My eyes widen, and I sit up entirely, staring at him speechless, for a minute.
"Is he serious? I thought we had like...TEN years or something, at least," I say anxiously. Austin turns over onto his back and stares up at the ceiling, looking a little anxious himself.
"That was my original thought, yeah. But that was before...you and that crazy solar flare. Before I became impervious to fire and a hybrid wolf biting down on my neck. He recognises there has recently been a massive shift in power. I am now so much stronger than he is, and he is actually absurdly happy about that. That is how packs should work. The strongest should be the one to lead. It just so happens that it's the first-born heir to the current alpha who gets the activated alpha blood, so they usually are the strongest," h
