Ace’s POV

The tension in the room is thick. My brothers and my Alpha auras are heavy in the air and I am shocked when my father submits to me. It just proves to me what I already assumed. My father is giving up the pack and leaving. It is the only explanation.

‘We need to speak with our father to figure out what is going on,’ I say to my brothers through the mind link.

‘Beta Aaron looks murderous,’ Bryce says with a little hesitation. ‘I don’t think we are going to get him to leave.’

“Daddy,” Erica says to her father. “Let’s give the brothers some time with their father.”

Erica’s Luna aura flutters through the air and it puts us all at ease. The tension settles down in the room and Erica easily leads her parents into the kitchen.

Bryce, Chris and I all watch our mate in awe. She is truly something magnificent to behold. I have no doubt that she will be a powerful Luna.

The three of us turn our attention back to our father who is fidgeting nervously where he stands.

“Explain,” I demand and cross my arms over my chest. My brothers do the same and we effectively create a wall blocking the front door.

“Your mother is missing,” our father spits out unwillingly. “I have to go find her she might be in danger.”

“I doubt that she is in danger,” Chris scoffs. “She probably just went into hiding because Erica killed the Alpha of the West Pack and his son. She has no where to go.”

“I can’t just let her turn rogue,” our father says sadly. “She will not survive.”

“She didn’t seem to be concerned about letting Erica’s parents go rogue,” Bryce chimes in. “Maybe it is time that she gets a piece of her own medicine.”

“Aaron and Evelynn had each other,” my father pleads with us. He knows that we cannot leave the pack without our permission or he will turn rogue as well.

“What do you plan on doing once you find her?” I ask curiously. “She is certainly not welcome within the North Pack or the West Pack.”

“Speaking of the West Pack,” Chris says in a low voice. “One of us will have to go down there and sort things out. We can’t leave them unattended without an Alpha for too long.”

“What if one of you takes me to the West Pack while you look over things down there,” Father suggests with an eager look on his face.

“You never said what you were going to do once you found her,” I repeat, ignoring Chris. I know that we need to take care of the West Pack but I don’t want to leave Erica for longer than necessary. I don’t think that any of us want to leave her.

“Shouldn’t Erica be the one to visit the West Pack,” Bryce says unhelpfully. Chris and I both glare in his direction. “What? She is the one that defeated both Alpha Felix and his son. Technically she is the Alpha of the West Pack.”

“I don’t want it,” her voice comes from the door that leads to the kitchen. “I don’t want to be the Alpha of any pack.”

“You should have thought about that before you challenged Alpha Felix,” our father chuckles.

My brothers and I all growl at our father at the same time and he looks at the ground. Not daring to look up at the three of us. Our father knows that he is no longer a match for the three of us.

Erica lets out a little sigh and stands in front of us, like she is shielding us from our father. Our brothers and I share a confused look with one another before Erica begins to talk.

“You can’t leave until you officially pass your title onto your sons. Just because we can feel that you have stepped down doesn’t mean that the rest of the pack will know. I am sure you can appreciate that the proper channels have to be followed,” Erica says with her head held high and her shoulders back. She looks like a true Luna at this moment.

My brothers and I share a smile with one another. ‘She is f*****g perfect,’ Chris says through the mind link.

‘You can say that again,’ Bryce says not taking his eyes off our mate.

We all stand silently waiting for our father to answer Erica. Surely he wouldn’t deny us our own Alpha ceremony.

“Don’t you four understand? Your mother could be in danger. There is no time for things like Alpha or Luna ceremonies. I have to find her as quickly as I can.” Our father’s voice is quick and panicked.

“You would really deny us our Alpha ceremony?” Chris asks in shock.

“You would do the same thing if it were Erica that was missing,” our father spits back at us.

“If I remember correctly,” I yell at my father. “Erica was missing and Bryce and I stayed behind and helped to run the pack.

“And just where was Chris while she was gone?” Father crosses his arms over his chest and stare at Chris angrily.

“I was out finding the truth about what Mother had done,” Chris snarls at our father.

“She was only doing what she thought was best for you three,” our father spits out and then covers his mouth with his hand.

“You knew all along,” Beta Aaron says from the doorway to the kitchen.

Our father raises his hands. “I had my suspicions but I didn’t know the extent of what she hand done.”

Suddenly a powerful aura fills the room. I know that it doesn’t belong to any of my brothers. Turning my head I look at Erica and she is practically glowing with the power that is radiating off of her.

“You were their friends,” she says through gritted teeth. “They trusted you.”

Our father is cowering in fear under Erica’s aura. She looks like she could explode at any moment and there is no telling what she is capable of. Before she has a chance to do anything dangerous, I step in between her and my father.

“I, Alpha Ace of the North Pack, banish you, Alpha Devin from the North Pack, and declare you a rogue.” After I say the words I feel sick to my stomach but it was the only fair thing to do. Mother was sent to the West Pack for the same offensives.

The sounds of howling from outside of the pack house lets me know that the rest of the pack felt the tether of their former Alpha snapping.

“Leave,” I growl at our father, “And don’t ever come back.”

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