Bonds at War: The Untouched is Mine novel Chapter 311

Chapter 311 Judiciary Elders

Chapter 311 Judiciary Elders

ABEL

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The room smelled of smoke and old pride. Every Trevane man sat at that round table with seats that served as the thrones they were born entitled to.

I leaned back in my chair, tracing the rim of the glass in front of me while their voices clashed. It was a combination of old grievances and bruised egos, echoing through the main hall of the

estate.

Five sons.

Four from the same mother, one from another.

My grandfather was one lucky bastard. He hit the jackpot when he thought having two wives was clever. The bloodline drama never stopped since then. David Trevane, the third, sat across from me, his thinning hair slicked back. Next to him was Damon, his son, who was glaring at me with hatred. He was the oldest cousin, and technically, the title should have gone to him. However, his mom did not have any Alpha genes, and when he got tested, all of it had been completely erased. So, he wasn’t qualified.

Next to them was Manny Trevane, Jaxon’s father, the second eldest blood, but he claimed he was the eldest, erasing my father’s existence altogether.

He liked to remind everyone that he carried “the Trevane legacy” on his shoulders.

The others were background noise.

David, Manny, and the two other brothers, Reed and Tobias, filled the air with complaints while I kept my silence. Jaxon sat a few seats down, smirking.

“Your reforms,” David started, his voice accusing, “they strangled half of our businesses. You cut off our trading ties, shut down three major suppliers-”

“Drug suppliers,” I muttered.

His jaw twitched. “You call them that. However, it’s not even being sold in Fenra.”

“It’s being sold to humans,” I said, staring him dead in the eyes. “You use them like stock, then sell them like property.”

The room fell quiet.

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“You think you’re so righteous,” Uncle Tobias snapped. “Just because you had the Alpha title handed to you-”

“Handed to me?” I cut him off, arching a brow. “You mean when every single one of your sons was not qualified after the supposed heir was convicted? You didn’t hand me anything. You were desperate.”

Manny’s lips tightened.

He’d been silent since I walked in, but the look in his eyes said enough.

“You’ve made a lot of enemies, Abel,” he said finally. “Within and beyond our borders. The elders of the West think your methods are… unrefined. They don’t trust your judgment. And now that Jaxon’s back-”

I turned to him. “You mean now that the traitor’s back?”

A low growl rippled through the table.

Jaxon only chuckled. “Careful, cousin,” he drawled. “You wouldn’t want to accuse someone without proof.”

I smirked. “You mean like when you were convicted of conspiring against Arden and Cade? That kind of proof?”

I saw the annoyance in his eyes, and I suppressed the urge to chuckle.

He’d been locked up for five years. Now, somehow, he was sitting here again like the past had never happened.

“I served my sentence,” he said calmly, fingers tapping against the table. “I’m cleared now.”

“That doesn’t erase what you had done.”

David slammed his palm on the table. “Enough!”

The echo lingered.

I met his glare with boredom.

“You think this is all a joke, Abel?” he hissed. “You’ve been nothing but a thorn to this family since you took the title. You stripped our authority, you humiliated your own blood, you-”

“Cleaned up your mess,” I finished for him.

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I stood slowly, pressing my hands on the polished wood of the round table. “Let’s not rewrite history. You made this family rot. I only burned off the infection.”

Finally, I exhaled, rubbing the bridge of my nose. “Look. You can all sit here and talk about your ‘livelihoods, but let’s not pretend those businesses were legitimate. You trafficked humans, you sold poison, you made this pack a parasite.”

Reed started to protest, but I cut him off with a look.

“And yes,” I continued, “you didn’t have a choice five years ago. You didn’t like me, but you needed me. You needed someone who could lead when the entire bloodline was falling apart.”

Manny’s nostrils flared.

I straightened, meeting every one of their eyes. “So yes, I took the Alpha title. You couldn’t do anything about it.”

Then, I smiled. “Now you might want to take it back. But it wouldn’t be that simple now, would it?”

Jaxon leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, and smirk returning.

“Oh, cousin,” he said softly. “We’ll see about that.”

The temperature in the room dropped.

I gave him the same smirk he gave me. “Be my guest.”

They knew better than to move against me.

The Trevanes might hate me, but even hatred had its limits when weighed against law. I had the official title. To oust me wasn’t something that could be done overnight or through petty family meetings.

Still, I could feel the quiet plotting behind their gazes. The smirks exchanged across the table.

Jaxon, though, didn’t hide his interest.

He met my gaze head–on, lounging back in his seat.

I didn’t know much about him personally, but I’d heard enough to understand what kind of

man he was.

Jaxon Trevane was the type who saw love as possession. Who took pride in being wanted, not in wanting someone else. Arden had been his mate once, and he’d destroyed that bond for a

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When Cade had started showing her real affection, Jaxon couldn’t handle it. It wasn’t love he’d lost. It was control.

And looking at him now, at the faint smirk on his lips and the arrogance in his posture, I could see exactly why the Trevanes had raised him to be that way. He was the mirror image of them.

“Is that so?” Jaxon said.

He leaned forward slightly, resting his elbows on the table. “I knew it would be a long process, but it’s still my rightful title.”

Before I could open my mouth, the doors of the main hall opened with a heavy echo.

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