Chapter 73 Roar
Zalia’s p.o.v.
When everyone has settled down again Queen Axelle tells them that someone will explain why they tried to forcefully mark a She–wolf and when she calls my name I step out of the Pack–house, followed by Deimos and Leander. All eyes are on me as I step onto the small platform and take the place Queen Axelle just occupied, Deimos and Leander standing in front of the platform on either side of me.
“Alpha Brad was only an acting Alpha.” I say and I let everyone process the information I just gave them. Some of the Alphas that are present have an alliance with Moon Stone Pack and they know that if the rightful Alpha takes over their alliance might come to an end. Hester wants to get out of her seat but Elinor stops her from getting up, I can tell that she is talking to her Mother through the mind–link and a small smile appears on Hester’s face.
The original Alpha from Moon Stone Pack was stripped of his title when his Daughter reported to the Royal Family that her Father wanted to have her forcefully marked and his Son Maxwell took over a few weeks later when his Sister didn’t return from the Palace, but he was only an acting Alpha. He wanted his Sister to take the position as Alpha because it was her birth right. He wanted to give her time to come to terms with what their Father had tried to do.
Maxwell took Brad as his Beta two years after taking over as acting Alpha, but he never told Brad he wasn’t the rightful Alpha. A year after Brad joined Moon Stone Pack Maxwell found his fated Mate at a party
hosted by Little River Pack and that was written down in the Archive of Little River Pack with the mention that there never was a Luna Ceremony.
It wasn’t until after his death that Brad realized he never meant that his Sister was younger than him, in fact Maxwell referred to his Sister as Little One because she was shorter than him; she was the first born Pup to their Father and that made her the rightful heir to the Alpha position of Moon Stone Pack. During the attack that killed Maxwell, his Mate and some other High–ranking members died as well and by replacing them with outsiders Brad was able to keep things a secret.
“It wasn’t the only thing Brad kept for the Pack–members. I say and I hear Brad and Hester growl at not mentioning his title, but I refuse to use it any longer as he has no right to it. Brad never informed the Elders that he would take over as acting Alpha, he knew there was someone else that had a right to that title and informing the Elders would keep him from what he thought he deserved.
It also made it impossible for him to implement any idea the Pack–members handed him, he would never get approval from the Elders to start any kind of business and that meant holding on to the ways the Pack had always made their money. Investing it into other companies and that is where the alliances came in. he needed them to invest the Pack’s money without anyone getting the wiser.
In some cases it went so good that Brad decided to put some of the money aside, hidden away in accounts no one knew about and that included his own family. The bookkeeping–on those accounts were hidden away in a safe in his office and in the other safe were all the files on the High–ranking members in Moon Stone Pack, the files on the Alpha bloodline were hidden elsewhere.
He had a room on the Alpha floor with a build–in bookshelf along the wall, it has three hidden compartments and each of them held a secret he didn’t want anyone to find. Every file on the Alpha bloodline from the founding of Moon Stone Pack till Maxwell were in one of those compartments, in the second compartment were his personal journals and in the third compartment were files he stole from Crystal Cove Pack.
Brad had been able to make the connection between Juliette arriving at the Palace and Maxwell’s Sister, but the only other thing he was able to find out is that liette grew up in Crystal Cove Pack. He was never
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able to find out where she went after she left the Palace and he had hoped that by the time Donovan would take over the rightful heir had died, allowing Donovan to get the Alpha powers for Moon Stone Pack.
If Brad had been able to find Juliette he could have asked her if she wanted to become the Alpha of Moon Stone Pack and if she had told him she didn’t want the title, he could have asked her to sign over her rights as the heir to him. By filing those papers with the Elder he would have gotten the powers that come with the position as Alpha of Moon Stone Pack and he would have been able to have an even wealthier and stronger Pack.
