The Next day.

Elena POV

The relief I felt upon getting home was immense today. The women were all waiting out front of the house when I re- turned from the registry after filling out the paperwork last night for each pack member. Sondra is sitting in her rocking chair, as I walk up the steps. “Nope,” she pointed back to the women waiting. She refused to let me enter the house until I let them submit to me, and I had fed them my blood.

They wanted to do it last night when I returned home, but I only cared about getting home to the boys. When I was done, I was about to put the goblet down on the table that was set up when I turned to find my mother. She grabs my hands in hers, and Luke comes to stand beside her.

“Mum?”

“You were always born to lead, Elena. And I would be hon- ored to stand by your side to watch you go further than I ever could have imagined for myself. Further, than I imagined for you. You earned this. This was your birthright. Now take it.” she tells me./

“But dad, he is your mate-”

“He stopped being my mate the day he kicked you out of the house. Mates don’t hurt mates. And he hurt me when he took you from me. Never again. For everything I have done in the past, know it was for you kids. Even when I chose wrong, it was all for you. Just like this is. You deserve this, Elena. You are not just an Alpha by blood, but by your persistence to not give up when everything around you is trying to break you.” My mother lets go of my hands and drops to her knees along- side Luke.

“I, Luna Louise Bardot, submit to you Elena Bardot of the Elysian Fortuna Moonlight Pack.” she murmurs, baring her neck to me.

face of stone. My eyes lift to the sky as my aura slips out. “Submit!” I choke on the words as I force my mother and brother

the ground, and I hold it over them as they both fight the instinct to

the goblet, and I know my father would have felt his link to my mother sever, and Luke’s. They were my Pack members now. He no longer has that sort of control

knowing my father was her mate. It would have nearly

their feet, I am about to go check on the boys, who went down for their nap before I left. Apparently, having

ing up from her chair, and I raise an eyebrow at

motioning for me to follow her. My shoulders sag. “But-” Sondra shoots me a look not to test her and I chuckle, following her around the

is. I am nervous, but feeling the women’s excitement, I find it conta- gious. Plus, I had wanted to get back

body hadn’t relented since they submitted. I could feel each and every single one of the women as if they

was a small bonfire, and I glanced around as the woman started removing their shirts. Sondra moves toward the bonfire and pulls a

up first, Alpha.” she smiles. I look at the brand, knowing it must

laugh as I stand there with no shirt on. “Today is the awakening and birth of Alpha Elena Bardot. This brand represents the birth and rising of your Pack.” Sondra tells me, and I stare at the glowing metal

for me to go first. Michelle and Noleen come over and grab my

blistering heat sear through my shoulder blade, making me scream. The pain was horrendous, And I sagged when she removed it. The skin is

even once I

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