Chapter 78
Elias did not take kindly to Rylee’s blatant provocation. Even in death, he remained a patriarch of the pack, and he bristled at the challenge—regardless of her status as the current Luna.
His eyes flared with a sudden intensity, and he drew himself up to his full, imposing height. "You forget your place, young lady," he boomed, his voice vibrating through the floorboards with the residual weight of a true Alpha. "You will lower your head and address me with the respect due to the bloodline that built this pack. Submit."
The command echoed through the room, heavy and final. The pack members nearby instinctively flinched, bowing their heads as the weight of an Alpha’s authority bore down on them. Even Ronan and Wyatt couldn’t help but lower their heads slightly. Even as Alphas
