Rise of Athena

Chapter 9

He looked at the huge desk in front of her littered with paperwork, letters waiting for to be read and answered, missives waiting to be approved and different invitations to be accepted or declined.

"That seems like an awful lot of work." He watched as she read a letter.

"You can ask for help you know." She folded the letter and added it to a pile.

"Alright then, don't ask. I who unlike you am not blinded by arrogance  so I'll just offer my help like the humble person I am." She began to scribble something on a paper complete;y ignoring him

"Where shall I sit?"

She folded the paper and stamped it with the pack's seal and rang for a servant.

"I have a feeling you are deliberately ignoring me."  Someone knocked on the door.

"Enter."  She called. And as the door opened, a footman walked in.

"Take this to the household of the Buchanans."  she said

"Yes my King." The servant bowed and turned to leave.  

"Bring me something to sit on. Preferably one made from feathers."

The servant took in his dirty livery which he hadn't been opportuned to clean and looked at him from his worn out also dirty poor quality boots to his disheveled hair and reversed the motion.

"Get it yourself or sit in the sty with the rest of the pigs." He huffed and left.

It took a lot of restraint to keep his true identity as an Alpha hidden alot restraint to keep his wolf form in control, Breathe in and out he thought to himself and turned to see Athena with a small smile on her face. 

"You find that amusing? You said I was to be respected just a few minutes ago, but it seems that applies only when you want, doesn't it?"

"Precisely."

He looked at her smiling face and all the anger was forgotten, he wished he could tell her how much that smile warmed his heart and was about to until she looked at him caught him staring at her with a dreamy expression and immediately straightened up expression back to the norm.

"What is it?" She asked in a warning tone.

"Uh... Nothing. Nothing it's just that I really think that beneath all that stony look and devil may care aloofness, you just might have a sense of humor."

He went out of her sight and came back a few moments later with a pile of books each about 11 inches wide 14 inches in length and set them down at the other end of the table.

"There, I may lack power but I am well endowed with brains." He winked at her.

"Now, since you have such a huge difficulty in speaking, I'll read and you write whatever your reply is."  He picked the letter closest to him and opened.

"Greetings Alpha!" He exclaimed in a false deep throaty voice."It is with great sadness I write to inform you of the strange disease that has consumed our farmlands in the southern part of Wuthering County it is spreading fast and the source of the disease is unknown. Our harvest cannot last much longer and we fear that if care is not taken we shall soon be reduced to begging. We plead with-"

" Burn it. " He was certain he heard wrong. 

"Excuse me?" he asked shocked.

"I don't like to repeat myself."  

"You can't be serious, they will starve if-"  

" if I repeat myself a I will see to it you burn with the letter."