The One He Claimed by Cooper

The One He Betrayed Chapter 5: New Alpha

Sophie

"May I have your attention, please?" Amelia asks, her tone quiet, but firm. The room responds immediately.

"We have all been through a massive ordeal, one that is trying and heart-breaking. But these are the times when we, as a pack and as a family, pull together to become stronger, strengthening our bonds to our pack and each other. I know you are all feeling the loss of my parents. Our parents," she says, turning to smile at me, "but I don't want you to feel that you are alone. I have decided that, as the oldest child of Alpha Carter and Luna Amy, I will take my place as your Alpha.'

Instantly the room begins murmuring and chatter begins among the pack. Behind me, I hear Calvin suck in a breath. I glance at him as Amelia raises a hand for quiet.

"I know that it's unorthodox for a woman to be Alpha, but as my father did not have a male heir, and this pack needs a leader, I am willing to take over the role." "For how long?" someone in the room asks.

"That I don't know, but I'm willing to remain in this position until such time as I have a son who can take over the role of Alpha."

"Amelia..." Calvin says. He steps up on her other side, taking her `arm. "Amelia, stop this. We need to talk about this."

"No, Alpha Calvin, we don't," she says, turning back to the pack.

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"Will you support me, as your Alpha?" she asks the room.

I see the pack's uncertainty. Amelia is already a Luna of another pack. This isn't just unprecedented because she's a woman, she's also a leader of another pack.

"I support my sister as Alpha of this pack," I say, my voice ringing out loudly.

"I support Alpha Amelia as-leader of this pack," Beta Matthews says, standing his mate right beside him.

"Damn straight I support her! It's about time a woman became Alpha," Nikki says, standing up, a smiling Robin standing beside her.

"I support Alpha Amelia," he says, wrapping an arm around his mate.

Hunter smiles at me as he stands. "I support Alpha Amelia as leader of this pack."

The other Alphas and Lunas all stand and give Amelia their backing as does the rest of the pack.

When the entire room is on its feet, Amelia addresses them again. "Thank you all for your support. I know the Alphas and Lunas here must return to their packs today. But I would ask that you stay just a bit longer while I am formerly inducted as the Alpha of this pack," she says to them.

We all agree and as Calvin pulls Amelia aside, Hunter comes up to me, making sure that I'm okay and that I know that he's here for me. I hug him tightly, feeling even more sorrow for my sister who doesn't have this with her mate. My sister is so much

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give her credit for, mistaking her

her way to the stage. I notice that her hands are holding her stomach as she walks, and I wonder

words to say. As Alphas, we both know them, but it's tradition for someone to have the new Alpha repeat the words in

lets her blood drip into the cup. I suddenly realize that her connection to her mate will snap when the

Hunter. Amelia can't show any weakness up here

why she was a little unsteady on her

back at my sister, even more impressed with

confirming my thought. But it still doesn't mean that my sister isn't suffering and no one, not even

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pack comes forward, accepting her as their Alpha. As each person accepts her, I feel her strength increasing and when the last person

for celebration, unfortunately. We are all still grieving, and we must protect our borders from another attack. I will be working with Beta Matthews to look over our patrols and I will be asking Beta Caroline to begin running safe room drills

nowhere to be seen. I wonder

to feel sorry for him, but the other part feels like he brought this on himself. His selfishness and greed have lost him his mate, possibly forever. When she walks off

for us to go, I hug my sister tightly. "If you need anything,

packs," she says to me, then looks

when you're settled and

also be including you in our Alpha

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discussions and I will be there," she says. I can tell that everything is starting to weigh on my sister. She's still dealing with her grief, she's pregnant, she rejected her mate as her Alpha, she took her oath as an Alpha and has taken on the responsibility of being the leader of this pack, a job she never wanted. I pull

are stronger than you know," I whisper to her.

call soon," I tell her, and she nods again, waving goodbye to us

ask Hunter. Ezra and Luna June are in

returning to the pack

Hunter says. "But we'll support her in any way we can,

Calvin? I didn't see him after the ceremony started,"

rejected him as her Alpha, he left, unwilling to watch her

one who suggested it!" I

want something and to not think it through before pushing ahead," Luna June says softly. "Not all Alphas are like that," Ezra

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but Alpha Calvin just got an ugly lesson on the negative side of greed. I just hope that he isn't a

says.