Chapter One

The Rise of the Alpha Luna.

The Royal Santos Pack Series.

Book Two.

***Spoiler for book one, do not read without reading book one - Fated to the Lycan Prince by Ebony Woods***

Chapter One

Turning Rogue.

I had been doing so well in rebuilding my life, trying to create some sort of new happiness. I mean I didn’t ever truly believe I would be a happy person, but hoped for some happy times. I had new friends, people that actually wanted to be around me and not because I was part of their pack, they actually felt I was worthy enough of getting to know.

I was doing well at training, rising through the ranks to be almost as strong as a well trained she-lycan, which for a she-wolf was impressive.

My nightmares had been less frequent, they’ll never fully leave me as they have imprinted their lasting damage as if a physical scar on my skin, but I was managing well with keeping them at bay. I had Axel who I had adopted as my brother, the type of brother I should have been gifted from birth.

And for the time being, I had Lance. Whom my wolf had already claimed as her own even though he isn’t our mate. Contrary to what Lance believes.

Returning to the Sagar pack always brought out the worst in me. A toxicity only distance would remove. It never disappointed in reminding me that I was an outcast even though I was the born Pack Princess. Because of one unthinkable error in judgment made by my own mother.

I finally have enough inner strength to announce what I have wanted to commit to for many years.

“I, Aida Sagar, Pack Princess of the Sagar Pack refuse to accept Alpha Henri and Luna Saskia as my pack leaders and declare myself rogue!”

“What did you just do?” Caleb gasps as he reaches for me from his crouched down position on the ground. The Lycan King’s heavy aura having made all involuntarily submit, except for me. For some strange reason my own aura was staying strong even without Lance being present. My impulsive marking of Lance in a moment of heated passion must have increased my she-wolf strength.

A growl from Ricardo warns Caleb not to touch me, not to come close.

Saskia’s wolf had been thrown to the ground by Ricardo for attempting to attack me. She had now shifted back into her human form and was slowly retreating back towards my brother, the newly appointed Alpha of the Sagar Wolf Pack. My Father’s body wasn’t even cold before Saskia broke his dying wish that he made my brother promise not to tell. That my years of being shunned by my own pack, the poor treatment from my father and then brother, was due to my mother sacrificing her life to bring me back from the dead.

From that bloody orb, that was temptingly shaped as the full moon.

The ultimate betrayal my mother committed was that she forced her wolf to shift, even though she had a pup growing in her belly. Pregnant wolves do not shift. Not only because it could displace the foetus during the shifting process but also the wolf is literally too exhausted, lending all of its strength to the human form. Saskia, my brother’s mate, was trying to tarnish my dead mother’s name, trying to accuse me of creating such disgust across the pack. But to me, my Mum made a decision in a split of a second that sacrificed her and the life of my younger sibling to save mine. Was she right? No of course not. If I had touched that damn orb quick enough I would have taken the choice away from her. Where disgust was created towards me for an action I had no control over, I should have been loved and nurtured even more by my father and brother.

Henri takes a step forward, picking Saskia up in his arms and gently checking her marks around her neck. His wolf comes forward, his Luna injured at the hands of another. But this time if he wasn’t careful, he would be challenging the Lycan King who would squash Henri in an instant and Saskia, for attempting to attack me. I place my hand on Ricardo’s arm to calm him from my brother’s wolf. The possible aftermath of the Lycan King killing a pack Alpha was something I didn’t want to consider right now. I just wanted out of this soul destroying pack.

“I, Alpha Henri Sagar accept your renunciation of being the Sagar Pack Princess and declare you rogue!” He keeps his eyes on me the entire time, his eyes look hollow, robotic. He doesn’t want this for me, but he is too weak and it’s too late for him to fight for me now.

As soon as he confirms I am no longer a member of the pack, my body screams out from pain. An explosive pain hits my head and lasts for a few seconds as well as my chest being stripped of a warmth I never knew was there before. I’m surprised I didn’t fall to the ground from the pain, but opening my eyes I find I am being held up by Ricardo, who was watching me intently.

“Are you okay?” Ricardo asks me with concern.

I can’t speak, words are failing me right now.

“I think it best she leaves.” Beta William takes a step forward. I am hurt by his change in attitude towards me, he and Trisha were always huge supporters of mine.

“Watch it Beta, I am your King!” Ricardo seethes at William.

“She is rogue and the warriors will struggle not to attack.” He frowns looking at me. He had a point, wolf genetics going back to basics. If a rogue was on your pack grounds, they were seen as an intruder, as a threat. Regret hits me that I might not ever see the beta family again. I want to thank them, to hold them…but their allegiance is no longer to me.

“Caleb…” I take a step towards him but Ricardo pulls me back with a slight growl.

“Mav you drive. Let’s go!” Ricardo acts quickly to get me off pack grounds. Not because he couldn’t destroy every wolf pack member here, but he didn’t want to. And I had a feeling his promise to Lance meant that he would.

He climbs in the back of the car with me, making sure I was only an arm length away while Blake and Mav took to the front. Once we exit the pack grounds a sense of relief enters me, and I let out a deep breath, finally letting go of all that toxicity.

“Are you okay Aida?” Blake asks from the front passenger seat. I’m not really sure how to answer that question. It’s going to take me a while to let all of the information sink in, let alone process it and try and come out the other side not too unscathed. If I hadn’t of already marked Lance, I think I would be struggling more than I was right now.

“Do you want me to mind-link Lance?” Ricardo offers to me, keeping his head forward not making eye contact.

“No…please don’t tell him just yet. Please don’t tell anyone.” Lance and Axel had followed Lynx to his hideout to negotiate with rebel rogues. They went into a dangerous scenario and I needed them both just to concentrate on their safety right now. They didn’t need to know about my family dramas.

“That’s not so easy…” Blake responds.

“I just…not yet! I don’t need Lance to know about my family dramas while he is on a dangerous mission.”

“Family dramas?” Blake turns to look at me from the front.

“Aida…this isn’t a drama, it’s a family bomb that’s exploded. To make things worse you’ve made yourself a rogue…we have to tell Lance.”

“And I will, just not yet.”

“Aida, you becoming rogue…it complicates things slightly.” Ricardo turns his head to look at me as Mav watches my reaction in the rear view mirror.

“Being rogue, my warriors will struggle to have you on the pack grounds.”

Shit! I hadn’t thought of that. I was blindsided by my desire to finally leave my family pack I hadn’t thought of the repercussions.

“Lance needs to mark her.” Mav offers to Ricardo, as he keeps his eyes back on the road ahead.

“No she isn’t of age yet. I’ll have to think and discuss with Mother. But Aida, you’ll have to have high security detail on you at all times.” He says before moving on to a mind-link conversation.

Tell me something new, I internally moan.