Chapter 51 Chapter Fifty-One
"A big deal? I thought it was just going to be a little ceremony where they like swear me in or whatever." She says looking at me.
"It's more than that baby. The whole pack will be there to celebrate you. You will love it."
"Will you be there with me?" She asks, and I can hear the fear in her voice.
"Of course I will be there. I will be there for every step, I won't leave your side."
Leilani smiles at me. "Thank you Malakai."
I kiss the top of her head. "Of course baby. Let's get up and get some breakfast. I will meet with the council first thing this morning and then we can spend the afternoon training."
She nods her head and we get out of bed. It only takes a minute for us to get dressed and get downstairs. Nova being the amazing woman she is, already has breakfast prepared for us.
"Good morning Alpha Leilani, good morning Beta Malakai." Nova greets us as as walk through the door to the kitchen.
"Good morning Nova, you don't have to call me Alpha, Leilani is fine." She says as she pulls Nova into a hug.
"Of course I have to call you Alpha. You are the Alpha now sweetheart. You better get used to hearing it. As a woman you will have to fight for respect enough, do not let anyone treat you as anything less than the Alpha you are. Do you hear me young lady?" Nova asks.
Leilani nods her head. "Yes Nova. I understand."
Nova smiles and nods her head. "Good." Nova looks at me and I smile, it's nice knowing Leilani has more than just me on her side. I never want her to feel disrespected or like less than. Which is one of the main reasons for my meeting with the council.
I mean yes, we do need to discuss the ceremony and her training progress. Most importantly though I am going to make it clear to the elders and council members if there is any disrespectful comments or looks, or anything else I don't like it will not be pretty for them. I will not tolerate it and Alpha Tiberius won't either.
Everyone in this pack has known for a very long time that Leilani will be taking over, it may be happening faster than everyone expected, but they have had plenty of time to mentally prepare themselves for the change.
"Now you two sit down and eat your breakfast while it's hot." Nova orders us to sit and we do.
As always she has prepared a meal big enough for an entire army to eat. Leilani immediately digs in to the bacon and eggs. Bacon has always been one of her favorite breakfast foods. Nova pats Leilani on the shoulder and leans down to ask. "Do I need to prepare a protein shake for the two of you?"
Nova winks at me and the look on Leilani's face is enough to make me laugh so hard bacon almost flew out of my nose. She looks both disgusted and horrified at the thought of having to drink one of those shakes.
I start coughing and laughing at the same time. Nova laughs and Leilani just looks between the two of us. "It's not funny. You guys know how much I hate those nasty things."
I laugh even harder. "Oh trust me, we know baby."
Nova kisses her cheeks and rubs the top of her arms with her hands. "I'm just messing with you Alpha, enjoy your breakfast if you guys need anything just let me know."
"Thank you Nova." I say as she walks off and starts cleaning the mess from cooking breakfast.
We finish our breakfast and we put our plates in the sink. I turn to Leilani who looks sad, she must know what's coming. Ever since we found out we were mates we haven't spent very much time apart aside from the one misunderstanding that I never want to think about again.
"Well babygirl, I guess I better go meet with the council and I will be back as soon as I can."
She pouts, frowning a little. "Okay, what do you want me to do while you are gone?"
"You can wait for me, or you can try to trigger your gift without anger or fear. See if you can find a way to turn it on so to speak without something making you mad or scared baby."
Leilani nods her head slowly. "Okay, how do I do that?"
"Try remembering what it felt like when your gift was triggered and then focus on that feeling to see if you can make your gifts start with no one around."
She smiles. "I will try Malakai. I love you and I will miss you. I hope the meeting goes well."
"I love you and I will miss you too babygirl, don't worry the meeting will go great. I will be back as soon as I can." I give her one soft sweet kiss on the lips and she pouts when I pull away.
I smile and rub her cheek with my hand. "Bye babygirl."
"Bye Malakai." I turn and walk out of the house. We would normally hold council meetings here at the Alpha's house but I don't want Leilani to over hear anything. Not until I can be sure everyone will treat her with respect, last thing I need is for her to doubt herself as an Alpha.
I drive over to the very large community center, we use to hold certain pack celebrations. There is a large meeting room in the back with a large conference table, exactly what I need for this meeting. Once I get there I mind link Dathaniel, he is one of our pack warriors who also happens to be a part of of the pack council.
I call for the meeting to be held and within twenty minutes everyone from the council and all the pack elders have arrived at the community center. All watching me with expectant looks on their faces.
Once I have confirmed that everyone is here I look around the room at each and everyone of the pack members here. "I have called this meeting to discuss Leilani's Alpha Ceremony." A few of the pack members roll their eyes, a couple groan and one just flat out laughs. This is exactly what I was expecting to happen and also hoping would not happen.