My Alpha Boss Gave Me Triplets – Episode 80
Evie welcomed Sara’s candidacy. A unanimous coronation would merely dress the old system in kinder language. An election required both women to explain what the new guardian should actually do.
Sara emphasized archives, restitution, and protection from historical erasure. Evie emphasized shelters, workplace rights, medical consent, and immediate intervention when tradition endangered living people.
Their positions overlapped more than they conflicted. Commentators tried to turn them into rivals for Leopold’s approval, but neither woman allowed his name into the debate unless discussing limits on Alpha power.
Leopold remained publicly neutral. In private, he cared for the triplets while Evie prepared, refusing to become either endorsement or obstacle.
Max moderated the final forum at the retreat. Families once divided by species sat in rooms Mara had inspired and Evie had designed. The setting made abstract promises measurable.
A young she-wolf asked Evie whether becoming Leopold’s wife created a conflict of interest. Evie answered yes. The charter therefore required disclosure, independent review, and temporary transfer of authority in cases involving her household.
Sara was asked whether resentment toward Stonehearth made cooperation impossible. She said cooperation without memory was surrender, but memory without a path forward became another prison.
When voting ended, Evie received a narrow majority. Sara conceded before the official announcement and accepted Evie’s invitation to direct the neutral Mara Vale Archive.
The council prepared a Luna ceremony out of habit. Evie returned the script covered in corrections. She would take office as Guardian of the Hearth, an elected title with a fixed term, review standards, and removal procedures.
She would not kneel to Leopold. He would not place a crown on her head. They would sign the charter on opposite sides of the same table.
At the installation, Evie wore the plain band Leopold had given her and the restored silver pendant from her infancy. Neither object granted authority; both represented choices she had made.
Leopold swore to obey lawful limits on the Alpha office. Evie swore to protect people without turning protection into possession. The assembly then signed as witnesses.
The title of Luna remained available as a personal cultural role, but it no longer carried automatic government power. Future mates could accept or refuse it without losing status.
Evie chose not to use it. She loved Leopold, but love did not need a rank to become visible.
Her first official act opened emergency housing funds to Blackhart families displaced during their leadership transition. Her second ordered publication of Stonehearth’s employment audit and compensation schedule.
Francesca’s name appeared throughout the report, but so did senior managers who had allowed her abuse because it benefited the company. Accountability expanded beyond the easiest villain.
Her third act surprised everyone. Evie requested review of Joel’s cooperation and treatment, arguing that admitting guilt and dismantling dangerous magic should count without erasing his crimes.
The decisions established what kind of guardian she intended to be: firm enough to name harm, careful enough to distinguish prevention from revenge.
That night, Evie returned to the nursery as an elected official and immediately discovered Rowan had ruined her formal jacket.
Leopold laughed until Mira began crying, Hope joined her, and the most powerful household in Stonehearth surrendered to three hungry infants.