Orion shrugged.
“I know. My idea was that he could serve as an interim alpha. He could keep order and stability in the pack until a new alpha from another family was chosen. After that, Vale could become the right hand of the new alpha, so to speak. The Blackthorne family would still keep some influence and respect, but over time, we could slowly step into the background. In my mind, my father had stained our family name with what he’d done, and giving up control felt like the right thing to do.
“Dad completely rejected the idea. Elara, it was the first time in my life that I genuinely thought he might hit me. He cursed at me and started throwing things. Selene was the only reason we didn’t end up fighting each other. She managed to calm both of us down before it got physical. After that
