Bab 958: The New Pack Leader.

Lamplad sighed in sadness. "Looks like I have to leave."

He had made up his mind to run away but he recognized the howl and who it belonged to. It belongs to someone on his side of the rift. 

He smiled after the realization. "This is good too. I can still get my revenge."

He stood up from where he was meditating and left his cave. He found his Betas already waiting for him at the entrance. They heard the howl so they came to him for their orders. The four of them are looking at him intensely.

One of them asked him. "What are we doing boss? Should we make a run for it?"

Their allegiance remains with him. They listen to him for now, not the pack leader. That will only change when their Alpha submits to the new pack leader. Until then, they will run away with him as long as he says so.