Switched Bride, True Luna - Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Emily
“A mistake, this is a mistake!” cried out Hannah. My ears burned at her horrible shrieking.
“What’s a mistake?” I asked, doing my best to hold back my steadily growing anger.
My family had never cared this much about what I did before. They were only doing this now because they didn’t think it benefited them enough. If I married Logan, they’d lose their control over me.
“The pack is struggling, Emily. If you take your inheritance, your family and all the wolves that have surrounded you for your entire life will suffer for it,” said Hannah. A pang of guilt thrummed through my heart. I never wanted to hurt the pack, specially since this was between my and my family.
However, my inheritance didn’t affect the pack so much as it did my direct family. I realized that Hannah was probably trying to take advantage of the pack to make me change my mind.
“I deserve what is rightfully mine. My mother left that for me, and I will have it,” I said.
I won’t let them stand in the way. What mattered to me most was what my mother left behind. It wasn’t about having money. But that was all that mattered to Hannah, so how could she see beyond that?
“You will have plenty of money if you join the Titanfang Pack. You don’t need any inheritance. Taking it now is taking food out of the mouth of your family. If you care at all about the fate of your pack…”
While the Titanfang Pack surely had a substantial amount of money, I didn’t intend on using any of it. It wasn’t mine to use. All I wanted was to be able to provide for myself. I’d need to be prepared for that when my contract with Logan ended as well.
“I don’t. What you and father do at Blackwood Pack is of no concern to me as soon as I marry Logan.” Hannah’s face grew red with anger.
“Then give up all of that money to make up for the fact you stole Chloe’s fiancé and ruined her future! If you don’t sign an agreement with us, we will never approve of your marriage. We won’t attend the wedding, and we won’t support his,” she gestured to Logan, “run for Alpha King!”
Logan’s heavy hand rested on my shoulder. It was a reminder that he stood there next to me, and I felt his support.
It was both wonderful and strange at the same time. I’ve never had someone have my back before.
It also reminded me that we had better things to do that weren’t arguing with my petty family. I didn’t need to stand here and justify myself.
“Do what you will,” I said. I took Logan’s hand in mine and led him from the study. We brushed shoulders with my furious family. They raced after us as we made our way out of the kitchen and toward the main hall.
Before we made it there, a new figure stepped in front of us. He was an elderly man, well dressed, and had a walking cane. He had a look in his dark eyes that I didn’t care for.
“Isn’t this a surprise? I came here to see the next Luna of Titanfang, and I see the bride that was promised to me holding hands with another man,” he said.
My stomach dropped.
“Mr. Baron,” I said, my heart in my throat. I had already forgotten about him. My parents had accepted money in exchange for my hand in marriage.
“That’s right,” said Chloe with glee, “Emily is already engaged to Mr. Baron!” Her voice drew the old man’s eyes to her.
“I don’t wish to go toe to toe with Titanfang,” said Gregory. “Simply return my money, and we will wash ourselves of the entire situation.”
“That is simply not possible,” said Hannah. The old man clicked his tongue and shook his head.
“Perhaps we can come up with a different solution,” said my father. Gregory looked between us all, and then his crinkled old settled on Chloe.
“I will take your other daughter for my bride then.” Chloe immediately recoiled, her voice twisting in disgust.
“How ridiculous!” she said, turning her nose up.
A part of me wanted to laugh. She was thrilled I’d marry the old, retired Alpha, but he wasn’t good enough for her.
“It’s the perfect solution, isn’t it? Blackwood gets to keep the money, and I get my beautiful bride,” said Gregory.
“This is not the time or the place to be having this discussion,” said Logan. Gregory nodded once, but his gaze went back to my family.
“Very well. I expect to hear more about this soon.” The old man strode away, his cane thumping on the tile floor.
I breathed a sigh of relief. I had almost forgotten about my parents trying to sell me to that man. It was a relief to be engaged to Logan instead. At least he wasn’t old enough to be my father. Or my grandfather, in Gregory Baron’s case.
“Thank you, Logan,” said Chloe. She attempted to reach out to Logan, but he stepped back.
“Let’s not create any further scandal on what was supposed to be a happy moment. If you will excuse us,” he said. He gripped my hand tighter and went into a private room of the restaurant. Since the party was out front, I would have thought it would be empty.
Instead, I was greeted by a couple of Omega women and a mannequin in the room.
“What is this?” I asked. Logan pushed me further inside by the small of my back.
“I had a feeling your family would misunderstand who my bride-to-be was, so I had these prepared.” Judging by his wry smile, he may have wanted them to think Chole was his bride.
He had intended to embarrass my family in front of all these people.
My heart swelled at the thought. I don’t know how he knew about my family’s relationships, but I was impressed.
“Hurry and get dressed. We have kept our audience waiting long enough,” said Logan. He shut the door to the room, leaving me with the two maids.
They immediately got to work. They dressed me quickly and quietly. It was a little embarrassing. In the past, I had always dressed myself. To have these woman touching and tugging at me was a little strange.
It shouldn’t be all that unusual though. A lot of women in the higher class were used to this kind of treatment.
That didn’t mean I enjoyed it though.
When I looked in the mirror, I was shocked at what I saw.
The dress was beautiful. It was a light blue, almost close to white. It had a sweetheart neckline and the hem nearly touched the ground. It hugged the curves of my body perfectly. It wasn’t too revealing, but was elegant and stylish.
The maids even added a small amount of makeup to my face to highlight my features. It wasn’t too much, but had a natural look.
When I exited the room, Logan was waiting for me.
“How did you prepare this? How do you even know my size?” I asked him. He chuckled, his dark eyes scanning me from head to toe.
“My hands have touched you enough to know, don’t you think?” he said. I blushed. Images of the night we spent together flashed through my head. I hadn’t expected him to be so bold in a public place.
Still, the dress fit like a glove. That didn’t stop me from glaring at him for being so daring. In public too!
He simply smiled and extended his hand to me.
“Let’s go, my fianceé.”