MARCO'S POV
It's been a difficult few days. When Auggie and I returned to Lago Specchio, I didn't expect the kind of homecoming that Ireceived. They welcomed me with love and respect; they sought me out to shake my hand. Thanking me for taking down the Elders and ending Elio's and my father's reign.
As a whole, the pack was skeptical about Auggie taking over; they wanted me, and Auggie was an outsider. Not that it mattered, an Alpha was an Alpha. Throughout our history, packs were often taken over by an Alpha from a different pack if he was strong enough to survive the Rite. However, they have been through so much that they wanted some type of consistency, something that felt normal. But that couldn't be me. I was broken.
Dante and I explained the truth about Rocco. Telling them was yet
