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“Where’s the Luna?” A single voice rose, joined soon by a bunch of others. “Show us the Luna Gabriela! Prove she’s alive! I heard she was killed to hide the truth about her mate!”

Shit.

Lanie–

When I heard the cries of “show us the Luna” I knew I had to step forward and show myself to the screaming group. I’d been waiting behind the stage, quietly, offering my support to my mates but not wanting to overstep. It wasn’t usually the Luna’s place to address anything at a pack meeting, unless it had to do with the duties a Luna usually oversaw. Orion had never let Gabriela do much more than smile and wave, looking pretty, even though she’d been a warrior in the Great Wars, same as him.

With the announcement about there being two Alphas, we’d all felt that it would be for the best not to rock the boat any more than necessary. Whatever other changes my mates were going to bring to the leadership of this pack, all of it would be taken one step at a time. But now it looked like we had to take a few more steps, and make them a little faster than planned.

I stepped up onto the stage and moved in front of Xander and Mason. I didn’t have a microphone, so I didn’t try to speak. I just let the audience see me. I kept my chin up and my shoulders straight.

No amount of criticism or judgment could rock me. I’d faced a lot worse than this.

Maxim quickly handed me a handheld mic and turned it on. For a moment, a squeal of feedback sounded and then eased. The crowd quieted expectantly.

“Hello, everyone!” I waved. “I’m Lanie, and I am your Luna. For all of you concerned about Gabriela, I want to reassure you that she’s alive, well, and living her best life. She declined to join us in returning to Constantine, not because she didn’t want to be with her family, but because she’s found a new loving partner and wanted to stay where she was.”

“Proof!” rang out that first voice.I shaded my eyes to see if I could hone in on the accuser. “I can’t give you proof, since it didn’t occur to any of us that some would be needed. But we can get in touch with her, and let her know you’re all asking about her—”

“I’ll handle this, Mother.” Stella’s calm voice murmured through our joint mind link. “Daddy, Abba, Papa, I’ll ease this man’s mind. I can’t do it for every person here, but he’s the one shouting.”

I wasn’t wild about Stella manipulating anyone’s thoughts or emotions, but in this instance, it looked like the guy in the crowed was dead set on derailing this meeting. “Thank you, little star.”

The man didn’t shout again.

“Lanie is our mate and our Luna.” Xander turned to gesture at me. “Me, my Beta, Zane, and also my co-Alpha, Mason. The four of us were blessed by the Moon Goddess in our unconventional union, and it’s my firm expectation that you’ll all welcome her to the role of Luna.”

I had to stifle a laugh at Xander’s “dad” voice. It offered no argument, kind of the same way when he was making our pups finish their meat at dinner before they’d be allowed to have candy. I kept myself from laughing though, even as I caught sight of Zane’s grin.

“They’re happy to accept you. And us.” Zane’s thoughts filled the mind link.

I felt a rise of hesitant happiness coming from the crowd through him. This was weird, but I rolled with it. I raised my hands and addressed the crowd again.

“It’s my honor to serve as your Luna, and I look forward to it!”

The crowd rose in a rush of cheering. It faded when Xander stepped back up to the front. He gestured for Mason to join him at the front of the stage.“We, the co-Alphas of Pack Constantine, understand and empathize with how much damage the High Council left behind. But we want to make it clear that other supernaturals are not our enemies.” He paused as though expecting some pushback, but the only sounds were soft murmurs.

He pressed on. “We know it can be hard to change your minds after being told so many lies. We intend to set all of the records straight and bring truth back to this pack and all of wolf society. We’ll be leading with transparency, honesty and integrity.”

The crowd roared. My heart swelled with pride and love. These people could have rushed the stage and thrown all of us in prison, poisoned by what the High Council had done. They could have let another war start, continued the lies, refused to listen to reason. Instead, they were embracing my mates and me.

When I’d first been mated with Xander and Zane, I’d never imagined a day like this.

As it turned out, nothing in my imagination could have prepared me for today.

Xander–

As more shouts erupted, and the crowd began surging up toward the stage, I held up my hands.

The truth was, if they all truly wanted to riot, they would. There wouldn’t be much me, Zane, and Mason, could do about it.

I didn’t want to rule this pack like my father had. I refused to, as a matter of fact. But that didn’t mean I wasn’t going to show them all exactly who was boss.

My lip curled in a snarl that reverberated through the air. I felt my canines lengthen, just a touch.

Behind me, without me saying even a word to them, both Zane and Mason did the same. When I shot a glance at Lanie, she’d stepped back, her eyes wide. Not frightened but impressed.

“Let him speak!” Someone shouted from the crowd.

I should have known they’d all want to know where my mom was. Telling them she’d found a new mate wasn’t going to sit well with anyone who was harboring conspiracy theories about her being killed because of my father, but I also wasn’t going to start this new era building on the lies he’d left behind. Sure, I missed my mom, but I understood why she wanted to stay at Brightsky. She deserved the chance at happiness.

