Mother's words hung in the air of the court like smoke that refused to clear anytime soon.
She stood in front of the council, trembling. Her swollen eyes were fixated on Alpha Jackson with a desperation that had nowhere left to go. She had asked the only question she had carried all the way there, through the gates, past the guards, and through every hand that had tried to stop her.
“Please tell me they are alive.” She repeated, her voice pleading.
Alpha Jackson stared at her for a long moment, and then he finally spoke.
"If I knew where they were, I would have brought them back by now, wouldn't I?" He replied, his tone, completely flat and unbothered.
Rather than seeing the cry of a woman who was being torn apart at the seams, he spoke as if the question she had asked him was reeking
