When The Moon Hides Her Crown novel Chapter 206

Chapter 206 Expulsion

SERAPHINA

Ronan was expelled?

The world tilted violently on its axis. The thunder of voices, gasps, murmurs, protests became nothing but static at the edges of my hearing. All sound dulled. All sight dimmed. The only thing alive inside me was the violent hammer of my heart, so fast and fierce I thought it might tear me apart.

This wasn’t anger. This wasn’t fear. This was something far worse.

The realization of losing what was mine. My possession. My mate.

Before I could stop myself, the words broke from me like a knife against stone. “I refuse to accept this decision.”

The hall fell silent. Horrified. Breathless.

Alpha Hugo’s head snapped toward me, eyes wide in shock, while the Council members turned their evil, gleaming eyes on me. Predators scenting blood.

Austin’s face twisted with rage. “What did you say?”

“What? Expelled?” Ryker snarled, wolf–fire flashing in his eyes. His aura rolled across the hall like a storm surge. “Me?”

Ronan’s voice was quieter. Deadlier. “Anyone who gets so much as a step closer to me dies.”

The wolves of the Academy froze mid–step, fear snapping their spines straight. In an instant they backed away, lightning–quick, as if his very presence burned. Ronan lifted his gaze, dark and sharp as a blade, locking onto Austin.

“Who did you just expel again?”

Gasps. Murmurs. Silence, then the sharp crack of tension filling every corner.

Austin glared at the three of us, eyes blazing with disbelief. “Did you just dare to defy the Council’s order?!” he roared.

“Yes,” Ronan growled, no hesitation, no fear. “And if we are talking about daring, then let’s make one thing clear, those who wish me out of this Academy should come do it themselves. It’s already generous on my end that I am standing here listening to these side characters.”

The entire hall trembled under the weight of his defiance.

Austin’s handsome face twisted, ugly, livid.

“And what about ‘fuck the law“?” Ryker spat, his voice rolling low and lethal. His chest heaved as his wolf clawed close to the surface. “Then fuck it properly. Fuck the law and fuck your orders. I don’t take commands from anyone.”

The other Council members‘ eyes burned red, bloodlust flashing in their gaze at such insolence. They shifted forward as if to descend on the offenders, their fury undeniable.

A shadow slid across Austin’s face, his rage no longer hidden. He was a man who had always demanded fear and obedience with nothing but his name. A man who had never been challenged, until now.

Now, stripped of that fear, treated like nothing despite his power and position, his fury was absolute.

His pride could not, would not, accept it.

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Phina stirred in my head, sensing he was going to do something worse,

If Austin didn’t, then Ronan would.

“Since you already challenged the Council then let’s-” Austin’s voice darkened.

Before he could finish whatever evil decree he was about to utter, I stepped forward. “Alpha Austin, I think you should stop now.”

The hall gasped. My voice echoed across the Grand Hall, slicing through the whispers and the oppressive tension like a blade.

Austin’s dark eyes locked on me. “What did you say?”

I held my ground. “We respect the Council, Alpha Austin. But respect does not mean everyone bows to injustice.”

The silence sharpened. I straightened my back, refusing to blink. “Alpha Hugo clearly stated the Academy’s rules. Yet you gave a verdict that spits on them. I wonder why? Even if the others here are silent, it’s clear that the Council is targeting us. No, more than targeting. It feels…personal.”

The words spread like fire. I didn’t stop.

“Ronan and Ryker fought, yes. Neither denies it. And yet neither is demanding the other’s expulsion. But the Council chooses to twist the rules. Not erase them, no… twist them. Conveniently, to fit your decision. If we accept this now, what happens tomorrow? What Alpha will stand here next, with new rules bent against him, until none of us are safe?”

For a moment, time itself held still.

Then the hall erupted into furious whispers. Alphas shifted uncomfortably. Some exchanged uneasy looks. Fear for their own futures sparked alive, suspicion rising like smoke. The weight of all those eyes turned was not on me, not on Ronan, not on Ryker but on the Council.

Austin’s face went slack, blank in a way that was far worse than fury. Then slowly, like a storm gathering, madness flickered in his eyes.

He descended from the higher platform, boots echoing loudly in the stillness, until he stood directly in front of me. His aura pressed like a mountain, suffocating, but I did not lower my gaze.

