Betty's POV. 

Alpha Damien’s aura crackled beside me, ready to intervene, but Louise’s father lifted a hand, his power slamming through the hall like a shockwave.

And then he said it.

“I invoke the Right of Severance.”

The entire hall stopped breathing.

My stomach dropped.

No.No, no, no…He couldn’t.

Louise flinched as though he had been stabbed.His lips moved soundlessly, disbelief twisting his face.

“F–Father…?”

But the man’s eyes were stone.

“As Alpha of the ...