The One He Claimed by Cooper

The One He Betrayed Chapter 5: New Alpha

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"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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most people give her credit for, mistaking her

beside Beta Matthew, watching as Amelia makes her way to the stage. I notice that her hands are holding her stomach as she walks, and I wonder

them, but it's tradition for someone to have the new Alpha repeat the words in front of the pack. Usually, it's the outgoing Alpha having their

snap when the first person drinks her blood and accepts her as their Alpha. They will still have the mate bond, but he will no longer

panic, looking over at Hunter. Amelia can't show any weakness up here on

before she came out. That's why she was a little unsteady on her feet,' he says

sister, even more impressed with her now, knowing what

front of everyone,' Hunter says, confirming my thought. But it

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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

I will be working with Beta Matthews to

look around, but Calvin is nowhere

Part of me wants 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

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

needing a new alliance between our packs," she says to me, then looks at

me know when you're settled and

including you in our Alpha meetings

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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.

can do this. You are stronger than you know," I whisper to her. She nods, squeezing me tightly before letting me go and

and she nods again, waving goodbye to us

Hunter. Ezra and Luna June are

to the pack

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

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

After she rejected him as her Alpha, he left, unwilling to

one who

obviously hadn't considered the ramifications of his greed. It's not uncommon for Alphas to want something and to not think it through before pushing ahead," Luna June says softly.

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lesson on the negative side of

says.