Elemental: The Luna Legend

57. For the Pack

After the ashes were collected and all the men who were standing in the distance came closer to our group.

Nox bristled and growled as he buried his nose into the back of my hair. Which was weird because both my friends had their heads on each side of my shoulders, with Mason holding a sobbing Mason. While the lower ranked wolves were collecting the ashes, the group of burly men stopped in front of us.

"Beta Mason, we have important business to attend to." The biggest one spoke up. He looked oddly familiar. The Betas stared daggers at him while Jamie spoke up.

"Alpha Jameson. This can wait till after the funeral."

"I'm sorry but I don't speak to human trash." He sneered.

I grabbed Jamie's hand to calm her down while Mason held Erica back. His red tear-stained face scowled at the a**hole. "You will not come into this territory and disrespect our guests."

For some reason, everyone kept a tight lip on Jamie's moon powers. So I followed suit.

"But that's the issue, Beta." He spat it out as if it was a disgusting pill. "There's no Alpha here. No Luna or alpha children to take his place. You are nowhere near ready to step up as Alpha. And we are the closest pack to you, so I would like to suggest a...merger of sorts."

Erica spoke up. Never get on a Latina's bad side. "Of sorts...meaning you'll be the Alpha and treat our pack the way you treat yours? No thank you." She cuts off to mutter a few words in Spanish.

The Alpha just smirked. "That's not your call, half and half. This discussion is between full-blooded wolves. Not half breed bitches."

His men started chuckling. "Besides, by the Law of the Seven, I have the right to take over a territory that has no Alphas."

Right then, Jamie spoke up. "If and only if no one else has stepped up within the pack. Your claim on this pack is invalid." She was seething.

The Alpha lost a bit of his cocky attitude and scowled. "Clearly there isn't anyone here to step up." He said in a louder voice, "Your Beta only has three years experience and has just recently mated...he hardly qualifies for a leader. I have decades under my belt and a strong pack structure."

I felt the emotions of the pack. The stronger and older wolves were disgusted. They were Blood Moon Pack till the day they die. The weaker and young wolves were swaying.

All packs need a strong alpha and pack structure to function. It's how they were meant to be. Their beasts will run amuck without order. And that scared the lower ranked wolves and the newly shifted.

I felt my anger go up. He's playing the pack members and only the higher ranked wolves know it. All the gammas gathered behind us. Ready to fight.

Jamie held up a hand. "By the law of the Moon, you have to give 7 days for the pack to choose an alpha or for someone to step up. At the end of the week, if no one is chosen, you may take the pack." Cries of indignation were heard all around. "But..." she said a little louder and silenced the crowd, "if one is chosen and you still want the claim then by the Law of the Seven, you will have to challenge our champion."

The Alpha narrowed his eyes at her, trying to make her feel uncomfortable with his dominance but failing. "Who are you and how do you know of these things?" He spat.

Jamie smirked. "I'm but a simple Seer, called by the moon to service this pack." She responded.

"Seers? I thought they died off centuries ago." His eyes widened with a disappointing surprise.

"As you can see...that is false." She replied cattily.

The Alpha fixed his facial expression to resemble an evil smirk. "Very well then, Oh great Seer of the Blood Moon Pack. We will give you a week. Then I will challenge who you choose. And this pack will be mine." His eyes roamed over all of us, stopping on Nox and I. His interest peaked.

"And if I do win, that girl shall also be my prize." He said pointing me. With that, they ran away at full speed. I had to hug my mate to keep him from running after them. Using all my strength to keep him in place. His shades were flung off to a distance as his eyes went from chocolate brown to pitch black. The veins around his eyes turning a darkish purple shade as he focused on his prey.

"My love, you chase him now and you will dishonour the agreement. He has more men then he showed up with and we do not have enough warriors to protect everyone. Please." I pleaded with him. Willing his human consciousness to return to him.

And it did. I watched the veins travel back into his eyes and his eyes went back to their natural state. He hugged me close to him and buried his nose into my neck again. Breathing in my scent to calm him. The men behind us looked visibly weak. The dominance that came off of him nearly knocked them to the ground.

"I will challenge him," Mason spoke up. Erica shook her head. "You can't, Mase! He's a monster! He will kill you."

Mason looked so defeated. "There's no other choice. I am the strongest one in this pack now. It has to be me."

Erica looked at Jamie. Pleading with her to do something.

Jamie stepped in. "There may be another way. But it involves Alpha Lennox."

Nox lifted one eyebrow as Mason and Erica both stared at her in confusion.

She sighed and looked at each one of us in the eye before pointing Nox. "You will have to either put the pack under the protection of the Crescent Moon Pack, as the original pack, they will not have grounds to take over your territory since you are still alive, but you might have to send someone here from your pack that you would trust to look after things in your place. The pack will remain as they are and not much will change, they are not a part of your pack."

That sound like a good plan but who would be willing to leave a realm they've always known to start over in a new one. Especially not wolves. They tend to stick together.

"I don't think that's going to work," I replied honestly.

"The other way is that you claim this pack as yours. But doing so will turn everyone here into a Lycan."

Yikes, that sounded more excruciating.

"So I guess the 7 days won't be to find a champion...but rather to pick from those two options."

"And train the pack." Nox put in. "No one should be defenceless."

"Not everyone will agree." This time one of the Gammas who had been listening piped in.

"Then we let them go. Use the training as a way to weed out the wolves who will not be able to live with either option. They are free to go to whichever pack they want to and we will do the paperwork." Mason chimed in.

"You two," Jamie pointed to me and my mate, "you can help with training the wolves who will be staying behind. You are both battle-ready warriors who have fought multiple times."

Nox stiffened. It didn't take a genius to figure out that his beast was not used to taking orders. "My love, calm down. We are helping a pack. A pack who have ties to your own. They are as much your people as they are Erica's or Mason's. We need to help." He calmed down.

"On the fifth day, we let the people know of the plan and they will pick," I said, putting in place another piece of the puzzle.

"On the sixth we prepare." Erica also adding in.

"And on the seventh, we give them hell," Jamie concluded.

"For the pack?" Mason asked confidently

"For the pack." We all replied.