“Accusing the Council?” his voice was a hiss, deadly calm. “Refusing the Head Council’s orders? Do you have a death wish, Alpha Seth?”

“No one here has a death wish, Alpha Austin,” My voice was steady, “But obeying an order passed down from someone who is not even here? Expelling Alphas by twisting the Academy’s laws on a whim? That is something no Alpha will accept here.”

The whispers broke into gasps. The hall shifted like the ground was crumbling beneath it.

His wolf flashed in his eyes. “Do you fucking know who you’re talking to?!” Austin roared in my face, his voice booming like thunder through the Grand Hall.

Ronan’s sanity snapped the instant Austin raised his voice at me, his aura spiking violently. But I secretly lifted two fingers on my sides in the smallest of gestures, don’t.

He stopped while my gaze never wavered from Austin’s.

Because at that moment, the pieces clicked together. This man wasn’t here for justice. He wasn’t here for the Academy. He was here for us. No, he was here for Ronan and Ryker. They conveniently got the secret

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footage, those twisted rulings…that wasn’t a coincidence. It was all orchestrated. The shadows behind him were bigger than we could see. Whatever his game was, his aim was clear. It didn’t matter what it was, it would tear Ronan from me.

And I could not let that happen. Since he showed his intentions so clearly I was not stepping back.

I blinked once, slow and deliberate, before answering evenly, “How would I know, when the person giving the order isn’t here himself?”

The words hit like a slap to all the Council members.

For a beat, Austin only stared. Then his lips curved, and the sound that left him made every hair on the gathered Alphas‘ bodies rose. He laughed low, dangerous, unhinged.

The entire hall went still, a chill settling over the Alphas as that laughter slithered into their bones. He pressed a hand over his eyes as if to contain himself, shoulders shaking, but the sound that broke through was anything but mirth. Phina twisted uncomfortably inside me, a growl echoing in her chest. This man seemed way off.

His lips were still curved when the laughter cut off. Slowly, he parted his fingers, dark wolf eyes gleaming through the gap, staring directly at me.

“You said the council’s decision won’t be accepted by anyone in this Academy, didn’t you?” His voice was a low murmur, dangerous in its calm. His hand lowered, “Then tell me, who are they?”

The silence was deafening.

Austin let the words hang before his voice rose, filling the hall. “Since you gave me a good laugh, I’ll give you a chance, Alpha Seth. Other than Alpha Asher and Alpha Finn, if anyone here is against the Council’s decision to expel Alpha Ronan and Alpha Ryker, step forward. Raise your voice now.”

No one moved.

My gaze swept the rows of Alphas. Every one of them averted their eyes, some shifting, others stiff as stone. They feared him. Feared the Council that held the power not just over their futures, but over their packs. Some didn’t just fear, they wanted this. The expulsion of two of their strongest competitors cleared their own paths to the Supreme Alpha throne.

“So no one?” Austin arched a brow, mockery dripping from his tone. “Then it seems it’s only you who has a problem with the Council’s decision, Alpha Seth.” His eyes glittered as he walked closer, voice a whisper edged with venom. “And here I thought you didn’t even know these two Alphas.”

Ryker and Ronan’s eyes never left me, both pairs of burning gazes fixed on me as I locked mine on Austin. The rage in his eyes was louder than any roar.

“Yes,” I said steadily, my voice echoing through the stunned hall, “I don’t know them. But now I remember them as the ones who stood against injustice, who dared defy the Council’s twisted decree and raised their voices before the whole Academy. If you expel them, Alpha Austin, then I would be afraid that the bloodlines they come from, the Council itself will not escape the consequences once their fathers roar across the realm. Because even the Council answers to the Alpha King.”

Gasps rippled through the hall.

Austin’s head tilted slowly, his glare intensifying until his eyes seemed to burn. “Did you just threaten the Council, Alpha Seth?” His voice was calm, too calm, like the edge of a blade pressing against skin.

“How could I dare, Alpha Austin?” I replied without flinching. “I only stated the truth. You cannot expel them with the-

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“Then you take their place,” he snapped.

My body froze. So did Ronan’s, his aura flaring violently in an instant.

Austin ripped a parchment from one of the Elders‘ hands, slammed his seal onto it with a crack of power, and flung it at the air

“You,” Austin growled, his voice shaking the hall, “For insulting the council, for questioning the new law and for concealing the intruder’s identity are hereby expelled, Alpha Seth Darven.”

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