This group decided that since Alpha Edward brought me in before he passed that I was worth the effort to listen to and at least get to know, which is a pleasant change from the last few packs I have acquired.
This part can be monotonous and boring at times. They understand what this transition is, it wasn’t a hostile takeover of some oppressive asshole. It was a common goal for a former Alpha with no legacy to do the best by his pack. They are treating me as if I was Edward’s son just taking over the position after his death. No backlash or questioning, just working through a new person being in charge with different ideas and perspectives on the running of a pack. This really has been a pleasant couple days.
These guys are all about my father’s age and only one has a kid that is coming of age to start training to take over the position. I told him to start bringing his daughter to all the training sessions he attends. She’s fourteen, but should start learning the position now so at sixteen she can start taking on responsibilities and then at eighteen the transition begins.
In a perfect world this is how all of our leaders would transition in. Plenty of time to make mistakes, learn how the position works, find things that need to be fixed and things that are well oiled machines. Having a constant flow of warriors in various stages of training is helpful. That means there is no gap for an enemy to take advantage of.
While we run we all go over the plan for my departure, the training protocols I want in place by the time I return next month. They were all on board and even had ideas for how to help with sending warriors to my training facility to make sure they had the strength needed to fight any coming attacks. We are still tracking rumors floating in from neighboring territories. This is the calm before the storm.

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