Chapter 50

CHRISTOPHER'S POV
The phone started ringing again but I decided not to bother myself about it.
When I was able to pick myself up from the floor I sat down on the stool that was very close to the table and then picked up the phone.
I looked through the phone and I saw the number that was calling but it was strange as the phone was still in my hand the call came in again and this time I picked it.
Before saying anything I waited for the person on the other end to speak first but the person said nothing and neither did I.
Instead of hearing someone's voice when a sound finally came from the other end I was hearing chattering and noises.
I felt the person on the other end was not ready to speak so I dropped the phone and moved out of the living room.
I went upstairs to prepare for the council of elders meeting we should hold any time from now.
As soon as I got into my room I heard a knock on the door so I moved to check who was knocking.
It was Louisa who had come to inform me that the council of elders had arrived and they were waiting for me in the conference room.
Immediately I heard that I started panicking. I don't know why but I was just not feeling so good about this particular meeting.
I felt maybe it was because of the experience I had with them in the last meeting.
But as I tried to check myself again I found out that it had nothing to do with the last meeting. I was just not fine.
I opened my closet and picked up a pair of jeans. I had it in my hand as I admired my favourite pair of jeans.
I also took out the shirt that I was supposed to change into and laid them on the bed.
Now instead of changing into this new clothes I have just brought out I stood there staring at them it was as though I was confused about what to do with them.
After pacing around my room for a while without knowing what to do next I decided I was going to tell Louise to tell the council of elders that was not feeling too well for the meeting.
That is the only excuse I can come up with right now, and truly I was actually not feeling too well. I have not recovered from the fight I had with Michael yesterday.
So bearing that in mind I rushed out of the room and went straight to Louise's room to inform how the new development, hoping she could relate it to the elders.
But on my way to her room I had a change of mind I decided I was going to meet them no matter what after all Michael who was supposed to be my antagonist is no longer in the picture and so I have nothing to worry about so if the facts that whatever he must have said to the council of elders will be playing on their mind.
I went back to my room not knowing why I went back and came out again as it seemed as though I had nothing to do there.
I stood in front of my door for a while and tried to take a deep breath.
I breathed in repeatedly and tried to calm myself but none of my efforts worked.
My heart was beating so fast that I could clearly hear the sound of each beat.
It was as though I had pursuers on my tail and I was trying to run away from them.
Immediately my whole body became very hot. The headache that accompanied it is something I really don't want to talk about.
Yes I was sweating profusely such that my clothes were already getting wet.
I felt I had to freshen up. I cannot meet the council of elders looking like this so I went into my room again with the aim I'm going into the bathroom to have a hot bath.
I entered the room but did not move to the bathroom immediately. I rather sat on the bed and supported my chin with both hands while I stared at the door.
In less than two minutes of sitting down there all the sweat disappeared as the air conditioning in the room was at its highest.
I became cold immediately and this is me that loves a cold place.
I had to reach the switch and turn off the air conditioning.
I was dry now and there was no need to go have my bath again I thought to myself so I had to stand up and move to the conference room for the meeting.
"Are you sure you are ready to do this?" my wife asked me and at that moment I became more curious.
"What exactly was I supposed to do and why does it seem as though I am not ready for it?"
I asked myself but I could not get a response in return as not even my wolf could answer me.
Still in that confusion I decided I was still going to go ahead with a meeting anyways.
It's not the first time I have been this apprehensive about the council of elders meeting. And I am definitely sure it is not going to be the last time.
I tried to put myself together and see how I could find a way around the whole thing as I walked down the stairs.
I met Louise on my way and she stopped me.
While I stood with her, just like the first time, my breath increased and I could no longer control it anymore.
She kept staring at me and gave me a look that tells that she was surprised by the way I was reacting.
I tried all I could to hide my feeling but I could not so when she asked me what was going wrong I poured out everything immediately.
I told her I was feeling uneasy and uncomfortable about the meeting and that I didn't want to attend the meeting.
"So who is going to do what you were supposed to do at the meeting? You no longer have a beta now who could be your representative so what are you going to do?" She asked me as soon as I told her that I was not feeling too well to attend the meeting.
The thought of her representing me flashed my mind but I trashed it because there was no way on earth that I was ever going to let Louise attend that meeting on my behalf and from the look of things that is exactly what she was waiting for.
"Don't worry, I know what to do,'' I said to her, as I moved downstairs, she hurried after me and held my hands so I had to stop to listen to what she had to say.
"You don't have to overwork yourself. I am here to help you so let me do it." She offered to be of help but I don't need her help and even if I need her help I'm not going to accept it.
"Like I said, you don't have to worry, I will handle everything." I snatched my hand away from her grip and started walking hurriedly into the conference room.
As I got to the door I stood in front of it for about ten minutes trying to calm myself down and also rehearse what I would say to them.
