After ending the conference call, Seleste and I retired to my room and spent the rest of the day and night together. I just did not want to let her go or let her out of my sight. We talked and loved each other for hours. Seleste told me about her encounter with the goddess they day she left me. I’m slightly hurt that she knew I was under the influence of magic that long, but I understand that she had to follow the instructions of the goddess. Onyx had also explained everything to me this morning. The goddess had come to him as well. That was the only way he did not go feral with the thought of losing our true mate.
After spending the whole day and night locked in my room, Seleste and I had to come back to the real world. I wish I could spend more time just Seleste and I, but we are on a time crunch. We don’t know when the dark lord will strike again. Everyone has been working around the clock to prepare for the upcoming war. The king and councilman Bari called me to the council two days after the conference call. Seleste and I spent the two days together training her warriors who have returned to my pack and cross training my warriors in the different fighting styles that Seleste trained her warriors. I am impressed with how well trained Seleste and her inner circle are. They fight as one. My elite warriors got their asses handed to them by her team. My mate even got me down embarrassingly fast. I heard from her warriors that she is pretty much undefeated.
When the call came for my to meet with the council to testify about what happened to me, Seleste agreed to travel with me. Neither one of us wanted to be separated for any length of time. Seleste said that she had to look after me since I lost weigh during our last separation and didn’t sleep. Whatever her reasoning, I’m just glad that I don’t have to travel without her. We left my beta and Warrior Peace and his mate in charge of the training. Talia and the twins made it back to the pack last night. They also apologized to me and we made up. I can understand and appreciate how protective of my mate they are. After Gamma True explained how hard it was for them to see her like that, I truly understand. My mate is very strong and the thought of my actions of inactions causing her that much pain makes me want to hurt everyone involved as badly as everyone wanted to hurt me. We all are even more determined to make all of them pay.
Talia and the twins will be traveling with us to the council. The three of them have been working under cover for months now and may be able to add more information about the councilman and his treachery.
After traveling on my helicopter for about 3 hours, we made it to the council compound. Councilman Bari met us and escorted us to our suite of rooms in the compound.
“Greeting Alpha Blake, Seleste, Sam, Drew and Talia. I am glad you all made it safely. We have you all in my private section of the compound. We don’t want alert the others of your presence until we call the meeting to order. We are still waiting for Councilman Avery to arrive. We have called all council members back to the compound. We are also invited the grandson to be here. They think they have been called to help us deal with a new threat. The grandson believes that he is coming to offers new ideas. We invited the heirs of all of the councilmembers so that it is not suspicious that Terrance was invited. It will be assumed that Alpha Blake is my heir, since I haven’t named my heir yet.” Councilman Bari said.
“Ok. We will enjoy the little downtime before all shit hits the fan. We will be ready when you call us. Right now, we are eager to get this done and over so we can move to the next phase.” I said and everyone agreed with me.
Seleste has been quiet since we started traveling. I guess this is becoming real again to her.
“Little mate, is everything ok?”
“Yes, I am just thinking. We have a lot of moving pieces to put together. I’m just trying to stay focused on my part in all of this. The goddess gave us a big task and failure is not an option. Literally the whole world is depending on us being successful.”
“We will be victorious Seleste. The goddess is on our side and she has given us every tool necessary to win. Think about all the power we have on our side. Not to mention the other allies that were not on the conference call, but have been working behind the seen. Like Queen LaDona who have been working with Alpha Keenai and the disruptors and other magical devices. The dark Lord may be ancient and almost all powerful, but we have a combination of all of his power plus more.”
I see Seleste smile and relax. I only want to see her smile for the rest of our lives. I oull her in my arms and sit on the couch snuggled up with her in silence. It feels nice just to be able to hold her in my arms. I’m not sure how long we stayed snuggled up on the couch in our room before Talia knocks on the door and tell us that they are ready for us. We both get up and meet Talia and the twins in the hall way. Councilman Bari is waiting for us at the end of the hall to lead us to the council room. We will be in the waiting room until they call us to speak. Councilman Bari order that the proceedings be projected in the waiting room that we are using so that we can see everything that is happening. Once we get settled, Councilman Bari leaves and goes to the main meeting room.
