When Nicholas shared his concern with Noel, the former royal lycan hunter captain agreed with him. There had been no significant progress with Armeria and they had slowly lowered their guard from the possibility of open war.
Nicholas assumed this was due to the lack of leadership in that kingdom. He heard that the previous human king had died in his captivity during Alpha Elias' reign of terror and he didn't leave any surviving children to avenge his death and take over power from their invaders.
The line of the Armerian royal family who had been ruling the kingdom for almost twenty generations was wiped out. Now, it truly belonged to the Obsidian Sand Pack. After Alpha Elias died in a duel between the two Alphas, Leland was supposed to be the next Alpha of the pack and king of Armeria.
He seemed to take that role for a few months and then left with Eloise, his new Luna, in what the witches called their pilgrimage journey to their place of origin.