Chapter 3 Alpha's Shocking Death

Amelia stood in front of her father's grave weeping as she clutched at her chest. She could not shake off the feeling that she was the reason why her father was dead. Immediately after his death, the other deaths which happened in the span of a day ceased, and she knew it was because he stopped the ritual. That is why he was killed.

She walked back into the pack house and sat gently on the stairs, elevating her father's throne. She remembered loving to sit there as she hid behind her father's leg whenever he was at a meeting, and she needed to be there when she was younger, but as she grew older, he stopped trying so hard to put her into the politics stuff.

"Your highness, it has been four days now and other packs are not caring if we are still mourning our dead Alpha. They are making plans to attack us." Her father's beta, Jasper, said, and she looked at him with a questioning raised brow.

"We have to do something about it, your majesty. We have to at least get you married to an Alpha who would guarantee protection for our pack, since you are not anywhere near ready to take over your father's throne. You can get back the pack later on once you learn everything that is there for you to learn." He said.

"What do you take me for? A dumb person?" She asked him, and he looked at her with a stunned expression on her face. "You are trying to take my father's pack from me?"

"Actually, your highness, you are the reason we do not have an Alpha right now. I have sent out offers to other Alphas and every one of them rejected you immediately because you not being sacrificed impacted the whole wolf pack negatively. Only Alpha Zoran is interested in you." He said, and she stared at him like she would hit him at any moment, but he didn't flinch.

"I would most likely not like to insult you, Beta Jasper, but how can I get married to a man that is three times my age? I am twenty, he is in his sixties. Do I look like a commodity to be passed around as an unwanted auction jewel"? She pointed out and he swallowed hard. "No, tell me. If you do not have a better solution, I will be the Alpha here, and I will learn all I need to learn as I rule. Just because I do not step out of my room does not mean I lack knowledge about the pack."

She angrily walked up to her room. She could not even imagine what kind of sick man would want to marry a young wolf just because of his lust.

She walked over to the balcony to look out at the quiet pack. It was always ever so lively, but now, it was nothing but utter silence of mourning and cries. She knew people feared what might happen now that there was no Alpha, and she could not lie that she was not scared. All she has been is in her father's shadows, being protected by him, but now she has to come out of her hiding place and sacrifice something for the pack.

If it can not be her life, then it will be her happiness.

"What?" She heard Jasper's panicked voice from a distance. "Push all the men forward and protect the attacked border immediately. They must not get access to the pack's premises at all."

She was surprised they had not even waited one bit and they were already attacking her pack. Shivers went down her spine as she watched some of the guards protecting the pack house ride off with Beta Jasper.

"Should we do something about this, Amelia?" Her wolf asked, and she actually did not know what to do, but she took a deep breath. "If something else happens, what will we all do then?" She asked, and without thinking she jumped out of the balcony and switched to her wolf form, she ran as fast as she could after those who just left the pack house and followed them to the border, hiding behind a large rock.

Some fierce-looking wolves were attacking the pack, and they were trying hard to fight back, even though her pack had the numbers advantage, because a pack without an Alpha to control them is a weak pack. Amelia rushed in between them and, although she was not strong, she fought her best and as soon as they realized an Alpha was in their midst, they quickly backed off and retreated like cowards.

The men switched back to their human form, and she did the same as well. Some of them started to whisper and look at Amelia with a disgusted expression. She could tell it was because of her not being sacrificed. Beta Jasper walked up to her and led her to the horse.

"We are starting to get attacked, your highness. You can see for yourself." Jasper said.

"But they all backed off when they knew I was an Alpha, and I was in your midst. No one knows if I am weak or strong, so I have the advantage." She pointed out, and he sighed, pinching the area between his eyebrows.

"The luck we had this time can not always continue, your majesty. We need an Alpha to lead us properly and that is someone with Alpha experience. People would go against you if you took over now, your majesty, because they still blame you for Alpha's death." He said, and she looked at him narrowly and just looked away.

"You have to either get married to a man or find your mate who must be a powerful man. And we cannot wait any longer than this to have an Alpha. We need to have an Alpha to take over sooner than later." He said, and a sigh escaped Amelia's lips.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Amelia?" Her wolf asked and she nodded gently.

"I'll get married to Alpha Zoran to protect my pack." She finally said what Jasper was waiting to hear.