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.”

him as heir but then he proved himself to be

alone won’t hold this pack together. Anyone who sits as Alpha to Blue Ridge pack automatically manages this council. This council deserves stability, not another inexperienced leader

circumstance.”

I’ll still maintain that he’s undergone extensive Alpha training, more so than most heirs. Besides, Blue

said.

everything, Alpha Rowan,” My mom shot back. “If you all could look past sentiment, you’d see that placing this pack’s

the tension “And who do vou pronose Luna?”

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a hint of impatience. “If you dispute Nathan’s claim to the seat of the Alpha, who would

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

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

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

like it. I swallowed hard, lowering my head as heat burned behind my eyes, wishing I could

sides, hiding the tears that pricked at

he could finish, his

a matter for the council and I can

to my mother. “The Alpha Heir has proved himself more than capable. We could let him take over the helm of affairs on

has proven himself to you. But I will not bow to a

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

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