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He continued. “The other way is to fight for the role. I believe that’s why nobody has been elected yet. Jack doesn’t truly want the spot and the others who are leading the opposing factions aren’t strong enough to consistently win fights that will garner the support they’ll need to rule over a House that has been savagely led for decades.”

“You’re saying Elena will need to fight these other Bears in order to garner their respect?”Atlas asked, his voice husky.

I finally looked at him. His eyes were nearly black, and his fingers dug into the arm of the couch. Yeah, this was going over really well.

“You can check with jack since he’s been here more than I have lately, but I would say yes, that’s correct since a current Alpha Supreme isn’t here to pass down the title,” Mark answered.

Amy grinned widely at me. “That won’t be a problem. We’ll prepare her.”

Elena slowly turned his head toward me. His eyes appraised every inch of me, burning my skin as he openly judged me. “Do you want to do