Fatal Romance

Chapter 13

Kelner's POV.

As we step into the awaiting crowd together, they make a path for us and we walk to the entrance of the tent with the parents before us and Trent and Rackner following behind us. Once the six of us are inside we head to the stage at the end of the tent; her pack begins to file in behind us and take their arranged seats with the higher ranking members at the front and everyone else sitting where they want to. I'm still overwhelmed by the amount of people in her pack, there must be just over eight hundred people here. They were such a large pack that many of them had to stand at the back or at the sides, looking around I could see most of them were men as many of them gave up their seats to the women and children.

"Alright let's begin, as you all know this is the Alpha ceremony for my daughter Natayshia Lincole, but there is a slight change of plans. As you can see her mate has joined us and has decided to participate in the ceremony, he will be taking his role as- obviously not as Luna" everyone, including Kelner laughs "but as your standing leader. This means he gains the same amount of respect given to any Alpha or Luna, he will be leading this pack not only with Nattie but for her and all of you. He will take his vow as any pack leader should, although many of you have not met him I can tell you from speaking with him I see him becoming a great Leader of this pack and a great Alpha of his own pack. Now let's begin the passing of reign, Natayshia Lincole will you please step forward."

Now you may have heard that initiating an Alpha is passed on through the sharing of the blood, but this does not actually happen as it is a myth. For werewolves, we get tattoos and each pack has one of their own that can never be replicated. Since I was a child, there having been tales told of the first pack, when it began to form 'marks' appeared on their skin only seen while in human form. Once a name was made for a pack a mark just appeared, it only changed if you moved from one pack to another or if you moved up a rank as reach rank had its own special design. If you were a rogue, the minute you left your pack you got an intricately designed mark on your arm that signified that you do not belong to a pack.

"Natayshia Lincole, do you take the responsibility of leading this pack justly, being the leader they need and protecting them with every breathe you take, even laying your life down for them if need be?" I hold in my growl as the thought of her sacrificing her life upsets me, even if it is for a good cause that doesn't mean I have to like it. I watch my mate take a deep breathe and answers in a strong voice, "I do and I always will."

I watch as my mate's father puts his hand over her shoulder and presses it against her right shoulder blade, they both hiss in pain as their marks change to the one that is now theirs. Typically only the person entering a new pack or changing in ranks gets a change in mark but since it is one Alpha stepping down for another to take their place both of their marks change and the process is slightly painful to both. Once Natayshia is released from her father's grip she stands up she and her father smile and hug each other, if I'm not mistaken her father whispered words of encouragement in her ear.

Natayshia turns towards the crowd and everyone cheers loudly, but stop as she raises her hands for silence. Her voice has changed and holds more power behind it, her Alpha voice "I want to say a few words. I want to thank everyone for preparing all of this and making tonight possible, I want to assure you as your Alpha that I will do everything in my power to strengthen this pack even more than it already is making it one to be remembered; you know that no matter what I will always be here for you to talk to and my office door is always open. I will be a fair Alpha but also a stern one; just as my father I will rule with a firm but kind hand, know that if I find any of you have done wrong you will be punished accordingly. I will not only act as a leader and Alpha but a mother figure as well, I will take care of you and if I have to die to protect you I will do it without a second thought, I love you all. Now, let it be known that I am Alpha of...The Silver Claw Pack." Wolf howls erupt around the whole area, even from her parents, they have all accepted her words and as their Alpha.

She turns to me and the whole area abruptly goes silent- I don't think I'll ever get used to them doing that; since she is now the Alpha she will continue with the ceremony. I slightly unbutton my shirt for her hand to easily slip through to my shoulder, I just realized that when I become Alpha of my own pack I'll have to go through this again- the pain included.

As Naya steps towards me I get down on my knees so she can easily touch my shoulder "Kelner Douglas, do you take the responsibility of leading this pack justly, being the leader they need and protecting them with every breathe you take, even laying your life down for them if need be?" I smile up into my mate's face as she speaks, "I do and I always will."

She moves her hand inside my shirt, to the spot where my pack mark still lies, as she presses her palm against my skin a feel the expected burning sensation except instead of my previous mark being replaced and becoming like hers I feel mine change and almost mix together with the mark of my pack and now hers, I hear a hiss from behind Naya and I can tell her mother's mark is changing as she is no longer the ruling partner of the Alpha. I begin to think of what it may look like as I know the sharing of leadership in two packs is very rare.

As the burning sensation starts to fade Naya pulls back and I get up off my knees, she grabs my hand and we turn to face the pack. Again wolf howls erupt and if my bleeding ears are any indication they are even louder now that we both have taken our places as their rulers. Her parents come over to congratulate us and after they move away we walk down through the crowd and out of the huge tent to start the barbecue.

The rest of the night was a blur to me, I feel over stuffed with food since everyone wanted me to try what they made and I found it impossible to refuse, even my brain is hurting from trying to remember everyone's names. I don't think I could remember even a quarter of them; besides that the whole night was a success.

I've never seen my mate so happy or so beautiful, not because of the dress or the makeup she has on- which does complement and accentuate her figure and face- but it's because Naya hasn't stopped smiling and stands more confident and sure of herself. Now that I'm looking at her this way I can see how much being away from them took a toll on her, I can see the difference in her appearance and how she no longer looks tired or stressed. I can't believe this beautiful, strong woman is my mate and an Alpha, life doesn't get any better than this.

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Hello my sweetings, sorry for the long wait on these chapters but this last little while has been so busy for me and didn't have the energy to write this story. But I did today!

What do you think of the ceremony?!!! Let me know! I hope you all like it.

To think I thought this and the previous two chapters could be written in one. How wrong I was!

-Viorra