They Sent Me Away. I Never Came Back. novel Chapter 5

Chapter 5 

The instant the mental bond snapped, the champagne glass slipped from Damian’s hand and shattered against the floor. 

The sharp crash silenced the entire banquet hall. 

Rowan, who had been hanging decorations, lost his footing and fell from the ladder. Julian clutched his chest and stumbled into the projector stand. Even Asher, who had always had the highest pain tolerance among them, dropped to one knee without warning. 

The wolves inside all four of them howled in agony at the same time. 

This wasn’t ordinary mental blocking. 

It was what it felt like when a childhood bond that had existed for eight years was violently torn apart. 

Damian braced himself against the edge of the table. His face had gone pale as he closed his eyes and tried to sense my scent again. 

Nothing. 

No matter how many times he called through the bond, there was only silence where I used to be. 

“Aria severed the bond.” 

Rowan lifted his head, cold sweat covering his forehead. 

“How could she even do that? Unless she’s already left Blood Moon… or officially transferred to another pack.” 

A Blood Moon wolf couldn’t simply sever a childhood bond at will. 

Unless one wolf died or permanently left the pack, the bond couldn’t disappear. 

Damian immediately pulled out his phone and sent me a message. 

【Where are you?] 

A notification appeared almost at once. 

[Message failed. You are no longer in this user’s contacts.) 

His fingers went still. 

Then he called me three times in a row. 

None of the calls went through. 

Asher forced himself upright despite the lingering pain from the severed bond. 

“She didn’t actually leave the pack and transfer out, did she?” 

“But why would she transfer?” Rowan frowned. “She’s only going to Frostland for school. She doesn’t need to give up her Blood Moon affiliation.” 

Julian said nothing. 

He suddenly remembered the contract he’d seen in my bedroom the day before. 

He also remembered that I had told them, clearly, that I was leaving Blood Moon Pack. 

Not one of them had believed me. 

They had decided that packing my belongings and returning everything they’d entrusted to me was just another way to force them to stop me. 

As long as they ignored me long enough, they were certain I’d eventually give up on what they saw as a pointless act of rebellion. 

Lyra stood beside the five-wolf cake, twisting the fabric of her skirt between her fingers. 

“Maybe Aria only blocked the bond temporarily. Today’s my enrollment party. She probably doesn’t want you here with me, so she’s trying to scare everyone.” 

For once, Damian didn’t comfort her. 

He stared down at the last two messages he’d sent me. 

[Stop throwing a tantrum.] 

【Come to Lyra’s party tonight. And remember to finish her birthday video.] 

The doorbell suddenly rang. 

Damian spun toward the entrance. 

Rowan was already moving. 

A courier stood outside. 

“I have a letter Miss Aria left for Damian, Rowan, Julian, and Asher.” 

Damian tore the envelope open immediately. 

There were only three lines on the page. 

[By the time you read this, I will no longer belong to Blood Moon Pack.] 

[You wanted a past without me and a future without me. Now you have both.) 

[From this moment on, we never need to see each other again.] 

Silence swallowed the banquet hall. 

The enormous words MOONVALE FIVE still hung across the wall.