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I always thought that in a pack of Werewolves, if the Alpha is killed by non-Werewolf means, in this case the fire, the other members of the pack could choosea new Alpha, then maybe go through a ritual or something to give the power to the chosen Alpha. Maybe that ahs something to do with the item that Derek has gone to get by the beginning of 3b.

This is just a theory though, and the most cohesive, believable one I could think of.