As the crowd settled, I let my wolf retreat…at least physically. I was sure to keep Hunter at the ready in case I needed him. He was eager to be set free and wanted to run, but he’d have been happy to launch himself into battle, too.

“Steady, old friend,” I murmured to him in my head and promised myself I’d set up some training days as soon as I could.Hopefully, though, training for war would only be a pastime, not something we needed to truly prepare for.

My brother stepped up to address the audience. “Everyone, I realize this is not something you were prepared for, but I want to reassure you that my brother and I are both on the same page when it comes to this pack. I’m honored to be at his side, and I’m also honored to have Zane as my Beta.

And, I want to make sure you all know that I’ll be available to meet with any of you who have concerns about me, who I am, and how I intend to work as the co-Alpha of this pack.”

I listened to his calm, steady voice, and shot a grateful thought up to the Moon Goddess that I had my brother at my side. For as bad as it started off, our relationship had become steady. We couldn’t have gone through everything we had without ending up having each other’s backs.

Mason gave me a nod and stepped back.

I faced all of them again. “There are a lot of changes coming for this pack. First, I want you all to know that I appreciate and value your support. I am my father’s son, but I will not be making his mistakes.”

Some faces in the crowd frowned and grumbled, but most of them smiled and nodded. I sensed an upsurge of confidence and relief. We’d been gone a long time, and a lot of shit had gone down.

They wanted and needed leadership that worked with them and for them.

“Second,” I continued, “I’ll be setting up a series of discussions about what we experienced while we were gone. We’re going to be sharing that information with you. No more secrets. And friends, let me tell you, there’s a lot of stuff we weren’t told.”

I waited a second or so for the murmurs to die down, then went on. “Third, Constantine will now become a sanctuary for all supernatural beings, provided those who join us abide by our rules:Contribute to the well-being of the pack, and be kind. Hatred and discrimination will no longer be tolerated here.”

I looked around at everyone, fixing my gaze and the light in my eyes on as many individuals as I could.

“The old regime, the High Council, used fear to control us. Ultimately, their fear and hatred was their own downfall. They were destroyed because of it. I won’t see that happen to the rest of us. We are Pack Constantine!”

The crowd’s roar became deafening. Shouts, cheers, hats thrown into the air. People were jumping up and down, hugging, slapping each other on the backs.

“We are!” Mason shouted, and the crowd called back, “Constantine!”

“We are!” Zane stepped up and hollered out the words with a wide, broad grin.

The crowd bellowed out the response, “CONSTANTINE!”

That’s when another, single voice rang out. “Show us the child!”

The silence fell like a hammer. The crowd parted to show a single man in the center of it. He looked around like he was surprised at being shown up that way, but then faced the stage to shout it out again.

“Show us the child!”

“Stella,” Lanie thought to me in a panic. “He means Stella.”

Mason–

“Stella! Show us Stella!”

At the sound of my daughter’s name in the voice of the crowd, Colt stirred inside me and rose with a growl. I felt my eyes blazing, and my claws and teeth were both descending. If they tried to harm her, I’d fight them all to the death.

My brother held up his hands again, although the audience had gone quiet. I could feel their anticipation rising, along with an edge of anxiety. It wasn’t that I blamed them, but I still wasn’t going to let anyone hurt her.

“It is not the custom for the pups of the Alpha and Luna to be paraded around like show dogs,”

Xander said firmly in a clear voice. “If you have questions about Stella—”

“I heard she’s the one who killed the entire High Council!”

“She’s not a wolf!”

“Someone said she’s not even Alpha Xander’s pup!”

Xander and I shared a look. His fists were clenching, and his snarl was loud enough I could hear it even over the crowd. I knew he was going to lose his shit if they kept up with the accusations, even with Zane pulsing out his calming Beta energy.

“She can control people’s minds!”

“She ate the High Council!”This last shout sent ripples all through everyone in the audience. I could see Xander raising his fists, but who did he think he could pound first? There were so many of them, and what they were shouting pissed me off, too, but we had to keep our heads clear.

When I stepped up again, I made sure to make eye contact with everyone in the front row, one at a time, along with a reassuring nod and smile. Then I addressed everyone else. I kept my voice steady, but firm. I might not have been raised to be an Alpha, but I was one now.

“Friends!” I shouted. “We’re all getting a little worked up. Let’s not allow unsubstantiated rumors to fly around, okay? Stella Constantine is the daughter of Xander and Lanie, but I consider her my own, as well. As many of you know, in order to save our Luna’s life, she spent some time in Stillwood, where she and I met.”

This had the possibility of getting sticky with explanations that I didn’t want to shout out to a crowd, but I had to keep my brother from shifting into his wolf and tearing into the restless pack. I didn’t blame him for being upset, but we had to keep ourselves under control. Lead with example. Protect our family while also honoring our commitment to the entire pack.

“I saw her! I saw Stella, and she’s an adult!” The woman shouting this turned to her companions with a frightened look. “Those twins look like they doubled just fine. How can she have grown up so fast?”

“She’s a freak!” someone shouted in response.

“A hybrid!”

“The High Council warned us about hybrids!”

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