She continues talking while I’m taking everything in. I realize I made a huge mistake. Everyone tried to warn me that I was going to be the downfall of our pack with my grudge. Yes, I can admit it now. It was a grudge. I see now that Seleste was born to be a warrior and if I would have listened, she could have made me better.
As a protector, she works to make all of us better. Now it makes sense why my father started letting her travel the world to train at such an early age. How could I have gotten everything so wrong? I should have taken her advice and thought about it, or maybe even talked to my dad or mom about what I was feeling. Now I know why I’ve been feeling so drained lately and why Convel has not been talking to me.“I’m sorry Convel.” I link my wolf. “I will try to make our last days together better. I love you Con and I’m sorry for ruining things with our mate.”
“Alpha, because I love this
We all walk out of the house and head to the venue for the party. The party is at the banquet hall of the pack. It is an enormous ballroom. We have hosted many parties over the years in this hall, both for our pack and for the werewolf kingdom. We are centrally located and large enough to host official events when needed at the request of the king. Our pack is closely aligned with the royal pack. I think it is mainly because of my ancestor that came to help the alpha’s ancestor start this pack. My ancestor came from the royal pack. He was the second son of the royal gamma and the chosen protector. I don’t know why it went with the second born that year. The moon goddess had her reasons. My family is still connected to the royal gamma line. We are cousins.We arrive at the ballroom and are immediately escorted to our table at the front. We are in a place of honor since the party is celebrating us. Our parents are seated just off to the side of the stage.I w
The alpha grabs the microphone and begins addressing the crowd.“I would like to thank everyone for being here tonight to celebrate the 18th birthday of the circle of ten, our next generation of the leaders of the pack. I’m sure that together, the ten will continue to move our pack to greater things.” The alpha says. He announces all the mate connections in our group of ten. The pack is so happy for the mates, the alpha can barely get a word in. Finally, the crowd calms down, and the alpha announces Trevor and his fake mate. I look at my dad and shake my head as the alpha speaks. I don’t want my dad to lose it and tell the pack that Trevor rejected me.“And finally, I would like to announce that my son, your future alpha, has also found his mate, Shana. Show them all some love.”The crowd goes wild again. Nobody knows that they are a fraud, so they are happy to have what they think is the next alpha and luna.
Ok, I know my thoughts are showing on my face now. He just told the pack that I’m a threat because I secretly love him. He is really reaching. I look at the pack and warriors. No one looks like they believe him. At this point, If Alpha Connor does not take control, the pack may revolt against Trevor. Alpha Connor looks at Shana and asks her if this was true.Trevor answers before Shana can say anything. I’m not the only one who noticed that Trevor did not want her to answer.“Of course this is true, dad. Why would I tell you something that is not true? Seleste is not the right person to be Gamma.” Trevor says.I notice my dad is about to lose control. I need to get to him before things go completely left. To defuse the situation and give Trevor what he wants and hopefully stop this drama, I agree that I don’t need the Gamma title.“Fine,” I tell Trevor. “Gamma is just a title. I don’t need it. Not havi
I think that was as much as my father could take of Trevor trying to ruin my reputation. Before anyone could do anything, my father was holding Trevor by the throat with his feet off the ground. At first, Trevor still looked arrogant as he tried to power his way out of my father’s hold. He should have known that my father’s strength is legendary. My father is the deadliest warrior in the kingdom. The king has called on my father to handle difficult rogues. You can’t get out of my father’s hold unless he lets you go. My mother, me, and alpha Conner try to calm my daddy down. I plead with my father to let Trevor go. My father is not listening to any of us.“I have had enough of you, pup.” My daddy says to Trevor. “I have stayed quiet for this long because my daughter asked me to let her handle it, but you have gone too far now. It’s bad enough that you rejected her on your birthday,”Oh, no, now everyone knows T
Alpha Connor asked me to walk up to the stage. I walked over and stood in front of him. I am standing proudly in front of Alpha Connor and Trevor. By this time, I have removed my hair from my shoulder so my mark is on full display. Alpha Connor points out my mark to Trevor and asks him if he knows what my mark means. Trevor looks at my mark like he is bored. Everyone can tell that he really does not know what it symbolizes, which is truly sad. He is supposed to be the next alpha, and he has no clue that the goddess’ chosen one is standing in front of him. He makes some kind of underhanded comment and my dad almost grabs him again. I can tell he remembers what happened earlier and does not want my dad to grab him again.Alpha Connor is also losing patience with Trevor. The alpha slowly explains the mark to Trevor as if he was talking to a small pup. Sadly, the alpha had to give Trevor a full history lesson of my bloodline. After all of that, all Trevor could do was
We all leave the ball room slowly. I take Shana and walk out to my car. She has been quiet since everything began. I know many people were looking at her and blaming her for me rejecting Seleste. I will let the pack know I planned and made every decision on my own. I chose Shana. She did not target me. She is really a nice person and does not deserve the hate of the pack. They are really upset that they lot their true luna. I finally understand what everyone was trying to tell me. Truthfully, I’m at a lost right now. I don’t know what to do moving forward. I do know that I can’t hold Shana to our agreement. She deserves to find her mate and not all the drama that will come my way over the next few years. As we pull in front of her home, I realize that neither one of us has said anything the whole drive here. I guess we were both deep in thought. I need to apologize to Shana. She trusted me to do the right thing, and I screwed everything up. “Shana, look, I’m sorry ab
After the party, I went home with my parents. I was emotionally done. I’m glad my parents did not try to talk to me. My parents are good that way. I know when to give me space to process. My parents and I went to our rooms as soon as we got back to the house. I wanted to go to sleep, but my mind kept going. I couldn’t stop thinking about what happened at the party and the future of the pack.I have that things happened the way that they did. I am worried about the pack. If the Elite warriors leave, the pack will be vulnerable. The protection around the pack is strong, but we have pack members that live away from the pack and they could become targets because they know the pack would not be able to respond right away. I need to talk to the warriors in the morning. I do not want them to leave the pack for me. We have worked much too hard to let this pack fall apart like that. I love they will stand for me the way they did, but the pack needs them more than I do.
We all get to the pack meeting and take our seats. The warriors are all sitting behind me. My parents and the Beta couple take their places on the stage with the Alpha family. Trevor is sitting next to his mother instead of being on the left of Alpha Connor. That’s interesting. I think Alpha Connor is sending a message to the pack. I almost feel sorry for Trevor. He really looks like last night took a toll on him. I sincerely hope he learned his lesson. Alpha Connor walks up to the microphone to address the pack. Everyone is quiet, waiting to hear what our alpha has to say. “Thank everyone for coming this morning. We have quite a bit of information to give you today. For those of you who were not present last night, I know you heard all the rumors about my son and his mate, so let me clear everything up.” Alpha Connors says taking a deep breath. “Yes, my son was mated to Seleste and yes he rejected her and presented a chosen mate to the pack.” Those who were