Chapter 113: Chapter 113

Something about me? And to see the heavy faces of Rayan and Elsa, it must be very serious. Although Greg's relaxed expression makes me think that everything is fine. Is it a simulation on his part so as not to worry or is it just that the other two make too much of a big deal out of it? In short, I'm not going to step forward and just listen to what they have to say to me.

" Well, what it is. To see your faces it should not be something simple."

Greg pulled me with him as we took our places where Pamela and I were sitting and the servers brought in more cups for tea.

" Well, Sophia, as you can imagine, the announcement of the Alpha when we were at the ditch earlier did not go unnoticed and the elders as well as the big families of the pack learned about you. They were already against you being their Luna but now it's even more serious and they want you to leave Greg."

That I had already understood since but frankly, I don't give a damn. The only person who can throw me back to his side is Greg and the guy isn't about to do that so what those wild animals may think and say doesn't affect me.

Even if deep down I have to deal with it because I have no choice, I am Greg's Luna and therefore of their entire pack, if I don't want to have a fate as tragic as my late mother-in-law, I must cover my back and always be on the lookout. It's complicated not knowing where the danger will come from.

Am I not allowed to fire all these people? But at the same time, I don't know who I should hire next. It is extremely delicate, I must not only for the good of Greg, assert my authority in this residence by myself but also within the pack. It doesn't seem like a small task.

I sighed listening to what Elsa had to say as Greg held my hand.

" Sophia, you must already know what happened to my sister twenty years ago and it's the last thing I want to happen to you. This is why I ask you to listen carefully to what I'll say. It has been agreed that Pamela will be your lady in waiting for more security. Until we know who's a threat to you and who's not, I'd rather you have someone we fully trust with you. My sister was killed with the complicity of a servant under the orders of the Shield of Rain so I prefer to remain cautious."

I swallowed before nodding my head. I felt discomfort in my chest every time Shield of Rain was mentioned and under horrible circumstances.

When you say don't make up your mind with just one version. After Jessy told me about his past quite close to mine, blinded by hatred and anger, I started hating people without knowing their reasons. Now that I have both versions I can't blame either side except maybe the fact that the Shield of Rain has been acting horrible lately and they too have been causing a lot of unhappiness within the Soul Moon despite their rocky past.

I clenched my fist feeling Greg stroke it for me. I looked at him in profile and he seemed to want to console me, it seemed like he knew something that I didn't know about myself and at the same time wanted to protect me.

I find his behavior ambiguous and I also want to understand him, has he ever grilled me? Does he know I'm related to the Shield of Rain? If so, why does he continue to love me and protect me knowing that I may be directly related to those who killed his mother?

No, I have to calm down, nothing is less sure even with his speech from the car. I have to keep a cool head and not commit imprudence that could cost me dearly.

I ended up recovering myself looking at Elsa who had a sad face. I also sensed from Greg's gestures that remembering those distant things had to be heavy for him, maybe that's why he acts like that. He doesn't want the same thing that happened to his mother to happen to me as well. I often think too much.

" I understand and it doesn't bother me especially if Pam agrees."

She smiled before speaking.

" Of course, I agree. It will be a pleasure for me to be your lady in waiting, I will protect you and notify you in case of danger. I wouldn't want our Alpha here to go back to being the wreck he was before you arrived."

" Hmm"

We laughed and finally, Elsa spoke again.

" Well Sophia, Pamela will be your lady in waiting, but that's not the only thing that should concern us. It is true that Pamela will be there to watch over you, but not always. You have to protect yourself, especially since…"

I frowned.

* Especially what?"

Elsa cleared her throat before continuing.

" As I mentioned earlier, the members of the pack and the elders are against you being their Luna. So they proposed that Luna's position be up for grabs at the pack's next annual tournament."

" I don't understand. I'm already Greg's Luna and what's this tournament thing about? I'm lost."

" Calm down Sophia, I'm coming. The annual tournament is a competition that sees all the young adults of the pack who have just passed their adulthood ceremony compete against each other. It's not just a fighting competition of course as the best will be chosen to take up positions in pack-owned companies as executives or just to represent us in government. I can tell you that the competition will be fierce because the higher you are ranked the more chances you have of obtaining golden opportunities. The latter, they end up at the bottom of the ladder of society and are generally servants obeying the orders of the best."

Oh shit, what was that rule? Hmm, it's not different from today's capitalist society where the strongest eat the weakest.

So my baby is the most exceptional. I smiled proudly not listening to Elsa anymore.

" Sophia?"

I jumped before scratching my cheek embarrassed.

" Hm, I understand. So does that mean that even if I'm chosen by the Alpha, if I don't prove myself, I can end up at the bottom of the ladder?"

I understand the arrogance of that slut Selena despite knowing that the Alpha had made me his lover and Luna.

As long as the pack doesn't recognize me, there's no point. Shit. I frowned.

" All members of the pack are subject to this? Even the future Alpha?"

I wanted to confirm something.

" Yes."

" What happens if the future Alpha is not up to it?"

They looked at me lost for a moment when finally Elsa spoke.

" Well... the best-placed alpha takes the lead of the pack. You must know that we, lycanthropes, beyond the blood of the old Alpha or his heritage, favor strength. We cannot be led by a weak Alpha knowing that within the pack there are stronger ones. Alpha is the strongest of the pack."

I immediately thought of my grandfather now understanding a fact. Nobody usurped the legitimacy of our family at the head of the Soul Moon, despite his father being the son of the leader, he just didn't have the skills to lead them and the most deserving won the favors of the pack.

It's that simple.