After a refreshing night with my mate and family, we are all up and ready to start our day. We will meet in my mate’s office in about an hour to go over our plans to capture the traitor or traitors within the council. Councilman Bari and the other three who know my identity will conference in from the hidden location they have the prisoners. We will also have representatives from the magical and vampire kingdoms in this meeting. Trevor will be connecting from the academy and Alpha Clark, Rose, and Lacey will plug-in from their pack.
I can’t believe it has only been a day since I was rescued. My whole life has changed in such a short time. The bulk of the surveillance equipment has been set up around the kingdom and all of the alliances have been solidified. The alphas are coming together, and the regions are working together. It's amazing how everyone is so willing to work together. After the meeting today, the representatives present will convey any relevant information to the regions and impacted alphas or coven leaders. For now, my identity is still not widely known. Only the small group of leaders will know who and what I am until the council is ready for the Protector to come on the scene. The element of surprise is our greatest weapon at this time.
My dad is leaving after the meeting and heading back to the pack. It is going to be weird not referring to it as my pack anymore. I will be joining my mate’s pack soon. I don’t know how all of this is going to work. My old pack has enjoyed decades of peace and prosperity because my family has been there For now, my parents and cousins will continue to be a part of that pack. Only I will be transferring membership. My mate’s pack is one of the strongest in the kingdom. My being a part of this pack will only strengthen it. I don’t think my old pack will be impacted since the majority of my family will still be there. I will also talk to Alpha Connor and my mate about forming an individual alliance so I can continue training the warriors and working with the Elite 12.
Jarvis and I agreed to have breakfast with my dad before going to the meeting. I’m not sure how my dad is going to react to seeing his only daughter marked and mated. I am a daddy’s girl, so I hope he is happy for me. I know it is hard for him to think of me growing up.
“Good morning daddy,” I say as I walk up and give him a hug.
“Good morning sweet pea.” My dad says as he holds me at arms-length looking at my mark. “Congratulations you two. Baby girl, I am so happy for you. Alpha Blake is a good male and I know I will be leaving you in good hands.”
“Thank you gamma True. I will care for her and protect her with my life. Seleste is my whole world.” My mate says.
“Thank you, daddy. I love you.”
“I love you too Sweet Pea.” My dad says.
That went better than I thought, but daddy did have a whole night to come to terms with me being mated to Jarvis and it doesn’t hurt that my dad already had a lot of respect for Jarvis and his father. We all sit down to eat and prepare for the meeting. I check in with my warriors. I know they need the reassurance that I am ok physically and mentally. I also speak with Jarvis's elite team. They have been working with my warriors to provide security for the beach house. It looks like they work well together. My warriors will fit in perfectly with Jarvis’s warriors when we return to his pack.
After spending a few minutes with the warriors, Jarvis, my dad, and I meet up with Talia and the twins and head into Jarvis’ office for the meeting with the others. Councilman Bari starts the meeting by giving us an update on the prisoners. They refused to cooperate, so the council worked with the witches to give them a serum that made them answer questions truthfully. They were able to verify the identity of the council members involved. Councilmember Avery is indeed involved. It was councilman Avery’s grandson that was at the council beach house the day I was rescued. The other council members also found out that councilman Avery had been asking the other members about the protector’s identity. A couple of members became suspicious of him when he kept trying to figure out the identity of the protector without providing an explanation of why he was asking. Traditionally over the history of the council, only the top three members have known the identity of the protector or the fact that we are members of the True family and direct descendants of the original werewolf and protector.
The prisoners also told the council that they had members from almost every supernatural clan, pack, or coven. The plan is to overthrow every leader and consolidate power under one leader and of course, that leader will be Councilman Avery or his grandson. We are not clear on that one. Either way, Council Avery will have the power. He controls the grandson. Currently, the rebels are doing a lot of recruiting. They initially focused on recruiting rogues from all species and promised them positions and power. Then they reached out to the magical kingdom. As far as these prisoners know, only the dark witches have agreed to work with them. It is not clear what they are getting out of the deal. They are planning a big attack soon. These prisoners are not sure of when the attack will occur. The plans have probably changed some since we rescued Seleste. We killed many of their top warriors and the shifter prisoners we have are two top-ranking members of the rebels. The wolf with them is a new recruit, He did not know much, but was used mainly as muscle.