"How can you be so vicious? In front of all these wolves, where is he supposed to put his dignity? It was just borrowing a garment for the ceremony. Did you really need to be this petty?"
Looking at her inability to distinguish right from wrong, I let out a cold laugh. My blade rose and fell again, cutting away every fastening from the traditional bond-robe she wore—the one my mother had stitched with her own hands.
"You've forgotten the oath you swore to my mother—that you would never betray me for as long as you lived. It doesn't matter. I haven't forgotten. What lies between us is like this robe now—severed completely, all bonds broken!"
"I wish your little family a hundred years of happiness together."
With those words, I walked out through the stunned crowd.
The First Moon Feast did not go well after that. Dorian Frostclaw fainted from the shock, and Selene rushed him to the Healer's Den.
Matriarch Aurelia finished hosting the ceremony alone, holding the pup herself.
The next morning, I successfully obtained the Bond Severance decree.
My communication stone still held messages from Selene demanding I apologize.