“Got a Mate, did he?” she asked. “He’s at Alpha College, it would be expected, what his father actually wants.” She nodded and even knew it was the truth, his father did want that.
“No… it’s worse than that.” Yuri huffed.
“Just state it plainly, boys.”
“His dad and the unit are down there discussing finding him a chosen Luna, and like now,” Palmer told her.
That completely shocked her; to hear that. It was not what she was expecting at all. “What? Why would they do that? Even I know Alpha Roman and Luna Elise want a Goddess Gifted for their son.” It didn’t make any sense to her at all.
“We don’t know, don’t even think they’re trying to hide it. Were in there discussing Alpha females they already know from other packs.” Yuri told her.
“Does Slade know?” She asked.
“We don’t know.” Palmer shook his head “we came straight to you, kinda freaked out.”
She sighed, “Maybe you heard wrong.”
“We did not.” They both stated together.
“He’s already got an offer from some girl’s father, a girl at Alpha College… Audrey is her name, his current she-wolf even.”
“Mm, the one he goes on about, likes her a lot.” She nodded, she’d even seen a picture of them together in the group chat. He sent it over to show them how pretty she was, a blonde, blue-eyed, very tall she-wolf, as tall as he was. Athletic and Alpha-blooded, just like he liked. It hadn’t really surprised her, the only thing that had, was that they were dating officially, and he wasn’t sewing his wild oats in any others at all now, just Audrey.
“She might be his Mate.” She shrugged “Alpha-blooded wolves can, at times, scent out their Mates before the full moon. You both know this.”
“But he’d know, so why are there three others on the list?” Yuri shook his head.
“Three others? And there is an actual list?” She asked.
“Yes.” They both nodded.
“What we heard, they’re down there weighing up the pros and cons of those females, all four of them and not just their looks, their bloodline, the pack affiliation, what it will bring, everything.” Palmer shook his head, sounded like he couldn’t really believe it.
“It’s bloody insane.” Yuri sighed. “Do you think he knows or knew it was coming and just never said anything at all to us?”
“It’s entirely possible,” she nodded, and it was.
Palmer looked right at her. “There is another thought, Ori…”
“State what you think.”
“Slade is adamant about keeping you… his father, your father even, are not. Keep stating it’s because you’ll mate off out of the pack at some point, right?”
She could only nod.
“What if this is their way around that, he’s got a Luna, they Mate him off and bring his ascension forward to like what the laws state.”
“When you get your Luna or at 30.” She nodded, she knew the laws about the ascension of the next Alpha. “If he has a Luna now, and he’s going to take over, the future of the pack is now, not in years to come.”
“They’re really pushing that, how you’ll leave. Mate off out of the pack, and that’s how they’re going to convince him, to pull Hayden in now.” Yuri huffed “it’s much easier to replace a future Beta than an actual Beta. Harder for one to be brought into the group later in life, that’s their agenda. I think.”
“I’ve heard my father and yours talking about it, the disruption it will bring to the pack. If they leave you as the Beta and in say five or six years, you mate off out of the pack and leave.”
“Hayden will just step up then,” She stated.
“Slade doesn’t really like your little brother, the way he is with you, particularly, all those little snipes, it actually bugs him quite a bit.”
“He’ll just get the next in line. That’s the pack protocol if I leave.” She shrugged.
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