Cecelia
That wasn’t exactly how I had planned for things to go, but finally, the proverbial cat was out of the bag.
“There are no take-backs, Missy!” Gerald Halfmoon said when he’d recovered from the shock of our announcement. “You may be regretting your decision, Aiden, but the blood ceremony was performed. Unless Ellis willingly passes the Alpha mantle back you you, what’s done is done. It’s irreversible.”
“Nothing is irreversible,” Ruth pointed out, waving her cookie in the air. “There is always an option to replace a weak Alpha. Aiden will have to challenge him.”
I gasped, “But-an Alpha challenge is to the death!”
“That’s right!” Gerald gloated, “There is no other way! Either Ellis must resign voluntarily, or he must be deposed by a stronger, more capable Alpha. And let’s face
