The hall was simply magnificent, nothing compared to my Palace but still undeniably glorious covered in a theme reminding you of a scene in titanic.
The hall was filled with about 400 people. There were alphas and betas of different packs mingling with each other. Some were just standing in the corner, some at the bar. However the one's standing out the most were Alan and Jackson both still insulting each other over trival things.
Jackson: "what about the time you burned my favorite sock just because I lost it's other pair."
Alan: " that was in 3rd grade. And were you seriously going to wear one sock?".
Jackson : " But I loved that sock".
As soon as they noticed our presence they took long steps and stood infront us in a sec.
Jackson : " do you know what I forgive you."
Alan: " as if I need that".
Jackson stood by my side and whispered" Finally Ariel! I thought you were going to ditch us." I rolled my eyes. " time to get this over with" I said eagerly.
I noticed Eric getting more and more uncomfortable. I looked around to see that everyone especially Liam staring at my mate. I intertwined my hand with Eric and walked us towards the stage. Alan handed me the mic that God knows from where he got. I passed it to Eric and tightened my hold on his hand.
Eric's pov:
Saying that I was scared will be an understatement. I originally thought that I would be dead by this time but here I am alive and standing on my own feet, about to get my title back. I am not worried about what Liam and Jordan might do, I am worried about my people, are they going to accept me back? After I left them with Jordan to suffer for 3 years are they gonna believe me again? What if they don't see me strong enough to be their alpha?.
Ariel held my hand tightly in her small one. The sparks were honestly the only thing keeping me collected right now. I took the mic from Ariel and for the first time looked towards my people.
They were relieved, seeing them like this washed away all of my previous thoughts. "Hello the people of Silvermoon, are you not going to greet your alpha ?" I said in a calm still powerful voice.
At first they were looking at me like they were still dreaming but then a course of "welcome back alpha" started. All of my tension was gone and I was relaxed now.
Standing in front of my people I was feeling stronger now, I considered myself lucky to have such a supportive pack. I could feel the presence of my wolf stronger than before. " Today I am standing here to announce three things.
First, Jordan is stepping down from the position of temporary alpha.
Second, I am going to hold a meeting in 5 days to discuss some changes that I am going to make regarding our pack.
And last but not least, to announce that I have found my mate and I am officially going to announce her as your Luna in 2 days. "
There were loud cheerings, showing that the pack is looking forward to meet their new Luna. I glanced towards Liam who looked shocked but aside from that there was pain lingering on his face.
He was looking at Ariel with a heart broken expression," Is he mad at her for bringing me back from coma" my wolf spoke. " maybe" I thought. His stare on my mate was making me uncomfortable, I was feeling a weird need to show him that Ariel is mine now. So I protectively rested my hand on Ariel's waist pulling her slightly closer, she instantly leaned onto me minimising the distance between us. Liam gave me a look full of hatred before he stormed out, as for Jordan he was nowhere in sight, which isn't a good sign. What is he upto now? He cannot do anything in front of so many people right?