POV: Cormac Brennan
Location: Brennan Townhouse, Kensington
Time: Three Months Post-Trial
The Alpha ceremony is tonight. Three months after Father's death, three months after Callum's conviction, I'm being officially recognized as permanent pack leader.
It's a formality. I've been acting as Alpha since Father died. But the ceremony makes it official. Makes it permanent. No more provisional status. No more questions about succession.
I'm dressing in Father's quarters when Beta Declan knocks on the door.
"The pack's gathering. Ceremony starts in twenty minutes." Declan looks me over. "You ready?"
"I've been ready for three months."
"That's not what I meant." Declan closes the door. "This ceremony makes everything permanent. Once you're officially Alpha, there's no going back. No chan
