NIGHT STEELERS

Chapter 10

The scene was a small room with a large table at the middle with eight chairs surrounding it and each chair had an occupant except one.

“Lord Arlo, you called for this meeting and yet lord xander has refused to honour your invitation” one of the occupants said.

“You know Andre, i’m beginning to believe the rumours about lord xander being in a romantic entanglement with the witch” another said.

“If not why would he decide to protect her with all his life neglecting his own people?” He added.

Just then, the double door burst opened and a light skinned guy walked in with an expressionless look on his face. He wore a black tuxedo suit and a pair of black trousers.

“Speak of the devil” Ashley said sipping the red content of her glass.

Xander walked up to the table and sat at the empty chair without making an eye contact with anyone.

“You called me, Arlo” xander said raising his gaze from the table to look at the brown haired man sitting at the head of the table.

All eyes turned to xander in surprise. Arlo could only smile. Him and xander had been friends from childhood, he knew xander could never call him “lord Arlo” just like the others and he was the only one permitted to do so.

“Of course I did, and since you’re here let’s move on the why I called this meeting” Arlo replied.

The surprised look on everyone’s faces suddenly dropped.

“Few weeks ago you were given an assignment, that is to wipe out the last of the witches” Arlo said.

“You haven’t reported anything since then” he added.

Xander remained quiet.

“Maybe it’s as they say, he has fallen for the witch” the Andre spoke.

“If not why would he want to protect those that chose to rebel against us?” He added.

“Same people who helped seal the earliest of our kind to save our lives?” Xander asked raising an eyebrow.

“You’ve never for once supported the witches even when the others were being burnt to death, so why now?” Grace, a female elder asked.

“I was never in support of this from the start” xander replied.

“But then you never went against it” Akira, another of the elders spoke.

“Unless he has something he’s not telling us” Ashley said running her fingers through her hair.

“Tell us xander, who is the witch girl to you? Is she an ordinary witch or is she......” she added with a grin as she continued running her fingers through her hair.

Xander remained silent.

“How else can I defend you xander? When you’ve chosen to remain silent, I know you wouldn’t just do anything without a tangible reason, so tell us” Arlo said.

Still xander remains silent. What else could he tell them? If he tells them the truth that would give them more reason to want to kill Hazel.

“His silence speaks it out loud, he’s fallen for the witch” Andre said slapping his palm on the table.

“Do not rush into conclusion just yet Andre, let him answer for himself, is the little witch his lover or......something else” Ashley spoke the last part in a whisper.

“She hasn’t proven to be a threat yet nor has she even awoken her powers, if anything of such happens that could endanger our kind, I assure you that I’ll be the one to kill her myself” xander finally spoke.

He didn’t wait for any contributions or approval before he stood up from his chair and walked towards the door. He paused for a moment.

“And if anyone tries to harm her, he’ll have me to contend with” he added.

He opened the door and walks out. Ashley relaxed in her chair as she continued running her fingers through her hair. She raised her glass to her lips and gulped its entire content down her throat.