Chapter 50 Finally Meeting
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The Alpha King was somewhat displeased, yet he still maintained a ruler’s composure. “The blizzards blocked the roads, so the journey was difficult. That’s understandable.”
Sunlight streamed through the glass, outlining the deep-set features of the wolf king.
After a brief silence, he added slowly, “For now, don’t spread word of Laila’s military merits. Wait until Vagen is fully reclaimed.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.” The four Betas answered in unison.
The Alpha King was doing this for Laila’s sake as well.
Recently, vicious rumors about Laila had spread like parasites clinging to bone, throughout the Royal Court and even across the entire wolf erritories.
Whispers claimed that Laila was a she-wolf consumed by jealousy, that on nights of the full moon she would transform into a terrifying monster and tear apart her own kind with her own claws.
They also said she wandered at night, sneaking into the Ironclaw Pack to devour newborn cubs.
And this, supposedly, was why Holt had dissolved the mate bond with her.
The rumors even “kindly” added that after the bond was dissolved, the
generous” Enclaws- Holt’s family-had paid Laila a large sum of compensation, soch so that Ironclaw Pack’s finances had fallen into difficulty.
Utterly absurd. Yet plenty of people believed it.
No one dared approach Silvermoon Pack anymore, fearing they might be killed by a monster-transformed Laila.
But rumors like these couldn’t be suppressed. They could only be burned away by a brighter, more dazzling blaze.
Laila’s military achievements would become the most brilliant torch.
At the same time, they would serve as a touchstone to reveal which faces were the most vicious and ugly, and how quickly they would twist into obsequious smiles when confronted
with ironclad merit.
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Seven days later.
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The reinforcements led by Holt and Maris finally arrived at Irilla.
When they entered the Vagen region and heard that Irilla had already been taken, both Holt and Maris grew anxious, afraid they had arrived too late and that Samuel would already march straight on Simonne. If that happened, they would have rushed here for nothing and gained not a shred of military merit, which would be a terrible waste.
Fortunately, when they reached Irilla, the final battle had not yet begun.
By this time, news of Laila’s promotion to Major General had already spread back through Vagen.
But Holt and Maris didn’t even know that Laila was in Irilla at all. After arriving, they ordered the troops to rest in place, then went to pay their respects to Samuel.
What Maris saw upon entering the city was order everywhere, with none of the panic typical of wartime.
She felt a twinge of regret. She had assumed the front lines would be chaotic, supplies depleted, and everyone anxiously awaiting reinforcements day after day.
More than once, she had imagined how excited the soldiers would be when she arrived at the Vagen battlefield, how even Samuel would personally come out to greet them.
She never expected this scene instead. It made the arrival of the reinforcements feel somewhat unnecessary.
Inside the command tent, the generals were already present, planning the final battle. Laila was there as well, but she stood near the table, blocked from view by the tall generals beside her. These men had learned that Holt was about to arrive and had tacitly agreed to give him a “surprise.”
As a result, neither Holt nor Maris saw her.
The two stepped forward, right hands pressed to their chests in a standard wolf-tribe military salute.
“Greetings, Marshal!”
“Greetings, Marshal!”
Samuel looked up and said coldly, “You’ve finally arrived.”
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Holt replied, “Heavy snow blocked the roads, so we arrived late. We will accept our punishment, Marshal.”
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