The Alpha Triplets And The Rogue
Chapter 154

Erica’s POV

My hands tremble as I hold the piece of paper in my hands. I am too afraid to read what it says. This could be all of the information that we need to present to elder councils.

“What does it say?” Ace says as he makes his way back into the office.

“I don’t know,” I tell him.

“Can you not read it?” Ace looks at me in confusion.

“I can,” I swallow the lump that has formed in the back of my throat. “I am scared. What if it doesn’t tell us what we need to know?”

Ace places his hand on my shoulder and I take a deep breath. “We won’t know until you read it,” Ace chuckles but I can hear the nervousness behind his laugh.

I look down at the paper and run my fingers over the golden print. It begins to glow brightly again in my hands. The lump forms in the back of my throat and makes it hard to talk.

“Not only is a white wolf blessed by the Moon Goddess but it is also said that one day a pure white wolf will give the earth the greatest gift. The child of Selene will be born to a white wolf and will bear the mark of the Goddess herself. When this child becomes of age she will unite the werewolf packs under one rule. Those packs that do not follow this pack will be cursed by the Moon Goddess.”

The words come out of my mouth choppy because I am fighting back the tears. It is the information that we were looking for and Alice had it all along. There is no telling how long she has known that my child would unite the packs together. Ace squeezes my shoulder and I look up at him through my tears.

“This is about her,” I tell him. “This is about Raven.”

“Now we need to tell the elders,” Ace says with a smile on his face.

The morning drags on. The elders from each of the packs trickle in slowly. Most of them have no idea why they have been asked to come here. Those that do know have been sworn to secrecy. The news that Ace killed his own parents spread quickly throughout the packs and no one is willing to defy him. Even the South Pack has fallen in line.

Soon all of the elders have arrived and they are all seated around the table in the conference room. My father is there to represent the West Pack. He has finally sobered up, even though he hasn’t stopped mourning the death of my mother.

Beta Hudson is here representing East Pack. His daughter Amber is at his side. Despite our rocky start, Amber and I have become close friends, much to Bryce’s chagrin.

Alpha Kristof is here from the South Pack, but little does he know that he is getting ready to be removed from his position after what we found in Alice’s office.

Alpha Kristof looks around the room and scoffs loudly. “Where is Alpha Jet,” he exclaims loudly.

“Alpha Jet is on the run for his crimes,” Ace says as he stands up. “Crimes that I am sure you are familiar with.”

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” Alpha Kristof rolls his eyes in Ace’s direction.

Ace tosses copies of the document that described the sale of Chris to the South Pack to everyone at the table. Alpha Kristof’s signature is clear as day at the bottom of the document.

“The last I checked, the purchase of people is frowned upon. Even within the werewolf community,” Chris snarls in anger.

Alpha Kristof begins to stutter as he tries to come up with his defense. “You have to understand the position that the rest of the packs were in. None of us had heirs and the North Pack had three.”

“So you bought me?!” Chris screams at him.

Ace snaps his fingers and the room falls silent. “It would appear that someone needs to be escorted out of the meeting.” Ace gestures to the guards that are waiting at the door.

“I deserve a fair trial,” Alpha Kristof screams as he is pulled out of the conference room.

“And you will get one,” Ace says over the snarls and growls coming from around the room. “But you will not walk free until your trial.”

We all watch in silence as Alpha Kristof is escorted from the room. Several of the elders stand to leave but Bryce gestures for everyone to sit back down.

“This isn’t the only reason that you were brought here today,” Bryce does his best to put on a diplomatic front. “We need to speak to you all about our daughter, Raven.”

All of the elders look at one another with confused looks on their faces. I stand where I am with the mythical creature book in my hands.

“Is there anyone here that is able to read this book?” I ask.

A few of the elders laugh among themselves when I ask the question. The triplets all growl angrily and the elders immediately stop laughing.

“This is a special book,” I say as I open the book the page of the white wolf. “It can only be read by a mythical creature.”

All of the elders stand and lean over the table looking at the book in front of them. One by one each of the sit down until a single elder woman is standing reading the book silently. I do not recognize which pack she is from but if she is reading the book then she is surely a white wolf as well.

I smile at her sweetly and ask her to read the piece that has been carefully placed back into the book. Word for word the elder woman reads the excerpt about Raven.

All of the elders look at one another in confusion. “Are you saying that your child is this gift from the Goddess?” One of the elders says.

Another elder chimes in, “Of course, we would need to expect this mark on the child.”

I shift Raven on my h*p and expose the mark on her shoulder. One of the elders from the North Pack approaches Raven and tries to rub her mark off. When it does not rub off he looks at it closely with his glasses on the very tip of his nose.

Everyone is waiting on bated breath while the elder inspects my daughter. Finally, he takes a step away from us and pinches the bridge of his nose. “The mark appears to be authentic,” he finally says.

The elders all look at one another. Having a silent conversation amongst themselves. Suddenly they all stand and bare their necks to my daughter. “All hail the Queen.”