Chapter 272
Cyra
Since Quirin and Kennedy are planning to head home after they make their announcement, we drive two cars to Christer’s old pack ( pric it’s our pack now, or it will be by the time we return to our ‘other‘ pack tonight.
“How are you feeling about everything Cyra?” Warren asks me. He and Yorick are sitting in the front while I chose to sit in the back. I’m behind Warren, so when I look up, I meet his eyes in the rearview mirror.
Yorick turns to look at me, reaching out to put a hand on my knee.
“There’s just so much to do,” I say. “It was already a lot, but now, with another pack, adding pack lands, increasing patrols… I stop, getting overwhelmed with everything that still needs to be done.
“It will all get done. We didn’t have time to sit down today to go over the finances, but you still have two more days, and you aren’t the only Alpha in your pack. Yorick can work on patrols along with your father’s Beta and Gamma, if you trust them. Yara can help us plan the gathering of the packs. While we’re in Christer’s pack, we’ll look through his old office and talk to his Beta and Gamma, Connor can let us know his impressions of them but I think he was already impressed with Beta Eric.”
When we arrive, I can feel the tension in the pack. I realize immediately that it has nothing to do with Yorick and I, and everything to do with Quirin.
“Hey!” Connor says, walking out to greet us. I notice that while everyone is stealing glances at Kennedy, no one is looking directly at her as if they’re afraid that Quirin might take offense.
“How are my future allies?” he says, hugging his father, then his brother, then me.
“Quirin gave us the paperwork to sign the agreement with you before you leave today,” Yorick tells him.
“Q’s awesome like that,” Connor says, hugging Quirin and then his twin.
“You’ve been hanging out with Henry again,” Quirin says.
“He’s the closest one to me. Plus, you’ve been busy taking over the world or some shit,” Connor says, easily joking with Quirin.
“Yeah and that ‘some shit‘ is about to be done. I want to get home my pups.”
“Good, your hair is looking a bit dull without any glitter in it,” Connor says, grinning widely as Quirin growls at him.
Kennedy just smiles and leans into her mate. He kisses her quickly before stepping forward.
“Attention everyone!” he says, his voice booming out around the pack. Everyone goes quiet and the tension gets heavier.
“As you all know, I defeated your Alpha yesterday. That would make me your Alpha, except for one thing. Alpha Cyra and Alpha Yorick are the ones who were impacted by the loan your previous Alpha took out and I bought. They will be taking over the loan from me and this pack is included as part of that loan, meaning, they now own this pack,” Quirin says.
Everyone turns to look at me and Yorick.
“For those of you who haven’t heard, Alpha Cyra defeated her father in a battle for her pack yesterday and she made he co–Alpha of that pack.”
He turns to look at us. “I’m assuming it will be the same here?”
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“Absolutely,” I say without hesitation.
“So, I will not be holding your Alpha ceremony today. Alpha Cyra and Alpha Yorick will be doing that. They will explain to you afZAGRE Warren is here and his role in your lives over the next year.” He turns to look at us. “I’ll leave you to it”
We say our goodbyes to them as Quirin obviously meant what he said about not sticking around.
When we turn back, I step forward, feeling the tension recede. It’s not gone completely, but
without the fear of Quirin, it’s greatly reduced.
“For those of you who don’t know me, I’m Alpha Cyra. As Alpha Quirin said, I defeated my father in a battle to overtake his pack yesterday. This,” I say, gesturing to Yorick who comes to stand beside me, “is Alpha Yorick, my mate. We are both currently attending the Warrior Academy and Yorick intends to take a position with one of the elite warrior teams that work for the Council. So while he will be co Alpha there will be times when he is away from the pack working. Once I complete my year at the Academy, I will become a full–time Alpha managing what will become our one, unified pack.”
I can already tell that some of the warriors here are not sure about following a female Alpha. They’ll get over it or they’ll find themselves a
new home.
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“This is Alpha Warren. He is a retired Alpha of his own pack and Yorick’s father. I believe you all saw him yesterday before Alpha Quirin challenged Alpha Christer. He has agreed to manage our pack while Yorick and I finish the Academy. The three of us will be working closely together over the next year, with Yorick and I coming home on the weekends to focus on the pack, using our week at the Academy to focus on
our studies.”
