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.”

lead 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

pack together. Anyone who sits as Alpha to Blue

circumstance.”

most heirs. Besides, Blue Ridge needs a leader and not these endless

said.

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

“And who do

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

didn’t say. She seemed to be running through different scenarios in her head. Again, it was Alpha Myra who broke the silence,

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

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 to

it. I swallowed hard, lowering my head

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

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

amused expression on her face. “Stay out of this, Nathan. This is a matter for the council and I can call Lyla whatever name that pleases me.

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

I will not bow to a Beta’s son. I will never accept him as my

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

that a woman cannot rule as an Alpha and I know you won’t also consider my daughter Clarissa as Alpha, then I should at least be appointed Alpha Regent, just like