The Wolves Beneath the Sanctuary

Chapter 478 An Old Tradition

Amarah Theseus unbuttons his shirt to take a look at his own mark and like mine his has changed as well. He points out there is another difference in the mark and I have to look at his mark to see what he is talking about, between the end of my name and the start of his name there is a small golden crown. Joseph is looking between the two of us and asks what is going on, I get down on my knees to show him my mark. He lets his finger trace our names and when he reaches the crown he asks why it is there, “That, my Little Wolf, will be explained after the initiation ceremony.” I answer him. We decided to hold the ceremony right after breakfast and there are a lot of excited Pups running around the dining room, much to the dislike of some Pack-members. Ajax is chasing after Joseph and Inti and a part of me thinks he does it to annoy a few Pack-members.Once breakfast is over we all walk to the new Pack-house to hold the ceremony and to my surprise there is a chalice on the stage. Dad tells me through the mind-link it was in a smaller box at the bottom of one of the boxes with files. The ceremony to combine our Packs is done in no time, but initiating every Wolf is eighteen years and older takes a lot longer. It is close to lunchtime when we are finally done and I raise my hands to get their attention, like always the crowd quiets down quickly. “As we heard from Umayza yesterday, this Pack territory once belonged to White Mountain Pack until the day Alpha Grant’s Sons split it in two. With the sudden death of their Father they didn’t realize that they hadn’t been fully trained and with sending all the journals and family files to the Council they never found out what they had done. Alpha Grant’s parents had met during a ball at the Palace and after they had marked one another this Pack got an unusual title. Alpha Grant’s Mother was a Lycan and a Royal and for that reason White Mountain Pack became a Royal Pack. By combining both Packs and reinstating it’s original name White Mountain Pack is once again a Royal Pack and from this day forward our alliance to the King and his family will outrank any other alliance.” I say. Not one member says a word as they look at me, hoping that I am making a joke but I am not and soon everyone realizes that an old tradition has been brought back to live. I feel someone pushing against my mind-link and I open it as I expect Theseus to say something. “Alpha Amarah, welcome back to the family.” I hear in my head and for a moment I am to stunned to respond, but I quickly realize who it was. “Thank you, Your Majesty. This will take some time to get used to.” I respond and he tells me that it only works for me, my Mate and my leadership, that I will lose it the moment our Son or Daughter takes over from us. I smile as he says goodbye and I see that he didn’t just link me, “Okay, that was very weird.” Theseus whispers in my ear and I have to agree with him, hearing the King in your head is very weird. “I apologize for the distraction, but hearing the King inside your head is…” I let the sentence trail of as they can figure that one out for themselves. I think there are a few things we need to incorporate into the Pack’s education with becoming a Royal Pack again and Jaydon’s words about the alliance needing some chances just became very real, we really need to make chances to our alliances. It looks like we have even more work ahead of us, but I doubt I would want to change anything if I was given the chance and I am looking forward to the reaction of most Alphas when they find out that we are a Royal Pack. I link Theseus to ask him if we can invite Drew, Murphee and Jaydon to come here as soon as they can. He understands why I want to have them here and why I want to inform them myself, he agrees with me that it would be wise to inform them before the Council has the chance to send out the announcements. I ask Orion to call his former Alpha with my request for a visit.Theseus calls Jaydon while I call Murphee and within five minutes we know they will be here before dinner. Joseph asks us why the Alphas are coming and I explain to him that as a Royal Pack we will need to go to help the King whenever he calls on us. “I don’t want to leave our Pack unprotected and with good alliances in place we can rely on other Packs to protect our members. I have known Drew, Murphee and Jaydon my whole life and if there is anyone I trust to protect my Pack it is those three Alphas. They will always come to our aid if we need them and there is a huge benefit for them as well, because as allies of a Royal Pack they will also have the backing of the Council and their Squads if it is ever necessary.” I tell him and he runs out the room yelling, “I am going to have dinner with Pappi and Nanna.”

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