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Chapter 79: Chaos and Mayhem
Sophie
This is only my second time at the Committee of Alphas, and the first time that I’m up here in the
seating area. I’m not sure if it’s always this tense, but I can feel the Alpha auras pressing in around
me from every direction, Hunter’s included.
I look back and see that, on our side, it looks like my mother, sister, and friends can feel it, but it isn’t
impacting them. However, when I look at Luna Margot and Luna June, they both look like the weight
of all these auras is pressing down on them heavily.
“We have two items on the agenda today, the first is to discuss whether or not Alpha Owen broke
thew by iming an omega publicly and the second is aw revision requested by Alpha Hunter.
Before we start the meeting today, it also appears that we have two Alphas with new mates. To my
knowledge, these Alphas did not publicly im their mates, and therefore must be scheduled for
trial. They will be excluded from the voting today.”
“Absolutely not!” Kayce says, jumping to his feet. “You have no right to remove me from the
council.”
“Did you publicly im your mate, then?” Alpha Elias asks.
“No, and I will not. But the precedence has been set. We all voted that Hunter would keep his title,
which is why thew is on the floor to be changed.”
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“Yes, Alpha Hunter has set quite a precedent, hasn’t he?” Alpha ric says, sneering at Hunter. “It
seems he’s collecting ranked she-wolves and giving them to his friends.”
“That is absolutely untrue,” Nikki says, standing to face her brother.
“Is it? Because when you were underage, he refused to hand you over to me, your brother,” ric
says, also standing.
“At my request. I asked Alpha Hunter for safety, and he provided it, even after Alpha Aiden attacked
me and nearly separated my leg from my body,” she says, ring at Aiden.
“You shouldn’t have interrupted my im of that she-wolf who now wears another’s mark. She was
mine and you interrupted a iming. I was in my rights as an Alpha and a ranked member to im
her publicly. You, little girl, were not,” Aiden spits at her.
Robin snarls, standing up, ready to attack Aiden. Kayce looks ready to attack him as well.
“Enough!” Elias says, trying to maintain order.
“And where are my twins, Alpha Hunter? You’ve been hiding them away from me. I’ve requested
ess to your pack to see them, but you’ve denied me that ess.”
“Those twins are no longer avable. They are mine,” Dutton growls, standing as well.
“You son of a b***h. Those girls were mine! I had nearly caught them when they ran onto Hunter’s
packnds. He’s the only reason I didn’t im my mates,” Aiden snarls, pointing at Hunter.
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‘You need to be ready to move quickly if things get out of hand, Sophie. I won’t have you or our pup
injured in an Alpha fight. Grab your sister and get out of here,’ Hunter says in my head, watching
the interactions intently. He’s moved so that his body is basically shielding mine.
I nod, knowing that he’s right. In these tight quarters, there’s no way that I wouldn’t be injured if a
fight broke out and while I want to help my mate, I’m not willing to risk our pup.
“ORDER!” Elias booms out. I look over and see that both Luna Margot and Luna June have their
necks raised in submission and they have tears streaming down their faces at the massive amount
of power being disyed in this room. There’s so much anger and animosity that I can’t imagine
what it’s like for them, feeling the weight of it all. I can feel it, like a heavy nket trying to weigh me
down and I’m sure that others feel it too, but those two have no defense against it since their mates
haven’t made them equal partners in their packs.
“I think Alpha Hunter should go back on trial for pretending to take in rank she-wolves, only to hand
them out to his friends like candy,” Alpha Owen says from below us. He’s obviously enjoying the
show from the safety of the pit.
Hunter growls, but I put a hand on his back. Owen is trying to get a rise out of him, maybe hoping to
start a fight that he is safe from participating in.
“Alpha Dutton should definitely go on trial for stealing my mates!” Aiden snarls.
“They’re not yours, Alden. They never were,” Dutton snarls back, his wsing out.
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“If I kill you, they will be,” Aiden taunts and that’s all it takes to snap the tenuous thread of
composure this group had. Dutton leaps, going straight at Aiden, both have their ws out.
“NOW SOPH!” Hunter yells, standing and putting his body
between me and Alphas on the other side as everyone’s ws
come out.
“Nikki…” I hear Robin say.
“Don’t you start with me, Robin,” she says, as her own ws
come out.
“Amelia! With me!” I yell at her just as Hunter turns, wrapping his arms around me. He snarls loudly
and I smell blood, his blood.
“Your b***h of a mate started all of this!” Elias snarls from close by me and I realize that he had
leaped at me, and Hunter had taken the brunt of his ws to protect me.
“Go, Soph. Get out of here now!” he says in my ear, pushing me forward and away from the fight
before turning and shing Elias down his face and throat. When he turns, I can see the long
g**hes left in his back from Elias’ ws, but thankfully, they are already starting to heal.
Allison and Nikki stay to fight, but I grab Amelia so Calvin can fight, and then my mother. “Come on,
we need to get out of here,” I say.
“I can fight,” my mother says.
“Protect our daughters!” my father growls, before jumping onto Alpha Joshua.
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We pass Ezra who leaps just as we pass him. I’m not sure if he was guarding our exit or if he is just
last into the fight. There’s a lot of snarling and snapping as I push my mother and sister out of the
room.
“Get outside,” my mother says, and we begin to make our way out of themittee building.
“I knew I should have marked you when I had you. If I had, none of this would be happening. I’d
have put you in line, just like Luna Margot and Luna June,” I hear Owen’s smarmy voice say from
beside us. Rather than jumping into the fight, he’se. after us.
“Stay away from my daughters,” my mother growls, putting herself in front of me and Amelia.
Owen ignores her, looking at me and licking his lips. “Once Elias or another Alpha kills Hunter, I’ll
take you and once we get rid of his pup, I’ll make sure to put mine in you,” he sneers. “The thought
of breaking such a strong woman makes me hard,” he says, rubbing his c**h.
“Youe anywhere near me, and I’ll kill you,” I tell him. “You’re a disgusting excuse for an Alpha.”
“But I caught you, didn’t I?” he sneers.
“But you couldn’t do it on your own, could you? No self- respecting Alpha needs all his ranked
members to help him bring down one small little she-wolf. But then, you have no respect for your
title, your pack, or your pack members, do you?” I sneer back.
His lip curls in anger as he res at me. “You have a smart
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mouth. I can’t wait to see how smart it is when it’s full of my c**k.”
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“I’d rip your c**k off before I’d let it anywhere near me,” I growl back.
From behind him, I see Luna Margot and Luna June rushing out the doors. Luna Margot sees
Owen, and grabs a chair, swinging it at him, smashing him in the head and knocking him out.
“Go! Now’s your chance!” Luna June says to her.
“Not without you, mother,” she says.
“Sweetheart, I’d only slow you down. You’re young and strong, go,” her mother says.
I watch as Margot hugs her mother tightly. “I’lle back for you.”
“Don’t. Go live your life. Mine is done.”
“You’re running?” I ask her.
Margot turns and looks at me. “Are you going to stop me?”
“No. Go to our pack. We’ll give you sanctuary. If not ours, then Alpha Kayce’s, he’s taking in she-
wolves as well.” N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.
“Or ours, we’d take you in,” my mother says.
“Thank you,” she says and hugs her mother tightly again before turning, shifting, and racing off into
the woods.
“You coulde with us too,” I tell Luna June.
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“No, it would only be more of a manhunt for my daughter if I were with her,” she says, turning
to my mother. “You
understand, don’t you?”
“I do. But my offer stands. Anytime,” she says, just as Hunteres stumbling out of the building.
He’s covered in blood.
“Hunter!”
“Themittee has been dismantled. We’re going to war.”