Talk:Laura Hale/@comment-66.41.110.144-20120615083911/@comment-3568954-20120715050550

thats not how it works. an alpha isnt the alpha because of age but because of strength and power in most werewolf lore the alpha wins his/her spot by defeating and or killing the last alpha, but at this point we can only speculate as to why she was an alpha we know that derik didnt know she was an alpha