“Not that Donbyan would have gotten the Alpha powers for Moon Stone Pack, because the rightful heir is still alive.” I say and every Pack–member starts cheering while Brad stares at me in confusion. Maxwell never went looking for his Sister Juliette, because she deserved some peace and quiet according to Maxwell and some of the older Pack–members might remember that he had an older Sister with their Alpha’s fated Mate.
As mentioned Juliette grew up in Crystal.Cove Pack and that had everything to do with her family not trusting her Father. Juliette’s Mother had a protection detail and her Mate refused to allow them to move with her to his Pack, making Juliette’s Mother decide to stay with her family. Juliette comes from a bloodline with gifted females and for that reason her Mother had a protection detail that went with her where ever she went.
A rumor was spread after Juliette’s Father took a mistress, saying that her Mother died in childbirth and there had never been a mention of her Pup. Her family witnessed her going through the betrayal pains almost every day, stopping after her Mate’s mistress died in childbirth. Her Father even started showing up again after a few years and when he visited on the eve of her eighteenth birthday he finally rejected his fated Mate.
Somehow Juliette found out what her Father had planned and after fleeing Crystal Cove Pack her Father got stripped of his Alpha title, leaving a seventeen year old in charge of Moon Stone Pack. Juliette moved to another Pack after a few years with a new name, she met her Mate there and moved again due to circumstances. She had two Pups with her Mate and died after losing a battle with a terrible disease.
“Juliette’s Father never knew if she had any abilities nor did he know what they could have been.” My eyest look at our Pack–members to find the males I was looking for. When I finally find them not to far from Uncle Darric’s table I ask them to stand, “Juliette’s Father asked you to become his Deltas to protect Juliette and her offspring and Maxwell kept the two of you as Deltas, but Brad relieved you of duty because it was the only thing he could do as acting Alpha.” I say and both males nod their head.
I see very confused faces when they realize that this Pack didn’t have Deltas before and I smile as I start to explain why they were asked to join Moon Stone Pack. After all Moon Stone Pack never had a special bloodline, but with his fated Mate’s Pup Moon Stone Pack had suddenly become a Pack with a special bloodline and there for Moon Stone Pack gained two Deltas.
Crystal Cove has always had a special bloodline and each female born into that special bloodline was given the best protection they could find. It didn’t stop tragedy from happening on a few occasions, but each. time they learned something to keep those females better protected from their Mates or other males that wanted to take advantage of their abilities and that resulted in Juliette’s Mother having her own personal protection detail.
“Rocco is the male Juliette’s Father had chosen for her, but his Father was unaware of the fact that this would end in a forceful marking and something tells me that Rocco was well aware of that fact.” I say as I lock eyes with Rocco and everyone that is looking at him can see that I am telling the truth, that he knew and was willing to forcefully mark Juliette. Uncle Darric is looking murderous in Rocco’s direction, but a few whispered words from Grandma calms him down,
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Queen Axelle calls for a lunch break and I follow her of the platform back into the Pack–house, Deimos right beside me with his arm wrapped around my shoulder. We head straight up to the Alpha floor and the moment the door closes Alwin starts arguing about the removal of his power as Axelle’s Mate, she shuts him up fast by telling him that he is responsible for the Kingdom to lose it’s Royal Gamma and future Royal Gamma.
“I never wanted the responsibilities that come with being a Queen, but I will not stand by and let you destroy everything my family has worked so hard to gain. There is a reason our Kingdom only gets reigned by females and you have proven to me over and over again that that reason still exists.” Axelle growls as she is seated in an armchair, near the window Alwin just stares at her as he sits down in an armchair across from her.
He asks how she plans on putting another Queen on the throne, because they only have one Pup and he happens to be a male. “I have a Mate, Father.” Is all Amthon says before he sits down next to his Mother and pulls Asha onto his lap. Alwin looks from Ammon Axelle and back to Ammon again and it seems he is finally becoming aware of something 1have known for a few years now, Asha will take over as Queen when Axelle steps down..
“Are you telling me that you will let your Mate rule our Kingdom?” Alwin asks and all he gets in reply is mighty roar from Ammon.
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