The Alpha's Fated Outcast: Rise Of The Moonsinger by Ejiofor Dorcas

81 True heir vs appointed heir…

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Alpha Renwick scoffed, leaning back on his chair and stroking his beard.

“So, you would deny your late husband’s wishes? I find it curious, Luna Vanessa, that you chose this moment to voice your objection when you had all the time in the world to fight against this when Alpha Logan was alive.”

My mother didn’t flinch. “That was before everything changed,” she said. “And curious or not, it’s my right. I don’t think any of you in this room has more blue blood than me here. I come from a lineage of pure Alphas. My ancestors all married men and women with Alpha blood.”

She turned to Nathan, pressing her lips into a thin line. “My husband may have chosen you, but this pack requires an Alpha who understands its deepest traditions, and who possesses true

strength.”

Then she turned to the Alphas, her cold gaze sweeping all over the room gain.*

“Nathan Tanner comes from a Beta Lineage. In all our history, has a Beta ever ruled as Alpha of a

pack, especially one as big and major as Blue Ridge?”

“That is like taking us back to the old ways, Luna Vanessa,” Alpha Renwick sighed. “We’ve embraced a lot of new things. We embraced a lot of inventions of the human world, we even go there as we want and mingle with them. The universe is evolving and so are we. Being a Beta and an Alpha doesn’t mean anything.”

“Then who’d you rather an Omega becomes, Alpha?” My mother sneered glaring at him. “Nathan may be capable, but the lineage of an Alpha is not something that can be borrowed or substituted. My Husband and mate, Alpha Logan built Blue Ridge with his strength and dedication. I won’t watch his legacy crumble under the hands of a Beta.”

like you, in the beginning, we were all against Alpha Logan naming him as heir but then he proved himself to be a worthy Alpha and I’m sure he would honour Alpha Logan’s memory by upholding

intentions alone won’t hold this pack together. Anyone who sits as Alpha to Blue Ridge

circumstance.”

that he’s undergone extensive Alpha training, more so than most heirs. Besides, Blue Ridge needs a leader and not these endless debates

said.

mom shot back. “If you all could look past sentiment, you’d see that placing this pack’s leadership in the hands of a Beta’s

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mixed with a hint of impatience. “If you dispute Nathan’s claim

to be running through different scenarios in her head. Again, it was Alpha Myra who broke the silence, a sneer

more capable than Nathan Tanner? Perhaps, you are suggesting

a disdainful glance at me, her eyes flicking the length of my body with scorn. “Everyone in this room knows that Lyla is not fit for any position of authority. She is a wolfless deviant

words felt like it. I swallowed hard, lowering my head as heat

into fists at my sides, hiding the tears that

voice rang in the hall but before he could finish, his father’s hand clamped

of this, Nathan. This is a matter for the council and I can call Lyla whatever name that pleases me. I

this matter,” Alpha Tristan sighed. “It’ll be night soon and I have no intentions of spending the night here. Luna Vanessa,” he turned to my mother. “The Alpha Heir has proved himself more than capable. We could let him take over the helm of affairs on probation and then review his leadership after three months.

has proven himself to you. But I will not bow to a Beta’s son. I will never accept him as my Alpha.”

Vanessa?” Alpa Calder asked. “Do you plan on claiming the

rule as an Alpha and I know you won’t also consider my daughter Clarissa as Alpha, then I should