Erik shivered as he let himself change back into a man's size. He was covered in blood but little of it was his, he had taught Tarek the ultimate lesson. It had cost him his life to learn it but it was necessary to dissuade any ideas of dissension which may have been sprouting in the minds of his subjects prior to this moment.
He looked at Agatha once more, she was still smiling at him proudly. She got off her seat and walked towards him, picking up the coat he had dropped on the path to engaging Tarek. Darren accompanied Agatha as she approached Erik, he seemed much more respectful of Erik as a lycan, a lot of the lycans present in the room felt this way too. He had earned their respect in the most traditional way possible.
Blood was necessary to claim the lycan throne, but not in the
