Serena, who was beside him, agreed. "But we wouldn't have won if you weren't here, Alpha. You're the reason for this victory. Finally, right? You're the strongest Alpha in the region. No wonder your son, Aiden, resembles you a lot. He's such a powerful young man too."
Among the crowd, Rylan's sister, Cresia, suddenly interrupted the conversation, "Since you like Aiden so much, you can be his stepmother!"
Cresia had always been close to Serena and wished she could be her sister-in-law. Her words drew laughter from the whole family of Alpha Rylan, my mate, and it seemed that it was also everyone's heartfelt wish. Did the Darkwood Pack hate me so much to the point of not wanting me to be their Luna?
As I walked into the feast, everyone who had just been enjoying themselves suddenly changed their expressions, as if they saw an unwanted guest barging in.
"Alara, where is Aiden?" Rylan asked in a cold voice when he saw that there was no one beside me.
I stared at him with cold eyes. "You still care about your son?"
The Alpha looked unhappy and said in a slightly angry tone, "What are you talking about? Are you still upset about my sudden departure days ago? You know that I am indeed busy and didn't have much time to come to his coming-of-age ritual, but he's the reason I work so hard to lead this pack. I only have this one son, and he is the only heir to the Darkwood Pack. Everything I have will be left for Aiden in the future. How can I not care about him?"
I smirked. "Everything is left for Aiden, you say... If you hadn't said it just now, I would have thought it was left for Serena."
For Serena, Alpha Rylan cruelly left Aiden and me to fight against our rival pack. He didn't even hesitate to go to Shadow Pack, even though he knew Aiden's coming-of-age ritual was a special day for our son. He ignored my kneeling pleas and left just to please Serena's previous pack. When I thought about this, my heart still ached.
When the Darkwood Pack heard what I said, they all looked at me as if I were a stranger. No one expected that I, who was always gentle and obedient, would refute their Alpha in public. Rylan frowned and said impatiently, "I didn't attend his coming-of-age ritual, so what? It didn't even happen because of the ambush. How long are you going to make a fuss over such a trivial thing?"