"What's happened?" I kept my tone neutral, despite my irritation.
Lucien sighed, the sound heavy with frustration. "Challenges to my leadership. Three of my senior warriors have formed an alliance against me, claiming I've grown soft, that I'm not focused on the pack's interests."
"And have you?" Ronan asked bluntly.
"I've been... preoccupied," Lucien admitted. "There's been unrest since I rejected another offer of a chosen mate. The elders believe I need to stabilize the bloodline, secure my position through a traditional mating. I disagree."
I understood immediately. Like many Alphas, Lucien was holding out for his true mate, the one chosen by the goddess herself. But for some odd reason, his family believed their males were always mated to a girl from the red moon bloodline.
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