The Royal Alpha

Chapter 19: Some Revelations

FENRIS

Fuck!

I do not want to deal with Amaruq and his mess. He is a traitor and has accepted his betrayal. I hope the elders do not question me because I didn't handle the situation properly. Afterall, I got all the answers when I backhanded him. I do not want this additional trouble on my head when I am already dealing with a ton of shit.

Trying to calm myself, I knock on the private chambers of Elder Alarick. The door is opened by Elder Ernouf with a poker face but his head is slightly cast downwards. He just opens the door widely gesturing me to enter and then follows me after closing and locking the door.

What the hell?

All the elders except Amaruq are present here and they all stand in front of me with their heads slightly cast downwards. The action pleases my wolf but puzzles the human part of me. I am an apprentice here. Why in the hell are they bowing to me as if I am some kind of a celebrity.

"Please, elders. You all are embarrassing me with your bowing. What is the matter and why are you all behaving weird with me?" I ask anxious now but keeping an expressionless face not allowing them to see my nervousness.

"Your... Fenris, in the past few days we learnt many new things. The letter from Xavier then you receiving the knife from some well-wisher, Sierra's kidnapping and then Amaruq's betrayal, all these events have happened so consequently that we cannot term them as a coincidence," says Elder Ernouf.

I just nod not giving any verbal affirmation as I know that there is more to what they are telling me. So, I just wait for them to continue.

"You discovered that Amaruq has betrayed you and the entire werewolf kin when he made the deal with that devil Xavier. We understand that and we justify it as a rightful behaviour on your part but we would like to point out that you have never shown any signs of such dominance then why all of a sudden did you attack Amaruq?" asks Elder Fridolf.

"You yourself said that he betrayed us. That itself explains my attacking him that day," I say which is partly true.

"No son. You attacked him way before he revealed his betrayal," he says and I am caught. It is true. I had always been suspicious of Amaruq but never had any reason to point out his fishy behavior.

"We interrogated Amaruq and he confessed everything about how he locked you in the room to let the rogues continue with their activities with the kidnapped wolf. He also repeated the entire incident in front of us without lying and hence, we ask you why you attacked him before his confession?" the elder continues when I refuse to answer.

I open my mouth to answer but I cannot utter a single word. Where do I begin with? How should I tell them that I can sense a person's emotions?

"We understand you were under distress when your mate went missing but she is now found and safe in the school building. May I point out that you said a partial truth when we first asked you about the attack on Amaruq," says Elder Raoul and unknowingly a growl slips past my throat. I brace myself for a scolding but the slight nervousness that creeps into each of the elder's eyes surprises me.

Are they scared of me? Why?

They just stand there waiting for me to speak and I realise that there is no point in hiding these facts anymore.

"I have always been suspicious of Amaruq. I stopped respecting him as an elder since the night when he said that my mate is disposable. Not just because she is my mate but also a fellow wolf. His callousness and selfish attitude towards the trainees here automatically dismiss him from being an elder. The night my mate disappeared, elder Amaruq was being very casual about it. Then he told all of the trainees present there to take some rest but I wasn't going to listen to him. I had decided to go on searching for my mate alone but Amaruq injected something, probably wolfsbane in my veins and then locked me in that room to avoid my interference in the rogue's plans. I woke up earlier than the expected time and caught Amaruq off guard which resulted in me attacking him. He also said that one she-wolf's life is nothing if he has to keep his reputation in the community, that's when my anger took over." I finish the entire story still missing out the gross detail of how I would have bathed in Amaruq's blood if the other elders had not stopped me.