Submission Is Not My Style - Chapter 79: Chapter 79

His face twists into something between a grimace and a sad smile.
“The Moon Goddess always finds a way to reveal the truth—just when it’s too damn late.”
Then, to my surprise, he chuckles.
“If I’d known you’d end up mated to my only true-blooded daughter,” he says with a short laugh, “I wouldn’t have wasted so much time trying to throw Celestia at you. I thought I could control the future—choose the next king. Manipulate fate.”
He shakes his head, smirking now.
“But it seems the goddess had other plans. And now? Well… it looks like you’re destined for the crown, whether you want it or not.”
Before I can say anything, he steps forward and—lightly, almost affectionately—places a hand on my shoulder, nudging me aside.
I let him.
Because somehow… deep down, I know.
He walks past me and sits in the chair I’d been in only moments before. He reaches for Kali’s hand like it’s something sacred. And strangely enough, she doesn’t react in fear. Her body doesn’t tense. There’s only stillness.
Peace.
I don’t want to admit it, but I know she’s safe with him.
At least for now.
“Alpha,” a warrior calls from the doorway, breaking through my thoughts. “Apologies for the interruption, but… we need to hurry. Before things get worse back at the pack.”
I glance back at the bed. At her. At the man now sitting beside her.
Then I nod, stiffly, and turn to follow the warrior down the hall.
“She’s his daughter… probably the one who went missing,” I whisper, the words slipping out before I can stop them.
And if that’s true—if Kali really is the Alpha King’s daughter—then what everyone said about her wolf being massive, monstrous, more beast than wolf… they’re not just rumors.
They’re true.
Which means from the very first moment I met her, I wasn’t the one in control. I wasn’t the one in power.
I was the one destined to kneel.
Not just kneel—submit.
“…Fuck.”
The second I step onto the Blood Fang pack grounds, chaos slaps me in the face like a damn insult—loud, jarring, and completely out of control. It’s deafening. Voices scream and chant, fists raised in the air. The entire pack has turned upside down. There’s no order, no structure—just complete madness.
And through the noise, one name keeps echoing, again and again, making my blood boil:
Khoas.
They’re actually protesting for that bastard. I can hardly believe it.
My jaw clenches so tightly I feel my teeth grind. Do these people truly not understand what Khoas did to Jasmine? Even if she weren’t my sister, I could never forgive him. Beating her until she was unrecognizable, branding her with his mark against her will… He didn’t just hurt her. He broke her. She had to lose herself—her wolf, her very soul—just to get away from him.
That isn’t just cruelty.
It’s inhuman.
She had to destroy who she was to escape him.
And yet, these people are demanding his freedom?
I’d rather die than let that monster walk free.
I march forward, the crowd parting slowly as they catch sight of me. Their chants grow louder, more aggressive.
What’s worse—some of the women, these she-wolves, are chanting his name too. But I can see the truth in their eyes. The subtle tilt of their bodies away from their mates. The bruises barely hidden beneath their sleeves. The tightness in their jaws. This isn’t their protest. They’re here because their mates forced them to be. Out of fear.
“Release Beta Khoas!” a man shouts from the front of the crowd. “He’s done nothing wrong except follow the law you created! He’s innocent!”
“Innocent?” I snort.
“You go against your own laws and expect us to obey you?” another man yells. “That makes you weak!”
“Weak!” The word catches like wildfire.
“The Alpha backtracks on his word!”
“Alpha Jack is no longer worthy—!”
“ENOUGH!”
My voice crashes into them like a wave, booming and sharp. The crowd falls silent in an instant. Some flinch. Some bow their heads but what's important is that single one of them shuts the hell up. Even the men who had been puffing out their chests now drop their eyes. A few of the women recoil. I see it all.
I step forward, my boots slamming into the dirt as I stand tall before them.
“I am not going to repeat myself,” I say through clenched teeth. “Khoas will never be released. Not just because he hurt my sister—no. This isn’t personal.”
I let my gaze sweep over them, slow and heavy with disappointment.“He committed a crime against the Moon Goddess herself. He violated the sacredness of the mate bond. He marked her without her consent.”
Gasps ripple through the crowd.
“And because of him,” I continue, my voice cracking despite my efforts to stay calm, “Jasmine had to do the unthinkable. She had to kill a part of herself. Her wolf is gone. Her soul was shattered. She lost everything—her identity, her strength—just to escape him.”
Silence. Thick, suffocating silence.
I take a deep breath, trying to steady my voice, blinking back the sting in my eyes. I refuse to let tears fall—not here. “You still want me to release him? After that?”
No one answers.
“I made a mistake,” I admit, raising my voice. “A terrible one. I thought the law I created would protect us. That giving the male authority over his mate would make him more protective. More responsible. I believed that as the head of the bond, a man would cherish his mate, guide her, protect her like his own heartbeat while she submit to him as her duty.”
My gaze catches a man lowering his head in shame. Another steps slightly away from his trembling mate.
“I never meant for it to be twisted into this. I never expected you to beat them, to control them, to treat them like fucking possessions. You took something sacred and turned it into a weapon. You made yourselves kings in your homes and turned the very women the Moon Goddess gifted you—your mates—into prisoners. You shamed the mate bond.”
Some women wince. One clutches her arm. Another shields her child behind her. I see one edge away from her mate, fear written across her face. His fists tighten, like he wants to strike her even now—but he knows better than to try it in front of me. He’ll be made an example.
“I was blind,” I murmur, disgusted with myself. “And now I will correct my mistake and end this stupid law.”
A warrior steps forward, handing me a scroll. The law. The one I wrote with my own fucking hands.
I hold it high, for all of them to see—then tear it apart, slowly, piece by piece, letting the shreds fall to the ground like snow.
“All laws that favour men over women are hereby abolished. As of this moment, males and females are equals. That is the new law. Women will no longer submit to men simply because they’re men. To the women who have carried this pain alone... who have endured heartbreak, abuse, and silence while being told to be ‘strong’—I am sorry. I am sorry it’s taken me this long to open my eyes.”
The crowd stares in stunned silence.
“If you’re a man—if you’ve raised your hand against the woman the Moon Goddess chose for you—this is your chance to make it right. Drop your pride. Get on your knees if you have to. And beg for her forgiveness. Beg like your soul depends on it. Because it does. Do it in private if you’re too much of a coward to do it here.”
I turn to the women now, softening my tone.
“And if you’re in a toxic bond… if the man promises and swears to change but your soul tells you otherwise… you don’t have to stay. You can reject him. Right now. And I swear to you—no harm will come to you. Not while I’m still breathing."
Some women begin to cry quietly. Others turn to their mates, their eyes lit with something I haven’t seen in a long time—strength.
Then a gruff voice breaks through the crowd, sharp with disbelief. “How can you say all this, Alpha? How can you go against the natural law of things? You expect us to accept this? Are you going to take responsibility for breaking your own law?”
I square my shoulders. My heart is heavy but steady. I know what I have to do.
“You’re right. I broke my word. I went against the law I created.”
The crowd holds its breath.
“So,” I say, lifting my chin, voice unwavering, “to prove I’m not doing this out of pride…”
I exhale slowly, then finish the sentence:
“I will step down as Alpha of the Blood Fang Pack.”