Chapter 296: Debates

  LUMINA   "No," I said, cutting her off. "You've all made your concerns clear. You're worried about danger, about threats, about disruption to pack stability. I understand those concerns. But let me make something equally clear----Riley and Lake are my sons. They are members of this pack under alpha protection. And if any of you think I'm going to stand by while you try to exile traumatized five--year--olds because you're too afraid to deal with the consequences of actually protecting vulnerable pack members, you're going to learn exactly how fierce a luna's protective instincts can be."   The basement had gone very quiet. Even Lazarus had turned back to watch the confrontation, his expression interested despite his imprisonment.   "The law is clear," Elder Morrison said, though his voice had lost some of its certainty. "The alpha and luna have the right to accept new members into the pack, especially family members. But the council has the right to petition for review if those member