family.

But that was fine.

Let him choose their side…

Because I’d already chosen mine.

And it wasn’t theirs either.

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