Mr Alpha, I Am Not Your Typical Lady!-Chapter 19) All hail the Alpha!

The twelve werewolf elders, who were seated in the front seats stood up and approached me.

One of the elders, who was wearing a long greenish gown, was holding the shadows’ pack’s golden staff in her hand.

I recognised her without a single doubt. She is the late Alpha’s elder sister and Anastasia’s aunt, Penelope. She was much stronger than the previous Alpha and was the next in line to become the Alpha, but she rejected her right and allowed her younger brother to become the Alpha. ’Why is she here today? Because she’s an elder? But as far as I can remember, she has never for once visited Anastasia after the previous Alpha and Luna were murdered’. I pondered.

Lady Penelope handed the Golden staff to me. I hesitated at first, but after I stared at Beta Damien, I accepted the staff from her.

"Luna Anastasia, according to our pack’s custom, you are going to walk around the ancient tree four times. If a leaf falls and lands on your head after you walk around the ancient tree the fourth time, and if a tattoo forms on your body after that, it indicates that you are worthy and fit to rule the pack. Go on". Penelope said to me.

Staring at the nineteen-inch tall staff that was in my hand, I breathed out.

The twelve elders didn’t return to their seats. They stood close-by as they watched me.

’This is it, Clara. It’s now or never. Please, Mr ancient tree, deem me worthy. Don’t reject me’. I said in my mind, before I went to do as Penelope had said.

As I walked closer to the ancient tree and stood in front of it, it amazed me after seeing how short I was when standing in its presence. The ancient tree was really tall and large. It would even take me like twenty seconds to walk around it once.

Without delay, I started walking around the ancient tree. I did that once, twice, thrice, and the fourth time, and halted. My heart pounded against my chest rapidly because nothing happened after I had finished walking around the ancient tree the fourth time. freewёbnoνel.com

"I said it. The ancient tree would never choose someone like her to become an Alpha!".

"Well said. She also doesn’t deserve the Luna title! She should step down from being Luna and allow beta Damien or elder Penelope to become our Alpha!".

"Luna Anastasia, please step down!".

Because the ancient tree didn’t choose me, the werewolves became audacious and didn’t hide their thoughts.

Before, their voices were barely audible when they were talking about me as I arrived. But now that the ancient tree had truly rejected me, they were yelling so loudly without a care in the world.

"Luna Anastasia is a brainless Luna! She’s the shame of our shadows’ pack! She’s the shame of our late Alpha and Luna!".

My eyes were bloodshot as I turned to the children who held hands and were jumping and singing together.

’It’s true that Anastasia is brainless, but this is too much! Why isn’t anybody doing anything to stop this madness?! This is driving me insane, Clara!’. Elektra was so paranoid. Her strong emotions affected me, causing my eyes to darken and glow without stopping.

’Somebody, please make this stop!!!’. I threw the golden staff on the ground and covered my ears with my hands, but I could still hear the little children’s song. It was repeating over and over in my head.

I have never been so humiliated in my entire life before! What pained me so much was that no one stood up for me. Not even Beta Damien. I was looking at him, but he remained quiet and stood still.

I could read what was in Beta Damien’s mind, but I chose not to, because I feared that he was thinking negatively about me in his mind. I mean, why wouldn’t he think negatively about me? He gave me a chance when I said I wanted to become an Alpha, but that ended up being a failure.

’Oh moon goddess, the werewolves said you exist, and that you’re real. Elektra said she saw you. I don’t fully believe that. But, if you truly do exist, remove my soul from this body and allow me to die in peace!’. I desperately pleaded. If it was possible for the ground to open up and swallow me right now, I would sincerely appreciate that option.

Crack! Crack! Crack!!!

The loud thunder sound that came from above made everyone except me flinch. I didn’t flinch because I was far from being alive. My heart was already dead and void of emotion.

Everyone was trying to understand what happened, when suddenly, five leaves fell from the ancient tree. One of them landed on my head, two landed on my shoulders, and two landed on my feet.

The green leaves turned golden, before a Phoenix tattoo formed on my leg.

"No way". I gulped the invisible lump in my throat. I turned to the crowd and saw how their eyes and mouths widened as they gasped. That means I wasn’t hallucinating. The ancient tree chose me. But, was it not supposed to be a single leaf that landed on my head? Why did it end up being five? And, was the green leaf supposed to turn golden?

"All hail the Alpha!". Out of the blue, Elder Penelope shouted in a loud voice and knelt down before me. The eleven elders also knelt down before me with their heads lowered.

’What is happening?’. I wondered.

I stared at Beta Damien, and he knelt down before me too. Turning to Gamma Clark, whose mouth was open in disbelief, I saw that his hands were shaking. When his eyes met with mine, he hastily knelt down and was afraid to look at my face. It didn’t end there, all the werewolves, including those who had mocked me, knelt down.

The children who sang that awful song about Anastasia were forced to kneel down by their parents.

’Elektra, can you tell me what’s going on? I don’t understand’.

’I can tell you what’s going on, Clara. This is in Anastasia’s memory, but I guess this part of her memory didn’t come to you. So listen attentively to me. The golden leaves and the Phoenix tattoo on your leg signify that you are the chosen child of the moon goddess. You are not just chosen to become an Alpha, but you are the chosen one that the shadows’ pack have been waiting for a thousand years’. Elektra proudly answered me.

’Wait, what?!’. I exclaimed, because I didn’t expect any of that. I am the chosen one. That doesn’t make sense at all! ’That is impossible, Elektra! I was once a human. So how can I be the chosen one?!’. I could not believe this.

’I don’t know, Clara. Wait. That makes more sense to me now. The moon goddess must have saved your life because she knew you were the chosen one! That means, after the moon goddess transferred your spirit and soul to Anastasia’s body, you were the reason why I stopped perishing along with Anastasia after she killed herself!’. Elektra shouted and chuckled.

I didn’t completely understand her point because I was busy thinking.

If I was the chosen one, why didn’t the moon goddess save my original body? Why did she have to save my life by making me possess Anastasia’s body after she died?