The Billionaire Alpha’s Farming Luna: Too Late to Please the Herbal Queen! Chapter 07

The Billionaire Alpha’s Farming Luna: Too Late to Please the Herbal Queen! Chapter 07

Bram’s gaze landed on Graham, cold and cutting. All trace of his earlier warmth had vanished, replaced by something razor-sharp.

“Tell me, Alpha Graham. When did the Ashford Pack adopt such tyrannical laws?”

“I want to know what crime my Luna committed to warrant a public whipping.”

The guests gasped, looking between Graham and me in disbelief.

“Wait… Maren only came home yesterday. And she was already whipped?”

“Unbelievable. No matter what she did, you don’t lash your own flesh and blood!”

“She’s been lost for years. Shouldn’t she have been welcomed home with open arms?”

Graham wiped the sweat from his brow, his lips trembling as he shot me a pleading look.

“Maren… what happened yesterday was just a misunderstanding. Can you explain it to Bram? Let’s just put it behind us.”

“Whoever ruined your mother’s necklace, I… I was just upset for your mother and lost my temper.”

I let out a cold laugh.

So even he wasn’t sure I had broken the necklace—but he’d pinned it on me anyway. And he’d had me lashed thirty times in front of everyone.

Before I could speak, Bram’s voice rang out with absolute authority.

“Alpha Graham, is this how you rule—by completely discarding the truth?”

“Guilty or not, it doesn’t matter to you, you simply punish whoever you please. And you chose to lay a hand on my mate.”

“If that’s the way of this pack, then perhaps the Ashford Pack no longer deserves to exist.”

A collective intake of breath swept through the room.

Because if Bram truly wanted to make the Ashford Pack disappear, it would take him less than a day.

The guests who had openly mocked me earlier looked terrified, lowering their heads and trying to vanish into the crowd.

Calder, still young and reckless, had no idea when to keep his mouth shut.

“Alpha Bram! Maren is an Ashford. Even if our father made a mistake, you can’t speak to him like that. He is your father-in-law!”

The words had barely left his mouth when a loud slap echoed through the room.

Graham slapped Calder across the face.

“Shut up! How dare you speak to Alpha Bram like that? He is absolutely right! I was a fool, blinded by my impatience to make Maren fit into the pack.”

He turned and snarled at Nell.

“You! Speak up right now! Who exactly destroyed your mother’s heirloom necklace yesterday?”

Jealousy flashed in Nell’s eyes, but she instantly masked it with a pitiful expression.

“Dad, Mom loves me so much. How could I ever ruin something she gave me?”

“It was Maren! She insisted on taking my necklace. I offered her other jewelry, explaining that this one was my keepsake from Mom, but she lunged and ripped it away. That’s how it broke.”

Graham immediately turned to Bram with a placating smile.

“You see, Bram? It’s just a petty misunderstanding between sisters. I’ll make sure to discipline Nell later. No need to get worked up over it.”

“Please, don’t let this little hiccup ruin what should be a wonderful evening with us.”

He then reached out to guide Bram toward the table.

Bram brushed his hand off. His eyes were pure ice.

Nell immediately stepped closer, wrapping her arms around Bram’s sleeve and looking up at him with tear-filled eyes.

“Alpha Bram, it was my fault for being thoughtless and making Maren feel slighted. If you want to punish someone, punish me. I’ll accept anything you ask…”

As she spoke, she subtly leaned her body against Bram’s.

In an instant, a sharp cry pierced the room.

Bram grabbed Nell by the neck and threw her several feet away, crashing her straight into a table.

Blood instantly began to trickle from her forehead.

I let out a sigh. So stupid.

Bram had a severe aversion to being touched. He once threw a woman into the snow for simply brushing his hand during a toast.

He only let her back inside after I intervened.

Did Nell honestly think her pathetic attempts at seduction would work on a supreme predator?

She was utterly delusional.

Calder rushed forward to gather Nell into his arms, frantically checking her injury before turning to roar at me.

“Maren, you’re just jealous of Nell! You only came back to take everything she has and target her maliciously!”

“I don’t care how much money your mate has, we aren’t afraid of you. If you’re going to use his power to bully us, we’ll disown you entirely. Let everyone see what a viper you really are!”

I glanced at the guests below, murmuring among themselves, their faces a swirl of confusion.

Then I looked at Calder as if he were an idiot.

“Alpha Graham, I remember when I hid in the attic as a child and you punished Calder, you installed security cameras up there. Are they still functional?”

Graham paused, then nodded. “Yes, they are.”

I spoke softly.

“Then please pull up the footage.”

“I think we all want to know the truth, don’t we?”

My gaze was steady and unbothered, backed by a clear conscience.

But Nell’s face went pale, and she blurted out in panic.

“No! You can’t pull the footage!”