They Stole My Wedding to Save Her, Not Knowing They Were Sacrificing Me to the Mountain God Chapter 07

They Stole My Wedding to Save Her, Not Knowing They Were Sacrificing Me to the Mountain God Chapter 07

Every word cut into my parents like a knife.

Evelyn’s tears fell even harder.

She shoved Sienna away.

“Shut up. We only have one daughter.”

“Elara won’t abandon us. I’m going to bring Elara home. I will.”

The car started.

Callum took another car and drove in hot pursuit.

The bridesmaids and groomsmen exchanged helpless looks, unsure what to do.

The phone that had been livestreaming recorded everything.

The followers who had been celebrating the wedding were left in absolute shock, their comments turning

toxic in an instant:

[ Sienna, what brand of bitch are you? You stole someone else’s wedding and tried to make it real? ]

[This is terrifying when you think about it. Those messages telling the groomsmen to ruin that girl had to be

from Sienna too. I can’t even imagine how desperate Elara must have felt. ]

[Exactly. And her parents and fiancé are trash too. They hurt their own biological daughter this badly for an

adopted one?]

The internet exploded with insults, and countless people demanded refunds from the platform.

Videos of the adopted daughter scheming against Elara were clipped, edited, and reposted again and again.

Eventually, the platform stepped in and banned Sienna’s account, while freezing and refunding.

They also refunded every dollar in her account to the followers she had deceived.

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As Callum drove, he called my best friend.

He demanded answers about the Guardian’s Bride.

Maya had already learned what happened online. The moment she picked up, she started cursing him out.

“She’s gone, and now you know how to panic?”

“My best friend doesn’t want you anymore, and now you’re scared? Too late. You and Elara are impossible in

this lifetime.”

For the first time, Callum lowered his head. His voice was anxious and trembling.

“Please. Tell me what’s going to happen to her.”

Maya and I had known each other since we were little, and I had told her about the covenant.

“Every generation, the Sutton family chooses one girl whose birth chart matches the Guardian, and that girl becomes the Guardian’s Bride. In this generation, it was Elara.”

“After she marries the Mountain Guardian, the senior line will make her take the Severance Draught. She’ll

forget her family, her friends, and the person she loved. In the end, she’ll only stay by the Guardian’s side.”

“You should be happy now, shouldn’t you? No one will ever get in the way of you and Sienna again.”

The family patriarch had deep power, reaching into almost every industry.

It was not something the Whitaker family alone could challenge.

The more Maya spoke, the more heartbroken she became.

In the end, she hung up.

Long-buried memories slowly came back to Callum.

Every year, people from the senior Sutton line would come to see Elara.

Every year, they would bring a pill called the Severance Draught and ask whether she wished to take it.

Every time, Elara refused with absolute certainty.

“I have a boyfriend. We’re going to get married. I’ll never take that pill.”

Whenever the senior Sutton line left, Elara would always look worried, and Callum had never fully understood

why.

“If you take the Severance Draught, do you really forget every feeling you’ve ever had?”

“Maybe next time you should keep one’ and take it. That way, when I make you mad, you won’t remember.”

Elara had laughed in anger and chased after him.

“You’re already planning to make me mad? Are you asking for trouble?”

“Do you think the Severance Draught is candy? If I take that thing, it won’t just make me stop being angry. It’ll wipe away every feeling I have.”

“Richard, Evelyn, Sienna, Maya, and you. I’ll forget how I feel about all of you and start over like a blank sheet of paper.”

He had stopped suddenly, opened his arms, and let her run straight into him.

Then he lowered his head and rested his chin against the hollow of her shoulder.

“Then I’d better hurry up and marry you. I can’t let you forget me clean.”

He had made that promise while holding her tight, like a child afraid someone would steal away his most

precious thing.

But she had still been taken.

And worse, he had watched it happen because of his own inaction.

“Elara. Elara, please don’t take that pill. Please don’t…”

The car sped up, leaving the heavy rain behind.

When they reached Sutton Manor, the gates were closed.

Outside the manor, bright red lanterns hung high, and wedding decorations covered every visible surface.

The vivid color stabbed at Callum’s eyes.

He jumped out of the car, ran to the gate, and pounded on it again and again.

“Elara! Elara, come out. Elara…”

“Elara, I’ll marry you. I’m here to marry you.”

The gate had never been fully locked, and after a few strikes, it swung open.

Evelyn, and Callum rushed inside, stumbling around like headless flies.

atter where they looked, they could not find her.

arents went straight to Patriarch Graham, clutching at his sleeves as they begged.

“Patriarch Graham, please let us see Elara.”

“She is our daughter. She cannot marry the Mountain Guardian. We don’t agree.”

Patriarch Graham looked at them coldly.

“You don’t agree?”