Chapter 869

• Everybody in the clearing had witnessed my Alpha mark forming on my back. The silence was almost deafening. The mark meant something, like the gods were sending me a message. I felt relief settle inside me, knowing that I’d made the right choice.
• “Jericho Cannon, Alpha of Cloverdale, so it shall be. I accept your decision and lift your banishment so that you and your pack may find favor with the throne of Scotland as an alliance is made here today. I place your pack under our protection,” Kai said to me.
• It was an honor for a royal family to place any pack under its protection. It meant more than people thought it did. It meant that I had a direct line to the king and his protection included warriors if I was ever under attack.