After My Fiancé Rejected Me, I Became His Uncle's Fated Mate novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: The Road
The territory line ran across the county road at the old cattle guard, under a pole light that buzzed with moths.
The pack stood on the Cold Creek side in a half circle.
I came down the road beside Lachlan with his mark throbbing on my shoulder and his hand around mine.
Nobody looked away from it this time.
They looked at me the way they looked at him.
Cade stood on the gravel on the far side of the line with his hands bound in front of him.
He wore the shirt he'd fought in, torn and filthy, and a pair of borrowed boots.
Two wolves stood at his back.
His mother stood twenty feet from him, alone, with no one beside her.
"Say it, Alpha," said the old man with the white beard.
Lachlan stepped to the edge of the guard.
"Cade Brannigan," he said. "You poisoned a mate of this pack. You poisoned your Alpha in a challenge. You bought three years of a woman's life for a chair."
Cade's chin came up.
"By the old law you would die tonight," Lachlan said. "Your blood is my brother's. I won't spill it."
His voice dropped.
"You are cast out of Cold Creek. No pack will take you, and no wolf will shelter you. Your name is struck from the ledger."
"The ledger is mine to strike," I said.
Lachlan turned his head.
"I keep the books," I said. "I'll do it tonight."
A ripple of grim laughter went through the pack.
"Then it's done," Lachlan said, and looked at me. "The last word is yours, June."
I walked up to the line.
Cade watched me come, and I saw him gather himself and try for the old smile.
"June," he said. "Come on. You know I never meant it to go this far."
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