The Jilted Alpha
I leaned over, “How many people came tonight?”
Dad smirked, “There are people from all of the different regions here. They are here to celebrate you, your Luna, and your ranked team.”
Nerves start making their way to the surface, and I try to steady my shaking hands as my dad opens the ceremony. He is reading his carefully written speech from the projector, then signals for me to step forward. The Central Council members pledge their loyalty to me first, and then the warriors all fall in line in groups of one hundred, all pledging their loyalty to me. After that, smaller members of the council and other officials pledge their loyalty to me, and when everything is done, my father and mother a