Ace POV
"You shall rise as the Alpha King," my father's proclamation bore down upon my soul with immense weight. It felt as if the burden of the entire world had been placed squarely on my shoulders. "According to the laws that govern our kind, my disfigured face renders me ineligible to reclaim the throne.
Thump, thump. That was the sound of my heart pounding as I stood before my father in the grand throne room, surrounded by the Alphas of the packs. However, there was something amiss—the absence of any pack members from the forsaken Realm. It was a situation I planned to rectify once I ascended to the position of Alpha King.
As my gaze fell upon my father's disfigured face, I was at a loss for words. I never expected such a revered king to be reduced to a mere mortal. It seemed as i
