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.”

the beginning, we were all against Alpha Logan naming him as heir but then he proved himself to be a worthy

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

circumstance.”

undergone extensive Alpha training, more so than most heirs. Besides, Blue Ridge needs a leader and not these endless debates on bloodlines,” Alpha Rowan

said.

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

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

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

fell silent as everyone 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,

you afraid to tell us who you think is more capable than Nathan Tanner? Perhaps, you are suggesting that we appoint your daughter, Lyla

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

swallowed hard, lowering my head as heat burned behind my

fists at my sides, hiding the tears that pricked at the corner of

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

mother turned to him, an amused expression on her face. “Stay out of this, Nathan. This is a matter for the council

Vanessa,” he turned to my mother. “The Alpha Heir has proved himself more than capable. We could let him take over

I will not bow to

you plan on claiming the

is true that a woman cannot rule as an Alpha and I know you