more, and then he asked to speak to my mother. I’m not sure what he told her, but she ended the call with saying “Yes alpha. I would always protect my daughter with my life if necessary. We will be waiting for you. Be safe”
Chapter 12 (Lucas POV) Things were not looking good. My father actually tried to deny my request for a challenge. As if he had the right to do that. If I challenged without permission it would have to be a fight to the death for me to claim my rightful place as alpha. If he accepted the challenge we would only need to fight until one of us submitted. If not for Rob, I know that he wouldn’t have changed his mind. He believes he can beat me and thought that refusing the challenge would put me back in my place. He’s wrong. Not only do I know I can beat him, I have no qualms about ending his life if it means that I can bond with Kalli. My mom was there crying and begging along side of him for me to just reject my mate. How dare she! My mother was a hypocrite. She spent my entire childhood belaboring the fact that my father stole her chance at happiness. She claimed that a wolf without a true mate was a worthless wolf. Now, when my happiness is within reach she actually has the nerve to say I should reject her. No way! I am going to fight my father and win. I am going to bond with Kalli and have pups of my own. Nothing and no one is going to stop me. My mother and father can rot in hell together. They have always enjoyed making each other miserable. Maybe I will exile them and they can be miserable together. Rob is the one that finally convinced my father to accept the challenge. He actually played to my father’s ego. He basically told my dad it was time to give me an ass whooping so that my brain started thinking right again. I almost wolfed out and ripped Rob’s throat out on the spot. He was my half brother, had been my closest ally in life and he too mocked my mate. I was getting angrier by the moment. Then I felt his presence in my head. “Chill out bro, I’m just working him over for you. I’m with you. If you wanna mate with the hybrid I’m gonna stand behind you. We all are. Me, Ryan, Joel, Lance and Cody. We talked about it this week while you were gone. We realized we trusted you and would stand behind you no matter what. I can't tell you that I am gonna be best buddies with her, but I will swear allegiance and protect your mate and my Luna to the death, so stop looking at me like you are ready to tear off my head” I heard the rest of the gang chime in, each swearing their allegiance to me as Alpha and Kalli as Luna. Thank god, I really didn’t want to have to fight the whole pack. If my boys were behind me, I knew we could make this work. The pack might not like it at first, but they would eventually accept it. My father and I set the time and agreed on the rules for submission before Rob and I left to go talk with the other guys. We needed a plan. We knew that the rest of the pack wasn't going to be as accepting. Not to mention that taking over the pack at my young was going to be a lot of work. I was going to be a young alpha, and would need my own team in place in order to protect Kalli. I didn’t trust my father and I surely didn’t trust his team. We would need to make a clean sweep for power. The guys and I chatted most of the night away. I don’t know why, but I was on edge the entire time. My wolf was on complete alert. Something just felt off. When I realized that dawn was quickly approaching I excused myself and headed over to Kalli’s. I needed to hold her in my arms so that I could calm down. I needed to feel her soft skin and smell her intoxicating scent. I couldn’t wait to see that she was okay with my own eyes. I was tired, and I needed to be able to hold her so that I could have peace and sleep. I found her resting on the couch in the living room. She looked so comfortable and peaceful in her sleep. I was glad that I told her mother to put a good