Loving Obsidian

Ch. 7 Elias

A/N: Updates will be coming today, Wednesday and Friday this week! I have been bit by the writing bug. 

As I think ahead, I was thinking about getting a perspective from Abel... good idea?

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It was now past midnight, the only thing cluing me into this is the twinkling stars shining in from the window. We had been in this room, crammed around the oval table for hours now, the only break we had taken was when my mother had brought trays of dinner in. I looked around the room, we were all running on fumes, the strategic planning was taking a mental toll on all of us.

Dropping my head into my hands I rubbed my eyes, "Listen I am not sure about the rest of you, but I know that I am exhausted. We keep rehashing the same ideas over and over. Maybe it would be best if we were to call it a night and revisit this in the morning? "

It was true we had discussed the same plans and strategies over and over; it was like beating a dead horse. We all needed a break, time away to think, maybe come up with something else. Eddie was exhausted, more so than the rest of us, not only was he trying to defend the pack by fighting Rogues, he was also working behind the scenes, even as he sat here planning with us he was working on many other things ensuring all the pack members were cared for during the lock down.

"I think you are right, Eli." Edison spoke up. "We have been at this for hours. You are all dismissed. " There was almost a look of defeat in his eyes. It was the Alpha in him that wanted to have everything planned and sorted as soon as possible, but even he recognized that that was not going to happen tonight.

Everyone else cleared out, leaving Eddie, myself, and my father in the room. Eddie leaned back in the chair he was sitting in and let out a long breath, "You know I wish Uncle Linc had not handed everything over to me yet. I was not ready, I'm not ready. "

"Edison, I do not want to hear you say that!" My father chimed in, well our father... it was hard to explain, but the overly simplified version was, my dad was an idiot and lost my mother, his mate, to another man. A man that I loved and admired, who happened to be Eddie's father, but who had also raised me even once our mother had reunited with her mate, my father. So, really, we all had two fathers. "You are more than prepared for this."

"The only reason he did it is because McKenna was losing her mind. Not because I was ready! " Eddie was feeling sorry for himself no doubt only because of the stressful situation he was in right now.

"Listen to me son. You learned from three Alpha's, your father, me, and your uncle. Trust me when I say you and your brother have probably had the most well-rounded Alpha training of anyone out there. Not to mention the warrior training from your mother. " This was one of dad's famous pep talks, he was surprisingly good at them. "Yes, McKenna had her issues, but Linc would not have stepped down had he not believe you were ready."

Edison nodded his head, "I just wish there was more I could do. I feel like I am failing my pack, we keep getting attacked and are no closer to stopping them. Those Rogues are well organized to the point that they have fallen off the radar, the camps we scouted gone without a trace. How is that possible? " Eddie let out a groan of annoyance.

"I do not know, none of us do," I chimed in. "But we will find them again, have no doubt about that. We will get to the bottom of this. " Quiet fell in the room, but we did not make any move to leave, I could tell that there was more on Eddie's mind.

He finally spoke, sharing what he had been mulling over, "I can not help but think that Sylvestri is behind all of this."

"Why is that?" My father and I asked in unison. This is something I had mulled over as well, ever since my conversation with Vick, but I wanted to know my brothers thoughts on it before I shared mine.