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This is speculation, but I think werewolves can also gain Alpha status by displaying dominance, leadership qualities and/or protectiveness over a group of other wolves; in a mystical and psychological sense the other wolves are giving power to that leader activating the 'Alpha' spark in that leader's soul, not by killing another Alpha. Werewolves in Teen Wol are described as symbiotic creatures (they become stronger by feeding off each other's strength) so that got me thinking.I'm not refering that the leader is a True Alpha, that's someone who gains the power 'purely' by sheer willpower as Deaton said.

I'd also believe in the passing of an Alpha spark to the next candidate if both parties are willing and how Laura became the next Hale Alpha after her mother died.