The Alpha's Plump Mistake
“By whom? By a handful of old men hiding behind the walls of the capital while my men bleed on the borders to protect the empire?”
“It is the law of the Great Tribunal, Lawrence,” the golden leader replied, not lowering his weapon. “You are not above the laws of our ancestors. Hand over Ryker’s heir, and your head will remain on your shoulders.”
“My crown is not dictated by a sealed piece of paper, nor by a few old men in a tribunal,” Lawrence spat in his face, taking another step forward and releasing an aura of Supreme Alpha so massive and suffocating that the executioner’s own horse neighed in terror and backed away two steps. “I am the empire. I am the law in the north. And if your Counc