Chapter 29-1
Chapter 29-1
Troy
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The meeting concluded much as it started. Same as yesterday and the day before. Last week and
the week before. Every day since I installed Kiana into my home.
The elders were unhappy.
Normally, I met with the elders once a month, but every day for weeks, they found a way to call an
emergency meeting.
There were two still in my office when the phone rang. The line that only a few others had.
The other alphas.
Celine and Calden stilled. After a second of consideration, I nodded to them and answered the call
on speaker. “Troy.”
“Claudine.”
Ah, Claudine Frost. Alpha of Indigo Peak.
“Claudine, you’re on speaker with two of my elders. Are you calling to share your displeasure
again?”
Claudine was the alpha who threatened Finn’s death as a child unless his father came clean about who he was feeding information to. His father refused.
Claudine, apparently, couldn’t go through with the threat. She exiled him instead. I gave her a courtesy call when I returned to let her know that Finn was mine now. She was not pleased.
“No,” she said in a clipped tone. “Although that is not a finished conversation.”
It was, but I did not tell her that.
“Your elders may stay, but their council is not needed. Just yours, I want to call an emergency meeting of the alphas.”
Immediately, I straightened. We had an annual meeting, but there hadn’t been an emergency meeting since the previous alpha of TK tried to challenge me.
He was no more.
“Why is that necessary?”
“My witch was murdered.”
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That got my attention. “I’m sorry for your loss.”
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“He was a good witch. His daughter is stepping up, but I fear she’ll be next. Before he died, he told me what the witches wanted with him. Power to cook the voice until it provided them with the ultimate magic. I have no idea what that means, but I know it can’t be good.”
“So they’re not just after Irene,” I mused. “They’ll need more witches. More magic.”
“And then they’ll target the wolves,” Claudine said darkly. “We cannot let them reach full power. She
would convene with our witches and learn the truth.”
“So you want to put all the targeted individuals in one spot?” I asked dryly. “Claudine, your strategy skills are usually a little better than that.”
“You have the most defendable land, and our witches will be protected. It will be the safest place for them. You’re my first call, Troy, but I only need two more alphas to agree, and the meeting will be on your land. Consider this a courtesy call.”
She hung up, and I couldn’t help but chuckle. Claudine could be vicious on the ground, but she also enjoyed her mind games.”
“As you can see,” I told my lingering annual members, “some people are more concerned with this threat of consolidated power rather than my choice in bed mates.
“Just because a second witch was killed,” Celine started….
“This,” Calden interrupted sharply, “just means that we need to replace Irene. We have a list of
witches…”
“Irene is fine,” I cut him off. “We do not need another witch. Irene will be fine. Claudine is right. This was a courtesy call. The other alphas will agree, at least Morven and TK will. “I need to strategize. This is our focus. Not another word about Kiana. My decision with her is final. You want a new alpha, find someone worthy enough to challenge me. Until then, we need to prepare for our guests.
Hate glittered from their eyes, and I pushed my power through the pack bond. Enough to make them gasp and remember that I was their alpha.
They bowed out quietly, and I glanced at the time. The day was over.
It was time to do battle.
I told Kiana she could have complete freedom of the territory as long as she returned home at seven every night to eat with me. Every day, I stationed a guard to follow her, but she never left until today.
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