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

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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.”

against Alpha Logan naming him as heir but then he proved himself to be a worthy Alpha

sits as Alpha to Blue Ridge pack automatically manages this council. This council deserves

circumstance.”

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

said.

“If you all could look past sentiment, you’d see that placing this pack’s leadership in the hands of a Beta’s descendant is a disgrace to our

voice cut through the tension “And who do vou

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with a hint of impatience. “If you dispute Nathan’s claim to the seat of

she didn’t say. She seemed to be running through different scenarios in her head. Again, it was Alpha

than Nathan Tanner? Perhaps, you are suggesting that we appoint your daughter, Lyla as the

mocking smile playing on her lips. “Lyla? Surely, Myra, you’re joking.” She threw 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 who can’t even shift properly – she’s an embarrassment

because my mother’s words felt like it. I swallowed hard, lowering my head as heat

the

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

“Stay out of this, Nathan. This is a matter for the council and I can call Lyla whatever

to my mother. “The Alpha Heir has proved himself more than capable. We could let him

has proven himself to you. But I

do you think should become Alpha, Luna Vanessa?” Alpa Calder asked. “Do you plan on claiming the Alpha

Alpha and I know you won’t also consider