Chapter 26: The Party (3)

'Okay, everyone, I need your attention!' Lyncan King Spark said. 'It is time for the main reason for which this event is holding!'

All the people who had gone outside with their drinks, came strolling back inside.

'I have an important - no, two important announcement to make!' he said, obviously very happy.

'The first is to announce to you that I am retiring and that the Lyncan Prince, my only son, is officially the Lyncan King, from today onwards with the presentation of this Lyncan mantle of our ancestors, used by the first Wolf king', he announced. 'Can Prince Hector step forward and accept this mantle of kingship?'

Prince Hector stepped forward and stretching his hands accepted the wolf head carving, held by all generation of wolf kings. As he did, power flowed into his body and shook him but he stood firm, refusing to stagger from the force of the object. He raised it high and there was a thunderous round of applause and shouts of 'Congratulations', rented the air.

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