Tangled Hearts - The Alpha's Baby Mama-Chapter 176: I made a lot of discoveries...

Selene POV

"Renounce your position as Luna or you close down the office of the Luna," the elder said. "We were going to tell you this but thank the goddess that there’s an opportunity. So if you truly want to show how remorseful you are... you’ll make a choice,".

I had envisioned that they would try to ask me to resign and I had a ready reply for that scenario but hearing them making a play for my position as Luna and Noah’s wife was a punch on my face. I stared at the elder hoping he was making a joke but these people don’t joke.

"You cannot be serious," Noah interjected "You cannot ask my wife to renounce her position as Luna. She’s my mate and marrying her already validates that,".

"This doesn’t concern you, Your Majesty," the elder said coldly to Noah "The only reason why there’s been no petition for you to be stripped of your title too is because you’ve been a good king and we have identified the root cause of the problem which is your wife here. In reality, we’re not asking both of you to divorce and go separate ways... no... she can be your mate, your wife... or whatever but not our Luna,".

"Don’t you dare threaten me with that," Noah fumed "You have no right...".

"We do, your Majesty," an official said rising to his feet "It is stated in our constitution that if the King starts to act independently without seeking the advice of his trusted members and the people, then they have the right to petition for his removal,".

"So, you want to be involved in dealing with my family’s problem?" Noah blasted "The issue that happened with my father was...".

"Who says this has anything to do with the incident of the Grand Lycan? The Grand Lycan himself asked us to keep mute since you’ve decided not to pursue it and we have. What we are talking about your Majesty..." the elder paused and nodded towards a servant nearby that came to his table to pick up a stack of documents which he took to Noah "It’s you, shrieking duty that was supposed to profit the pack both financially, politically and economically to run to your nephew’s pack all because of a woman,".

I didn’t know the content of the document they had sent Noah but from the exasperated look on his face, it was quite bad.

"Not to mention these few months, you’ve made a lot of decisions without confirming with us. Yes, Your Majesty... it is true that you’re our sovereign head you do not own power. We as a people and as a pack have given you the power to act as our leader and we must checkmate you. So, if you do not want us to make a big deal out of all those things...".

"I don’t know what narrative you’re running with, Elder," Noah interrupted him "But what part of the law says I cannot do the little things for the person I love? Fine, I agree that I missed out on the cash call meeting that day and travelled down to Greyhound Pack and that was because Selene needed me but the money and whatever connections I was supposed to garner that day were replaced in less than a few months. I love Selene so much and it seems like I am trying to fight you, but it’s because you do not want to accept her as my wife and Luna,".

"Your majesty," the elder chuckled dryly "You do not understand what it means to be a Lycan King do you? It means killing your desires, all the things you want... the woman you love... and going for things that will only benefit the people. The mate you choose cannot make an ideal and perfect Luna. First, she was married and second, she comes with two baggage...".

"Children!" I said vehemently "Don’t speak to of my children as if they are not living,".

"Oh, shut your mouth, Selene!" Nora snarled from the crowd "You talk only when you’re spoken to,".

"But because of how well you’ve served as a king so far and the good deeds of the Grand Lycan, we decided to make an exception to let you marry the woman you love but now we’ve all realized and agreed that we made a mistake,".

"And what is that supposed to mean?" Noah’s tone was softer, almost inaudible to show he was pissed.

"It means a King marries for every other thing except love. Everything you do is for the good of the pack and the people. No one cares about your feelings or your opinion. You ought to have a level-headed woman by your side who is informed of all the etiquettes of our kind and is contented with just being a Luna. Don’t forget, someone who is willing to fill the house with children. But so far, your so-called mates have broken all the etiquette, over and over again. Has decided not to have children until it pleases her and has made you unruly even without you knowing it,".

"That’s not true!" Noah fumed.

"This conversation is not up for argument, Your Majesty," the elder said firmly and continued "So, we have decided that if the Luna can forget about the office of the Luna which was recently inducted and focus on just being the Luna and taking care of the pack in her small, little way... and of course following every etiquette we will spare her. Or, she can choose to just be your wife and have the freedom to run around with different men as she chooses, act like a wild horse and do whatever pleases her. We won’t mind and then we will prepare a marriage alliance between the Wild Hunt pack, that is Princess Jade and you, your Majesty as originally planned,".

"I told you, I won’t take another wife," Noah barked "The deal with Princess Jade is dead,".

"No!" the elder shook his head "It is not. Besides, aren’t you a hypocrite for saying you won’t take another wife when you’ve been finding comfort in the bosom of another woman, nowadays... your passion with her is so wild that it is the talk of the town,".

"Elder..." Noah growled.

"I am not finished, Your Majesty," the Pack Elder stated without flinching at how enraged Noah was. "We all know that the Wild Hunt Pack doesn’t have an heir right now to take over their affairs. The only son of King Tanner is just a toddler and by right Princess Jade would serve as a regent until he’s old enough. When you get married to her, she has agreed to merge our pack with theirs. Consider what we will stand to gain if that deal pulls through. In any case, it is left for the Luna to decide," he said and turned to face me. freeweɓnøvel.com

"Is it finally my turn to speak?" I asked, giving Nora a meaningful stare before I turned back to the elder. "Honestly, the reason I had called this meeting is to make peace with everyone here and apologize for my wrongdoings. I was also going to ask for a punishment... you know just to prove that I won’t do it again but honestly, I don’t understand what’s happening right now. Anyways..." I paused and let my eyes move around the room, making sure I made contact with everyone present here.

"I worked at Moon Whisper for three years and before I and my children came here, everything was a struggle here but I turned that around. Sometimes, I forget how much of an intelligent woman I am and how special my kids are. I worked day and night, shuttling between different packs, learning secrets and a whole lot... the first year I decided to try out the big plan I had for Moon Whisper it failed and all the financial commitments tanked. I remember walking into His Majesty’s office with my heart in my mouth, I expected the worst, I thought he was going to sack me or ask me to leave and never return but he told me to try again...".

"I know this is a lot of details to unpack right now but the reason why you all have the guts to talk about increasing the pack and stuff is all on me. You all had your experts... but I turned things around and the day I stop caring, everything will fucking change and goddess knows I am not exaggerating,".

"This is one of the reasons we do not think you’re suited for a Luna," an official stood up, with a patient smile on his face "We appreciate everything you’ve done for the pack so far and we’re not asking you to leave ... we just want you to be able to be yourself at all time. His majesty will take a wife because of politics and of course, he’ll always create time to spend with you and then you can have...".

"Don’t worry," I cut him short with a laugh "I’m good. I don’t need a pep talk. I wasn’t going to do this, honestly. I wanted to come here, settle scores and move on but I think the occasion demands it. So, I have been working a lot... maximizing the full potential and benefits of the office of the Luna and I made a lot of discoveries which I will be showing to you all in a few seconds then after that, I will make a choice,".