I also juggled my brain with the hope of getting possible questions that they may ask me but I was too nervous and apprehensive to think straight so nothing came to my mind.
Seeing that I don't have many options available to me I reached out to the door handle and tried to open it but it turned out that the door was locked from inside.
"Who locked the door?" That was the first thing that came out of my mouth as soon as the door refused to open.
It was actually something very unusual, the door to the conference room is only locked after everyone entitled to attend the meeting has gotten through it.
I was not yet in the meeting and I wonder why the door should be locked.
Thus I knocked on it and waited for a response from inside. I knocked for a while and nobody responded. I couldn't even hear their voices from inside the room so I had to move back and went back to the living room to ask Louise if they actually came.
I entered the living room and she was no longer there but I found one of the servants hanging around so I had to ask him if the council of elders had entered the conference room.
"Yes my lord, three of them,'' he responded.
"Did you just say three of them?" I asked him because normally the elders don't work without each other.
The council must be complete before anything can happen and this meeting seems to be an important one so I wasn't comfortable with the fact that it was just three elders that were sitting inside the conference room.
I had to hurry up the stairs to look for Louise and asked her how many people she addressed the notice of the meeting to.
I got to her room but she was not there. I headed to Emily's room and she wasn't there either.
I was certain she was not going to be in my room because I had locked the door and I had the keys here with me.
Well I was rushing out from Emily's room, I saw her trying to smuggle herself into her so I ran after her immediately.
"How many elders did you address the notice of this meeting?" I asked her but she said nothing after giving me a seductive glance and walked into her room.
I pushed the door because it was not fully closed and walked into the room with her. As soon as I closed the door behind me Louise grabbed me and started kissing me all over.
I couldn't push her away because I really needed that too myself and within a twinkle of an eye, we were already in bed struggling to pull off each other's clothes.
It was then I remembered that I had a conference meeting to attend and I was here to ask her why it was just three elders she invited for the meeting.
"Stop it Louise, we shouldn't be doing this now.'' I said to her as soon as she got her lips off my mouth and started kissing my chest.
She chose to ignore me and continued what she was doing. I laid back on the bed for a while and tried to enjoy the moment but my mind was still on the meeting so I gently pushed her away and laid her on the bed.
"I addressed the notice of the meeting to the five elders so I can't be responsible for the absence of the other two." She responded as she tried to properly adjust her clothes.
I got up from the bed and started adjusting mine too.
"We should do this tonight,'' she suggested but I just wasn't interested. However, I nodded and moved towards the door.
Then it occurred to me that the conference room was locked so I had to ask her why.
She was equally surprised and immediately we both went downstairs to know why the conference room was locked from inside.
But as we got to the door this time around the door was open and it was not just the lock it was properly open.
"I thought you had said the door was locked,'' she asked me as I was trying to wrap my head around the whole thing.
I was surprised because I knew fully well that by the time I came here the door was actually locked and not open.
I didn't know how to defend myself or what to tell her so I just had to walk into the conference room and close the door behind me.
"You are late for the meeting,'' one of the elders said as soon as I walked in without even letting me take my seat.
I apologised and asked them if we could proceed with the meeting and they said they were waiting for the other two so we had to wait.
"So where are the other two?'' I asked them as I took my seat.
"They went on an errand and should be here shortly,'' the oldest man responded.
I wanted to ask them what they went for but I decided against it.
It turned out that they noticed that I was feeling uneasy so they asked me about it but I lied and told them I had been sick.
"You should have just told us you were sick so we wouldn't bother ourselves today."
The last elder who hasn't said anything spoke up but I tried my best to ignore him.
"You could brief us on the reason for this meeting before the other two elders join us." The first elder who complained of my lateness stated and I tried to catch my breath.
I really felt like strangling these people in front of me right now.
The council of elders have done their best to make life miserable for me ever since I took over as alpha.
I know they prefer my brother over me but the thing is that they must learn to live with me because I am definitely going to be with them for a very long time.
"There is nothing serious. I just wanted us to talk about my marriage with Louise, my brother's wife." I told them as I picked up a piece of paper that was lying on the table and fanned myself with it despite the fact that the room was fully air-conditioned because I was seriously sweating again and it seemed as though the air conditioning was blowing hot air.
"From the look of things I can bet that you don't want this marriage but the truth is that if you don't do this you can't have an heir." Adams lectured me and I stayed quiet listening to him because I was trying to put myself together.
By the time he was done with his lecture, I announced to all of them that I was ready to proceed with the marriage and that was why I called the meeting.
They all applauded my decision and informed me that they would start making plans for the marriage as soon as possible.
I sat back and tried to observe them quietly and I found out they were not as difficult as they were the other day. I wondered what changed but I decided not to think about it. Whatever it is, it was a good one.