Males and Females of the council. Thank you for dropping everything and coming for this emergency meeting. As you have seen on your briefing documents, we have a lot to discuss. We are facing a major rebellion for many different species. We have determined that one of the leaders is a very high ranking official, but before we get to that, since this matter is a matter of supernatural security, the king will be presiding today.” Councilman Bari says and takes his seat at the head of the table to the right of the king.
“Thank you. Ask Councilman Bari said, we have a lot of things to cover today. First, we have confirmed that the rebel forces are using dark magic to temporarily control strong were species, even wolves. We recently sent a team to investigate and incident with an alpha. We had reason to believe that his actions were not his own. What we found was that that alpha had been drugged and spelled with temporarily blocked his wolf and left him physically and mentally paralyzed. We also found that many of his lower ranked pack members were also being controlled by dark magic.”
“How do we know this is true? How do we know the alpha did not act on his own and then used the excuse of dark magic? Are we even sure this alpha is not working with the rebels and is using this to cover his tracks?” Councilman Avery asked.
I can’t believe his nerve. He is much too cocky. He should be trying to be low key right now, but he just has to be the center of attention.
“Well Councilman Avery, why don’t you ask him yourself.”
‘Where is his Your Majesty, I would love to question him?” Councilman Avery said.
“Can Alpha Blake be escorted in please.” The king says with a smirk.
I get up and walk to the door waiting to be escorted by the council guard. Seleste and the others will wait until the charges of treason are spoken against Councilman Avery. As I enter the main meeting room escorted by the council guard, the look on councilman Avery’s face is almost comical. I’m sure he thought he would get to talk to me alone so he could see how much I knew without the other council members knowing. Sorry Councilman, your days are numbered.
“Thank you for agree to meet with us Alpha Blake. I know you have a lot on your plate right now.”
‘I would not have missed this opportunity to assist my kingdom for anything Your Highness. No thanks needed.” I say
The king just looks at me and smile.
‘Alpha Blake can you tell us what happened?” The king asked
“It was soon after we rescued my mate from the rebel’s stronghold in California. I returned to my pack with my mate to introduce her to my family and my pack. As we got ready to enter the pack house, one of my female pack member latched herself to me and kissed me in front of my mate. For a brief period, I was stunned and could not move. My thoughts were jumbled. My wolf could not reach me. It was not until my mate cried out in pain that my wolf was able to break free and them freed me.” I say
I can see the shocked faces of the council. There has never been anything powerful enough to have an impact on a pure alpha before, especially one with a long and ancient bloodline as myself.
‘Alpha Blake, wasn’t that shewolf your lover before you found your mate?” Councilman Avery asked.
“Although I was not aware that my personal relationships were public knowledge. Yes, I have a casual relationship with that shewolf before the goddess blessed me with a second chance mate after the death of my first mate. As you all know, Once the mate bond snaps into place, no one else matters. Your mate becomes your world.”
Council Avery just played his hand and does not appear to know it. He should not know such a personal and private detail about me. The council had no reason to be watching my pack close enough to know who I was in a relationship with. That also confirms that they specifically went after Theresa because of her relationship with me.
“I still want to know, how are we so sure he did not make all of this up to cover a indiscretion on his part and to keep his mate’s family from killing him? I can’t imagine the True family being very forgiving of him making a fool out of their princess.”
“Watch it Councilman. It almost seems like you are disrespecting my mate and if that is the case, the True family are the least of your worries. I can promise you that everyone who had a hand in hurting my mate will pay with their lives.” I say.
“That’s enough.’ The king yells. “Do you think I would call the council to an emergency meeting and present this information if I did not have proof.?” The king asks.