The Protector

Trial

The moment we stepped off the chopper, four men stepped forward taking Amir.

"Woah, who the hell are you?" Gibbs grabbed Amir, pulling him away from their reach.

One of the men, a handsome redhead glanced at Eyal. "We have orders to take this...man." He had a slight British accent. "He is to come with us."

"He is under arrest for kidnapping one of my agents." Gibbs said. "He is staying here."

A small growl bubbled from the man's throat. "Hand him over."

Eyal quickly stood between the new man and Gibbs. 'Charlie, calm yourself.'

'Control your packmate, Levine.' Charlie snapped.

I sniffed towards him, picking up on dirt and blood. 'Wolf?'

'He's the alpha in this city.' Nathan explained. 'We are here, only because he allows it.'

'And I am just now meeting him?' I scoffed. It was both out of respect and tradition to meet the alpha. In order to keep the peace between the packs and not start a war.

Nathan nudged me gently. 'He was out, must have just gotten here.'

'I called him.' Eyal replied. 'He needed to be aware of what was occurring in his turf.'

'The pack trial?' I asked.

Nathan nodded. 'But in order to do that, Gibbs needs to hand him over.'

I glanced between the two males. Gibbs may be just a human, but the man was an alpha. He led his team and protected them as one should. Giving in and simply handing over Amir was not in his nature. Glancing at Charlie, I could tell he was no pushover either. If he needed to, he seems the type to take things by force. He stood at least 6'1. Muscular lean build. In the prime of his time. The last thing I needed was a blood bath between the packs and the team.

'Is the trial really necessary?' I asked. 'And does this really concern him?'

Charlie's steel-blue eyes landed on me, causing a cold shiver to run down my spine. 'In the human world, a criminal is simply punished by locking them into a cage. Like the animals, they pretend to be. No complaints here.' He stated. 'But when the one taken is one of ours, we do the trial. This occurred in my territory. I had given my word that nothing would happen to either of you, for as long as you are on my land. That human will be trialed by the packs.'

I lowered my head, ensuring he understood my apology. 'Forgive me, I meant no disrespect.'

Nathan glanced around, just now noticing where we stood. 'We need to get a move on. We are not in the most of private places for this.'

Eyal sighed, grabbing the sweats from Ziva's hands he trotted off into the opposite side of a car. Seconds later he came out shifted. The man wore a set of sweats and no shirt. "Agent Gibbs, Amir was not brought back here for your beneficiary. He was brought back to pay for the crime he committed."

"And he will be punished." Gibbs assured him.

Eyal shook his head. "I will not stand here and argue about something you won't understand. We have laws, just like yours. Amir broke those laws, knowing very well what he was doing."

Charlie moved to stand beside Eyal. "Even if you proceed to take him in, I guarantee he will not make it out of the building." Gibbs narrowed his eyes at the man. "We will take him by force if that is what you want."

I stood between Charlie and Gibbs, warning him to back off. 'He is off-limits. No one touches him.'

Charlie frowned, slowly understanding. 'He's your mate. How unlucky.'