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was I not made aware of this? I’m to be informed of every alpha gene test conducted in this pack.”
“ I had her do it in secret just yesterday,” said Sienna. She added a small lie to keep her friend from harm should worse come to worst. “I threatened her to keep her quiet.”
“ A challenge to alpha is a serious thing,” said Kane. His eyes narrowed to angry slits, and he spoke through clenched teeth. “Once you make it, there’s no backing out.”
“ I have no intention of backing down,” said Sienna, holding her chin high and balling her fists as if ready to fight then and there. “I formally challenge you.”
“ Let it be so,” shouted Kane. “We’ll meet by the fire pit in one hour. One of us will walk away alpha of the pack, the other will not walk away at all. Understood?”
“ Clear as the moon,” she replied, and she turned and stalked off to her cabin to prepare.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The door to her cabin slammed open shortly after she’d just entered it herself. Esther was there in the doorway, wild confusion in her eyes. “Are you insane? No female has ever successfully challenged for alpha in this pack. Hell, the last time anyone even tried was over a hundred years ago.”
“You don’t understand what’s at stake,” replied Sienna.
She went to her herbs and began mixing a blend that would help her to stay limber and clear headed in the coming fight. It wouldn’t be anything strong enough to giver her a drastic advantage, but it would help her achieve her full strength and cunning after all the sleep-deprived nights she’d had over the last few weeks.
“Why don’t you explain it to me?” Esther closed the door and moved to stand next to Sienna where she was working. “We’re supposed to be friends, aren’t we?”
Sienna paused and looked Esther in the eye. “We are friends, and I love you like a sister.” She sighed and figured it was too late to keep any more secrets. “The Silverlake pack is going to attack us soon. I tried to warn Kane about it, but he laughed in my face. That man is nothing but a cruel and arrogant bastard, and we won’t survive with him as our alpha.”
She then related the story of how she’d asked to become a warrior and what Kane had done in response. She left out the details of Pelmay’s embarrassment, but it was enough to convince Esther that she wasn’t entirely crazy for wanting to challenge for alpha.
“ You do have the gene, I suppose, but Kane has spent his whole life hunting and fighting. What makes you think you can take him on and win?”
“ The wolf I’ve been meeting with has been training me. His name is Arric and for the last few weeks, I’ve been learning how to fight. At first it was just hunting, but after what happened with Kane that day, I asked him to begin teaching me how to become a warrior.”
“ Do you really think you can do this?”
“ Esther, I don’t even know anymore. All I know is that I have to do this for all of the wolves in our pack who won’t be able to fight the Silverlakes. I have to do it for you, for myself, and even for Pelmay, no matter how she might have treated me in the past.” Her next words were almost a whisper. “No one deserves to be treated like the females of this pack are. It’s not in line with our wolf ideology, and as much as I might have thought it justified the Silverlakes taking over our territory, it needs to come to an end with as little bloodshed as possible. I will defeat Kane, and then I’ll ensure that this war between our packs ends as quickly as possible.”
Esther laid a hand on Sienna’s shoulder and squeezed it tightly. “I’ll support you in this, and so will several of the others when they find out what’s happening. There have been quiet rumblings for a while now, but there are many in this pack who would be happy to see Kane out of the picture.”
“It’s important that you know I’m not doing this because I want the power of
“ I had her do it in secret just yesterday,” said Sienna. She added a small lie to keep her friend from harm should worse come to worst. “I threatened her to keep her quiet.”
“ A challenge to alpha is a serious thing,” said Kane. His eyes narrowed to angry slits, and he spoke through clenched teeth. “Once you make it, there’s no backing out.”
“ I have no intention of backing down,” said Sienna, holding her chin high and balling her fists as if ready to fight then and there. “I formally challenge you.”
“ Let it be so,” shouted Kane. “We’ll meet by the fire pit in one hour. One of us will walk away alpha of the pack, the other will not walk away at all. Understood?”
“ Clear as the moon,” she replied, and she turned and stalked off to her cabin to prepare.
CHAPTER EIGHT
The door to her cabin slammed open shortly after she’d just entered it herself. Esther was there in the doorway, wild confusion in her eyes. “Are you insane? No female has ever successfully challenged for alpha in this pack. Hell, the last time anyone even tried was over a hundred years ago.”
“You don’t understand what’s at stake,” replied Sienna.
She went to her herbs and began mixing a blend that would help her to stay limber and clear headed in the coming fight. It wouldn’t be anything strong enough to giver her a drastic advantage, but it would help her achieve her full strength and cunning after all the sleep-deprived nights she’d had over the last few weeks.
“Why don’t you explain it to me?” Esther closed the door and moved to stand next to Sienna where she was working. “We’re supposed to be friends, aren’t we?”
Sienna paused and looked Esther in the eye. “We are friends, and I love you like a sister.” She sighed and figured it was too late to keep any more secrets. “The Silverlake pack is going to attack us soon. I tried to warn Kane about it, but he laughed in my face. That man is nothing but a cruel and arrogant bastard, and we won’t survive with him as our alpha.”
She then related the story of how she’d asked to become a warrior and what Kane had done in response. She left out the details of Pelmay’s embarrassment, but it was enough to convince Esther that she wasn’t entirely crazy for wanting to challenge for alpha.
“ You do have the gene, I suppose, but Kane has spent his whole life hunting and fighting. What makes you think you can take him on and win?”
“ The wolf I’ve been meeting with has been training me. His name is Arric and for the last few weeks, I’ve been learning how to fight. At first it was just hunting, but after what happened with Kane that day, I asked him to begin teaching me how to become a warrior.”
“ Do you really think you can do this?”
“ Esther, I don’t even know anymore. All I know is that I have to do this for all of the wolves in our pack who won’t be able to fight the Silverlakes. I have to do it for you, for myself, and even for Pelmay, no matter how she might have treated me in the past.” Her next words were almost a whisper. “No one deserves to be treated like the females of this pack are. It’s not in line with our wolf ideology, and as much as I might have thought it justified the Silverlakes taking over our territory, it needs to come to an end with as little bloodshed as possible. I will defeat Kane, and then I’ll ensure that this war between our packs ends as quickly as possible.”
Esther laid a hand on Sienna’s shoulder and squeezed it tightly. “I’ll support you in this, and so will several of the others when they find out what’s happening. There have been quiet rumblings for a while now, but there are many in this pack who would be happy to see Kane out of the picture.”
“It’s important that you know I’m not doing this because I want the power of
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