CHAPTER 62
Derek's POV
I stared hard at the room, silently daring anyone to speak up, but none did. I knew they didn't like I had just said, but that was the case. I had to think about the other packs before myself, and I knew I was doing the right thing.
I was trying to prevent a war, Malkin's war, a war that would destroy us all and establish ever-reigning chaos, the great uprising, as they called it in whispers.
“I'll be on my way shortly,” I said as I stood abruptly, and the Councilors stood too. “Now, in my absence, I'd like the Councilors to rule in my stead collectively until I return.”
“But your highness. Protocol demands that the Luna Queen…”
“The Luna Queen is no longer Luna Queen!” I snapped, cutting off Councilor Lucius.
It was always Councilor Lucius with the buts and
