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.”

this pack,” Alpha Calder said. “Just 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

this pack together. Anyone who sits as Alpha to Blue Ridge pack automatically manages this council. This council deserves stability, not another inexperienced leader swept

circumstance.”

Alpha training, more so than most heirs. Besides, Blue Ridge needs a leader and not these endless

said.

shot back. “If you all could look past sentiment, you’d see that placing this pack’s leadership

through the tension “And who do vou pronose Luna?” His maze

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

turned to my mother but she didn’t say. She seemed to be running through different scenarios in her head. Again, it was Alpha Myra who broke the silence, a sneer on her

is more capable than Nathan Tanner? Perhaps, you are suggesting that we appoint

laughing, a 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

I swallowed hard, lowering my head as heat burned behind my eyes, wishing I could disappear into the stone

sides, hiding the tears that pricked

hall but before he could finish, his father’s hand clamped down on his shoulder, silencing

matter for the council and I can

he turned to my mother. “The Alpha Heir has proved

himself to you. But I will not bow to a Beta’s son. I

Vanessa?” Alpa Calder asked. “Do you plan on claiming the Alpha position for yourself?

true that a woman cannot rule as an Alpha and I know you won’t also