Chapter 47

CHRISTOPHER'S POV
Having left Emily in her room, I went back to the living room. My aim was to sit back and wait for them to inform me that Micheal was back.
Having sat for a long time without any information coming in from anyone I decided to go back into my room to have some sleep.
Before going in I had to come out of the building to check around the whole compound just to be sure that everything was in place.
As I was passing around I noticed some unusual movements among the servants.
I will need to call them to ask them what the matter was but I decided against it I felt it was none of my business and all I had to do was concentrate on what I was doing at the moment
After a few of them dispatched to their various forms the one that was left outside walked horridly towards me. but this time I was standing in the garden admiring the beautiful flowers that were already falling asleep.
"Good evening Alpha." He greeted me as he stood beside me looking confused and very uneasy.
I first took a moment to observe him and know why he was behaving the way he was.
"What is the matter with you? You look very uneasy." I asked him but he said nothing. He said he only wanted to say hello to me then he walked away.
I kept staring at him as he walked as slowly as he could. Maybe he was expecting me to call him back but honestly, I was not in the mood to have any conversation whatsoever with him or anyone.
But in another thought, he said to call him back and find out why he was behaving the way he was, and this time I was determined to get the answer.
"Hey, could you please come back here?" I commanded him and immediately he turned back.
"Good evening alpha," he greeted again as he approached me with his head bowed to the ground.
"I'm going to ask you for the very last time and this time I need nothing but the truth from you," I stated and I saw that he started jittering.
"Yes alpha, I promise to tell you the truth,'' he responded and I commanded him to raise his face and look at me and yet to look into his eyes why he was talking just so I can be sure that whatever he was going to say to me is not going to be lies.
As much as I know that I cannot control what comes out of his mouth I was certain that this would help in preventing him from lying to me.
He raised his face and I saw fear written all over him. I wondered why he was that scared because I know that I have been very nice to everyone.
There is no one of my servants that I treat badly.
Not even my little brother has been this lenient with them.
"Before you tell me whatever it is you seem to have been harboring in your mind, could you please tell me why you are scared?" I asked him in the most Compton that I could find because I didn't want to make him feel more uncomfortable.
"I am not scared, Alpha, I am just very nervous at the moment." He denied being afraid and I decided to believe him.
"If that is the case then you can proceed with whatever it is that you have to tell me," I said to him and he started rubbing his palms together.
"Actually alpha it is about your beta Michael." He began and I listened carefully to him.
"What about Michael?" I asked him and he began to stammer.
"if whatever you have to say is a lie I would advise you to keep quiet than put yourself into trouble," I warned him.
"I promise you, alpha I am not going to lie to you everything I'm going to tell you is the truth I just hope you believe me,'' he continued.
"If you say so I'm going to believe you go ahead and tell me whatever it is you have to say, "I ordered him and yet again he started stammering but I decided to be patient with him.
"I have been keeping an eye on your better and I discovered that he had been planning to usurp your authority. He has been working so hard in pursuit of his purpose." He stated and I just kept staring at him wondering how they got all this information while I was here and I did not even notice a thing.
"So why did it take you this long to tell me about it? Why didn't you say it long ago?" I attacked him and he tried to defend himself. At first, I shut him up but later on, I decided to allow him to speak.
"I wasn't so sure about it, Alpha. I decided to get my facts right first before making any assertions. That is why I kept it away from you all along." He answered and bowed his head again.
"Could you please raise your head and look at me?" I told him and he obeyed immediately.
"So tell me how did you come up with this information? Who is your source?" I asked him again and instead of speaking, he started scratching his head.
I was beginning to doubt him the moment he started acting funny but since I have already heard the story from my younger sister Emily I was certain that he wasn't lying I just wanted to be sure of where he got the information.
"Micheal's close friend told me about it he happens to be a relation so he asked me if there was a fight between Michael and yourself and I told him there was none that I know of." He stated and tried to catch his breath for a while.
"Ok so after that what's next." I tried to drag the words out of his mouth.
"He told me that Michael has been complaining about you bitterly lately and he has also been talking about taking over from you since you are incapable of discharging your duties as Alpha." He said and I just smiled.
"He then told me to keep an eye on Michael and I will see everything myself and the moment I started doing that I also noticed it." He continued, and as much as I wanted to listen to him until the very last word came out of his mouth I was already bored because I had the same story not long ago although I tried not to get pissed off.
"Overheard him having this kind of conversation with your sister Emily. I just hope Emily tells you about it too." He said and bowed his head indicating that he was done.
"So is that all you have to say to me?" I inquired further and he nodded his head affirmatively.
"That's alright thank you very much you may go now," I told him.
"Thank you Alpha,'' he said and left my presence in a flash.
I stood there processing everything that he had told me and all that Emily had also said earlier and it dawned on me how even the heart of man can be.
