Your loyal friend
Simonè
Padrick sat at his desk reading and rereading the letter. His wolf was growling wanting to go and deal with the Elders that would try to destroy him for no other reason but power. He struggled to breathe slowly to calm his wolf. Final after 5 minutes he was under control again. With a glance at the clock see saw that he had kept the Elders waiting so he silently called for them to come in.
"Alpha you wanted to see us." Elder Ian said as they walked into the room.
"Yes Elder's I did. Please sit down. I have some questions for you and because the safety of the pack is in question along with my daughter I am ordering you're to answer me truthfully. Is that clear?" Padrick said infusing his Alpha into the statement.
"Yes, of course Alpha." The Elders replied looking at each other questioningly.
"Do either of you know the reason why the Elders went to the Sanctuary?"
Speaking quickly Elder Mary replied "To find out what is going on with the Alpha daughter sir."
Sir they went to speak to the other Elders also about if anything similar has happened in any of the other packs." Ian finished.
"What about my daughter telling a human boy about us what was decided about that issue?"
Looking completely puzzled Elder Ian said "Nothing Sir. It was decided that it was harmless, because it was a dream and that the boy probably wouldn't remember."
"Really then why did they the Elders council meet last night to decide her punishment for telling the boy." Padrick demanded.
"WHAT. No no no that isn't possible sir. We all what I mean is all our pack Elders decided nothing would happen." Mary began to visibly tremble. Elder Ian reach over and held her hand to reassure her even when he himself was scared. "Sir none of this is making any sense what so ever. It was decided weeks ago that nothing would come of this that there was no reason to be alarmed. As Mary stated earlier it was believed he most likely wouldn't remember it as anything but a dream." He stated a look of confusion on his face.
Padrick relaxed knowing that these two Elders where in fact unaware of the situation and most likely side with the pack. "Mary be at ease it's all right." Padrick said getting up and going to her. Crouching down and taking her hand in his he continued "I had to be sure that Simonè was right in her letter."
Mary took a deep breath letting it out slowly before she spoke. "If what you are saying is true it could mean that the Elders council corrupt. We must stop them before..."
"It's alright Mary it isn't the Council. Sadly it is our own Elders that have become corrupt and power hungry. I phoned the Sanctuary last night to see if they had any new information about what was going on with Rohaynna. There was another incident last night by far the worst one. Anyway I phoned and they were in a meeting. I ended up having to demand to speak to one of the pack Elders. Simonè finally came on the phone and started saying how they were talking about Rohaynna's punishment for telling a human boy about us. I lost control of my wolf." He said with a sigh.
Elder Ian leaned forward in his chair looking at Padrick "Sir you were reacting like a father should. That is one of the things that make you a good Alpha. You show that your mate and child come just ahead of the pack but only as long as the pack is not in any danger. Even with the problems you are facing with Rohaynna you have made sure that the pack was safe at all times. That is what the pack likes to see. They know that your family is your world but they also know that you would die to keep any pack member safe."
"Thank you that means a lot to me. I just hope that they will agree with what I did. I admit that I let my wolf have control but I agree with what he did." With a sigh he continued on telling them what he did "When I heard her say that I told her that if they thought that they were going to punish her then they could consider themselves pack less and banned from our pack lands. I have also stripped them of Elder status so they would only be able to join another pack as regular members." He grimaced as he finished and waited for them to respond.
"Good. That is exactly what should happen. Any other pack member that was caught doing the same thing would have either been killed or exiled from the pack. As for the Elder's Coun...Oh I just realized; sir does that mean you want us to leave as well?" Mary hesitantly asked glancing at Padrick.
"It is up to you both. Although I hope that you will remain with the pack and begin to train new Elders. You have both been pack since birth I don't want you to go but I will understand if you feel it is necessary." Padrick said honestly.
The Elders looked at each other and nodded to each other then Mary began to speak, "Alpha we would like to stay this is our home, we don't want to be anywhere else. We will gladly train any new Elders that need it." Mary relaxed for the first time since they had stepped foot into the office.
"Thank you both for your loyalty. Please go ahead about your day but talk of this to no one. I will be announcing it at a pack meeting this afternoon at 3 please be there. I fear that our pack will have great need for you." Padrick said.
"Alpha you know that you will have to take full control back. It hasn't been done that way for hundreds and hundreds of years. The Elders Council won't like it. You need to have the other Alpha's support behind you. Be sure that is what you want. You know the history as well as I the past Alpha's always said that it was much harder to be in complete control of the pack. They were glad when the Elder's Council took over some of the decisions." Reminded Mary.
"I know I have already called a meeting. As for previous Alpha's well we live in a different era. We won't know if we can do it or not if we don't at least try. If we don't take control back future Elders will just try again."
"True very true. Have a good day Alpha we will see you at 3." Ian said as they walked out the door.
Padrick stayed sitting for a few minutes then looked at the clock. With yet another sigh he saw he'd been in meetings since roughly 7:15 it was now 9 am. He was starving he still hadn't eaten. As he stood to leave the office Rosa walked in carrying a plate piled with food.
"Ah thank you my love I was starving. I was about to go to the kitchen to get something to eat. But I must say this is much better." Padrick said with a smile as he gave her a quick kiss.
Waving him back to his desk Rosa placed it in front of him and motioned for him to eat. "How did the meetings go? Are we in trouble? Why is Elder Craig here?" Rosa asked quickly.
"The 2 remaining Elders are with us. They knew nothing about what was going on. Simonè sent Elder Craig with a letter telling me that the other Elders where plotting to take over the pack. They knew getting rid of Rohaynna would kill you which in turn would have killed me." Padrick pulled Rosa onto his lap as she began to growl. "I know my love I know. But we know about their plan know and can deal with them. Elder Craig will be going back to the Sanctuary tonight with the copy Simonè made of her conversation with Rohaynna. The Elders Council only heard a doctored copy."
"Okay so what will happen to the Elders? Is Simonè safe have you let Dantè know that she is still loyal to the pack?"
"No I haven't spoken to him yet. If you want you can do that. Tell him that she sent a letter using our code. But that she is safe for now that the other Elders have no idea that she told us anything. Okay?
"Okay I'll do that. Now you finish eating I'm going to have to deal with a few of the females."
"Why what's going on? Anything I should be worried about?"
"Padrick you know that I deal with the females. But no there's nothing to worry about just usual petty squabbling."
"Okay my love I'll see you at noon for the Alpha meeting."
"Come on Padrick do I really need to be here for it?"
"Yes Rosa you do because I've asked for any that have mates to include them. Since this could ultimately affect any pack or pride. This way it only needs to be explained once. Besides they may have seen or heard something that we haven't." Padrick chuckled he knew Rosa hated dealing with all the Alpha crap as she calls it.
I had to silently agree with her though. Each Alpha wanted to lead the meetings all the time. It got to the point that about 5 years ago Remy Alpha of the Lantu Pride made a good suggestion. If an Alpha called for a meeting then they would lead it. When it came to scheduled meetings it was decided that the Alpha's would pair up. The oldest would pair up with the youngest and so forth. We had been making it work for 5 years now. At the end of the first year the oldest Alpha Seamus thought that it might be a good idea to switch every year though so that all The Alpha's learned to work together.