“Excuse me, Alpha. Why not just quit the Academy and take over?” someone asks.
“An excellent question, and most Alphas would probably do that. However, my father never intended for me to take over his pack. I was never trained to be an Alpha who leads a pack. Between Alpha Warren and the Academy, I intend to learn everything I need to know about being the kind of Alpha this pack deserves. I can see that some of you are hesitant to accept a female as your Alpha. I will tell you now, I am done being undermined. If you don’t think you can be led by a female, you have one hour to pack your things and leave. If you have concerns about my ability to lead, rest assured that’s why Alpha Warren is here. I know that I’m capable, and so is Yorick, but as a second son, he also never intended to take over a pack. What we’re lacking is knowledge. Over the next year, we will both be getting a crash course on managing a pack. We have an excellent teacher in Alpha Warren, and as you may have heard when we arrived, we have already signed an alliance agreement with Alpha Quirin and will be creating that same agreement with Alpha Connor before he leaves today. As we told our pack yesterday before they accepted us as their Alphas and interim Alpha, a lot is going to change and it’s changing very rapidly. Change can be difficult, but that doesn’t mean that it’s a bad thing. Any questions?”
“Alpha, how are you going to combine our packs? There’s a huge piece of land between this pack and your pack,” someone says.
“Oh, right I’m glad you asked. Alpha Quirin and Luna Kennedy gifted us the vacant land between our packs,” I say and once again, everyone gasps. “It was very generous of them, I agree. But it will allow us the opportunity to expand our borders and create a unified pack land. Tomorrow night, we’ll be having a pack gathering for everyone so the packs can meet and we can start integrating together. However today, as I mentioned, you have one hour to decide if you want to stay or leave. I know that doesn’t give you a lot of time to decide, but we have a lot to do. Everyone, meet back here in one hour’s time to accept Yorick and I as your Alphas and Alpha Warren as your interim Alpha.”
I watch for a moment as everyone begins milling around and talking to themselves.
“I guess we’ll see in an hour how many remain,” Yorick says, also watching the pack.
“Quirin’s such an asshole. How am I supposed to compete with him giving you swath of land?” Connor grumbles walking over.
Warren laughs and slaps his son on the back. “I think that was the point. Quirin likes to shut down his competition before there is any.”
“Come on, I’ll give you the quick tour and we can sign that alliance agreement. Also, I’d like to introduce you to Beta Eric. I think he’ll be a great help to you during this transition/Gamma Hugo I’m not so sure about,” he says as we begin walking toward the packhouse.
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The rest of the day goes by in a blur of accepting nearly everyone from Christer’s old pack. Each person who sczepkes usadas
strength to our already strong pack. The afternoon was spent meeting pack members and getting to know them, having a quick y together celebration, and planning this pack’s part in tomorrow’s event.
It was nearly midnight when Yorick, Warren, and I climbed into the van and headed back to the other side of our pack lands
“It will be faster to get here in wolf form,” Warren says as we drive back.
“Agreed,” Yorick says, turning to look at me. I feel the same fatigue in him that I feel in myself.
“How are you doing?”
“Better than I thought,” I say, and I mean it. Connor was right about Beta Eric. I can already tell that he’s going to be a great help in integrating our packs into one. “How about you?”
“The same. It went better than I thought it would, but maybe that’s because they were all excited about not having to accept Quirin as their
Alpha.”
When we return to the packhouse, Luna Yara is waiting for us.
“I spoke to the Council today. They are sending a team to begin investigating the placebo implants tomorrow,” she says, as Warren pulls her
into his arms.
“We were supposed to go over the finances tomorrow,” I say, looking at Warren.
“And we will. Yorick can handle the Council, I’m sure,” he says, looking at his son.
“Remember, Cyra, you’re not alone anymore. I’d rather spend the day with the Council than in a room pouring over numbers. Divide and conquer, my mate,” he says, pulling me into a hug.
I lean against him, letting his love and support embrace me. I feel so lucky to have this man in my life.
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