I kind of blamed myself for everything because I gave him much privilege that he deserves.
He was almost in the helms of affairs in every sphere, I knew everything that was going on in the pack.
I will not be wrong to say that he even knew what I was thinking about because even before I gave anything a thought I told Michael. This was how close I was to him and how much I trusted him. All the best he could do was to stab me behind my back.
It turns out that I have been a stupid one all along and I cannot blame anyone for my misfortune all I can do at the moment is to remedy the wrong that had already occurred because there is nothing that can be done to reverse it.
Bearing that in mind I walked out of the garden and inside the house.
I met Louisa in the living room watching a movie. She wanted to bug me with the whole wedding story again but I was not interested so I walked away as soon as I got the opportunity.
I went into my room and sat down on the bed and my head began to bang.
I held my head in my hand as it felt as if it was going to fall off.
I haven't had this kind of headache in a long time and I was surprised I was having it today.
I badly needed drugs to kill the pain so I had to come out of my room again to ask Luisa for some because it seems she always had drugs at her disposal.
"I need some drugs, my head is banging," I said to her as soon as I got to the living room.
She just turned back to look at me without saying anything then she faced the television again.
"Do you think I am joking? My head is aching badly, please help me." I pleaded further but she acted as though he did not hear what I was saying.
I decided to leave her alone so I went back upstairs to get my car keys and go to a pharmacy to get some drugs.
By the time I came down again, there were some pain relievers already lying on the table in the living room accompanied by a glass of water.
without saying anything to her picked up the drugs and the glass of water and took them.
"What's this attitude of yours all about?" I asked her because I couldn't understand why I was speaking to her and she decided not to respond to me.
"You started it first." She attacked me without even letting the words fall out of my mouth.
"I'm sorry," I apologized to her because I did not have any energy for a fight with her that night then after I proceeded back to my room.
On my way upstairs I heard some footsteps behind me but I said not to look back. I knew it was Louise but I was not sure if she was following me.
It was until I got to my room and I tried closing the door and someone pushed it from the other end that I knew that she was coming to my room.
"I have told you you cannot spend the night here not until we get married officially. this habit of sneaking into my room at night is becoming unbearable and I'm not going to take it anymore." I yelled at her without even knowing whether or not she was planning on staying.
Just as she did in the sitting room she was not me and went straight to the table to pick a few things. I decided not to bother myself with the things in her hand then after she walked out of the room and slammed the door.
Then I moved over to lock it just so she doesn't come back without me noticing.
I had a very sound sleep that night knowing fully well that I was already close to solving all of my problems.
My main antagonist is out of the picture but what bothers me is his next step after now.
I am sure he will stop at nothing to get me out of this position but I'm going to stop him before he does.
As soon as I woke up the next morning the first place I went to was Michael's room.
I have to go search for most of the documents I have kept with him including the one that I felt he took.
I turned everything in his room down without any success.
While I was still at it I heard a knock on the door but I didn't respond to it. When the person standing on the other side was tired of knocking she decided to come in and it was Emily.
"What are you doing here Emily?" I asked her as soon as she stepped her feet into the room.
"should be the one asking you what you are doing here why are you scattering his stuff?" she asked me anything that sounded as though she was angry with me.
"I have a whole lot with Michael I trusted him with so much and I need to get it back," I responded and she knelt beside me.
"What exactly are you looking for?" she asked me with so much seriousness and it felt as though she knew where all these documents were.
"I'm looking for some documents I have entrusted to Michael's care and I need to retrieve them now that he is no longer working with me," I responded as she sat down on her legs.
"Why did you give Michael those documents I thought were supposed to be in your possession and not his." She attacked me immediately I told her I had kept them in his care.
"I trusted him so much even with my life," I responded as tears rolled down my face.
She raised her hand to wipe the tears off my face but I turned my face away from her and prevented her from doing that.
"You don't have to beat up yourself Christopher, all you have to do is to calm down and take things easy and I am sure you will sort it all out." She tried to console me and she held me on my shoulder.
With the back of my palm, I wiped my face and continued my search.
while I was still at it the door flung open and Michael walked into the room.
I set my eyes on him, I jumped on him like a lion that had been targeting a prey.
He did all he could to resist me but I held him and fought him with every strength in me.
Emily tried to separate us but her strength couldn't match ours and since she saw that she could not do anything she ran out of the room seeking help.
"What did I ever do to you to deserve all of this Michael?" I angrily screamed at him and all he could do was stay at me with his bloodshot eyes.
Then I pushed him on the bed and went straight to the door and locked it up throwing the keys out through the window.
"What the hell are you trying to do?" Michael spoke to me for the very first time since he walked in.
"I would rather die here with you than let you do what you have planned to do," I responded and he covered his face with both hands.
Emily came back with as much help as she could gather but it was already late because there was no way for them to come in. It's going to be Michael and me today.