Chapter Thirty-five

The casting of ballots was a system of voting that was only used once through the reign of an alpha king. This was an exclusive right the members of the council could exercise at any point in time. However, they had that right to be used just once. No one could say how or when the rule came into place but it was a common thing to note that the system had been used for years of the existence of the pack. It was a way of bringing down the alpha that was in power. In a situation where the members of the council seem to feel too displeased with the reigning alpha and we're unable to bring him to their feet, the strategy was always employed. In fact, it had been used to tear down the reign of a good number of alpha kings as can be accounted for by the records . Every powerful alpha that rose to the throne always did all they could to bring down the system. But it was always brought to nothing. Derek never imagined something like this would even come up. Besides, he felt that he was already