Chapter 52 Chapter Fifty-Two
They all start murmuring to each other about the pack is going to go down hill after she takes over, how a woman shouldn't be allowed to be an alpha and I hear one person just call her flat out useless.
These people that have shown nothing but respect for Alpha Tiberius and watched Leilani grow into the beautiful young woman she is today are going to treat her like this? After everything this pack has been through?
It's not like it's some big surprise or something, Tiberius has been preparing the entire pack for a new alpha pretty much since Leilani was born. They knew this day would come. It may be happening a little faster than everyone, including myself and Leilani thought, but that is no excuse to disrespect a future alpha or current alpha's child.
Tiberius would rip every single one of their heads off without a second thought if he saw the way they are talking about his daughter. Honestly I'm tempted to do it myself. Not only is she the future alpha of this pack but she is also my mate and no one will disrespect my mate.
Watching them openly disrespect Leilani right in front of me, sends a surge of anger through me and my wolf, bigger than anything that I have ever felt before. I growl, a low deep threatening sound and the entire table quiets down and turns their attention back to me.
"You will respect Leilani as your alpha! Do you understand me?" I say the words with enough force and anger to let them know I am not messing around, looking around the table, making eye contact with each and everyone of them.
One of the elders sitting directly to my left, Sallas is the first to speak. "Leilani is just a little girl. She just barely turned 18. Do you really expect us to believe she will be able to not only lead, but protect our pack from danger?"
A few of the other pack members nod their heads in agreement, yeahs and for reals echo around the room as everyone thinks about it for a second. It's probably a good thing Leilani isn't here for this meeting. She doesn't have control of her gifts yet, and hurt, anger and who knows what else are triggers for her.
I growl again standing up from my seat and putting my hands flat on the table. The muscles in my arms flex and I try very hard to stay in control of my wolf. A full on war at the community center with my own pack members is the last thing we need right now.
Everyone turns their attention back to me and a few eyes go wide, when they see my claws have torn through my fingers, ready to slice through anything and everything in my way. I turn my head and look directly at Sallas, if looks alone could kill he would fall over dead from the heated glare I am shooting his way.
"I do expect you to believe that Leilani is going to make an incredible alpha. She is flying through her warrior and alpha training easily. Leilani will make a better warrior than all of you in this room and within our pack. She will not one lead this pack, the same way her father did, she will make it better for everyone that lives here." My voice is loud and commanding, leaving no room for anyone to talk back or even think about saying another terrible thing about Leilani.
Sallas narrows his eyes at me and after a second he starts chuckling. "You and the Alpha's daughter are fucking aren't you? You got yourself a little bit of that tight young pussy and now what? You two are in love or something?" He pauses for a second then laughs. "I mean that's the only explanation as to why you would even begin to think that little bitch would ever make anything more than a good little housewife."
I look around the room to see if anyone agrees with him, or even blinks wrong. Everyone's eyes are wide and their mouths are shut. Unlike this fucking idiot, everyone else knows he just fucked up. I turn my attention back to Sallas, he is still grinning like he is the funniest person in the world and he just won a damn award for his comedy act.
I smile at him, and within seconds my eyes are changing, my claws are extending further and my hand is on his throat. I pick him up out of his chair holding him a couple of feet off the ground. He grips my wrist with both hands, trying to pry my hand off his throat. It doesn't work. It only angers me further. My nails dig into the soft skin of his neck and a little trail of blood spurts out of each nail hole.
I growl again. "You will not talk about Leilani like that. You will talk to her and about her with fucking respect. The same respect you would show any male alpha. You will call her Alpha or Alpha Leilani anytime you speak about her or to her. You will do everything she says or asks you to do. You will bow and kiss her fucking feet if she tells you too. Do you understand?"
Sallas makes a gasping sound and I'm assuming it is supposed to be a yes sir. I squeeze his throat harder and he struggles in my hold, trying to break free. "Do you fucking understand?" I ask again.
"Yes." He gasps trying to get a tiny breath of air.
I say, half growl, half laugh. "Good."
I put my other hand on his head and snap his neck in one quick motion. The gasping, struggling and other pathetic sounds coming out of his mouth come to a sudden stop. His body goes limp in my hold and I smile, dropping him to the floor like the trash he is.
I turn my head and look at the rest of the pack members sitting around the table. I give them a satisfied smile and quirk an eyebrow. "Would anyone else like to say something about Leilani?"