The Alpha Fate

CHAPTER 5

“If they work for us, then they are a part of us,” I said to Orji, who had not taken her eyes off me since we got back, “and last time I checked, I make the rules, no one else.”

She nodded. “I understand your point. And I am not against it in any way, but the council will insist that it has always been this way from the dawn of time.”

“Well, the council will have to adapt to change.” I sighed “Okay, what happens if they all die? What happens to our money-making scheme?”

“There will always be more people to capture, that is for sure.”

“You don’t know that”, I challenged, and it doesn’t matter if you do anyway, I have made my decision.

My decision was a hard pill for everyone of them to swallow. I had implemented new policies for the mining grounds and the council was far from happy.

I didn’t care, I wanted to do what was right, and in my opinion, that did not include standing over a pile of dead bodies and issuing commands for their bodies to be burnt.

I had appointed some members of the pack to handle treatment and a healer to help with healing of the injured in the mines. I also increased feeding time from once a day to twice a day, and also implemented the work to be done on shifts day with a one-week bath for them on Saturdays, which became their day off.

The council was furious, Nathan especially. I caught him severally pacing like a troubled man around his quarters, but it didn’t bother me. My human conscience was at peace and that was all that mattered.

“After all, they are all branded with Silverbrook, what then makes them not a part of the park?” I asked Orji “and if that is seen as being weak, then you all have a lot of learning to do.”

She was calm, composed, and when she didn’t say anything for minutes, I got troubled.

“What is it?” I asked her “Why are you quiet?”

“Because you made the right decision.”

I could feel my heart melt. “You think so? Like, you really think so, and you’re not just saying this because I am your alpha?’

“I mean it” she said. “My only fear is how this will portray you in the eyes of others.”

“Their opinion doesn’t matter,” I reminded her.

“It doesn’t, but what happens when those with grievances begin to form a coupe? This is what brings disagreement in packs, this is what brings dethronement of an alpha.”

I considered her words for a while before replying “Don’t you think it's too early for that?”

“Exactly, it’s too early so they know you won’t see it coming. They know you haven’t made your own individual alliances with alphas of other packs, they know you do not have a partner, they know you are most vulnerable right now and if they unite and are determined, Seraphina, they will bring you to your knees, and trust me, you do not want that to happen.”

Her words made me shiver and, if I am being honest, I saw the possibility of everything she said. “So, if I go out there and tell them, I have changed my mind. What does that make me? An alpha who quivers at the slightest threat from her subordinates?”

“No, don’t do that, they will use it against you.” She warned.

I searched her eyes with mine. “What do you suggest I do?”

“Stand your ground, but gain your alliances, make your move. You’re moving too slow. Do not let them catch you off-guard.”

I thought the rules of this game were unfair. If you’re given power and authority, why could it be taken away from you so easily? “An alpha must prove himself worthy” Why? I found myself asking most of the time. It wasn’t like I made the choice to be in that situation. My mother would have been the one here right now being saddled with all these burdens, but she had chosen love and had left me here on my own.

When Orji left, I locked my door and broke down in tears. I didn’t want to have to do any of this, I had mapped out my own life by the time I was sixteen and it had seemed lovely. But now, I was left with a whole pack of people, a stupid disastrous prophesy, and true feelings I would probably keep hidden forever.

I stared blankly from my room window and that was when I saw Gina, the beta female making her way through the shadows. I knew she was up to no good because she constantly watched her back while she walked. We were in the pack, the pack was safe. Why was she acting scared? I followed her with my eyes until she disappeared behind the bend, breaking out and making a run for the woods. I was baffled, I had always been peeping tom all my life in the pack and I had never seen anyone go through those woods at night.

The wolf beneath me growled, it wanted to follow, but I suppressed it. I was dealing with a lot, maybe she was too, no one had it too easy, but what I had just witnessed wont be allowed to slide. I had no intention of confronting her, but when you have a heads-up, you use it to your own advantage, and that was exactly what I planned to do, because sooner or later, she had some explaining to do, and it had better be good. I was done being patient.