The Whitefortis Alpha, Rewriting the rules.

Chapter 19 - Missing pieces

Winter had taken a day to think, now she felt nervous as she looked at all the wolves assembled around the table, her pack, her friends. She had never felt this conflicted. 

Ever since she was here, she had finally felt complete, but now for the first in a long time she felt something was missing. 

"I have assembled you all here today because we need to talk about our recent visit to my old pack and something else." 

The wolves looked expectantly at her.

 "It turns out that I found my mate." 

They all look startled at her. 

"I thought Charlie was your mate." Jack said. 

"He was, but it turns out that I have been given a second chance on a mate." Winter replied.

 There was a lot of mumbling at the table. 

"But how is that possible?" He asked confused. 

"I have heard it before." 

Thomas spoke up and all wolves turned silent and looked at him. 

"Those who have been here from the start have all seen the changes in Winter. Tell me the colour of your fur has it always been snow white?" he asked. 

"No, it was Grey." She said. 

"You changed, your wolf changed. Your mate is someone that completes you, that challenge you and that keeps you grounded, equal in strength and power. Charlie is no longer the person that does that for you. You evolved, he didn't. I bet your mate is someone really powerful." Thomas said. 

Winter was silent as all wolves looked expectantly at her. 

"Off course he is. It's Alpha Arsen of the Opal Storm Pack for crying out loud." Blade said. 

A wave of sock washed over the wolves in the pack room. Winter felt uncomfortable under the stairs she was receiving. 

"Rumour is that he is even stronger than the alpha king." Luke whispered.

"What does this mean for our Pack?" 

Bastian finally asked as the news had settled in. 

"I don't know yet. That's what I wanted to discuss with you guys first and then with the Opal Storm pack as well." She said. 

"I am not planning on becoming a sweet Luna, that's just not a role fit for me." 

"You better not" Luke said stern. 

"With all due respect Winter, but you have achieved too much and come too far for simply being side stepped as a Luna. You are an alpha. You train our armies, talk and teach us things, you guide us." He added.

Winter felt touched at his words. 

"Thank you." She softly whispered. 

"What do you want?" 

Thomas asked her and all wolves looked at her. 

"I would like to find a way to be with Arsen and at the same time still be here with you guys in our pack. But if that's not possible I'll need to reject him. Everything before the pack." 

Winter replied even though the words way harder on her every time she said them. 

"You have been given a second chance on happiness and you want to give it up for us? That won't be happening." Flint said stern. 

"I proposed a meeting between the two packs to see how this can work." Winter said. 

The table nodded their head.