Chapter 38

The round table holds six elegant, elaborated chairs occupied by five council members and the special throne-chair occupied by the Alpha King, with six extra elaborated chairs behind the first six chairs for other council members. All of them were staring at Adanel.

"I think Head Sentinel Adanel is right. It is time to extend the search to wilder ranges." That is from Alpha Rodarh.

The others nodded their agreement. Then, they all looked to their Alpha King for his guidance and last decision.

Finally, Wolfariane straightened on his chair slowly but lethally and nodded his head too. "Yes. He is right. I have been thinking about it for a while. Just because most of his killings are happening in the heart of Naturiah does not mean we have to base our searches only on the mountain lion Clan and werewolf Clan."

The others nodded their heads too. 

"I will have the Sentinels in charge of the hunt for the Wild Psycho extend their search to more clans and even across the borders. This cannot continue." He said firmly, with barely contained anger. 

Just the thought of the killer that has been hunting and killing his people for the past two years annoys Wolfariane greatly. Of course, he is better at hiding it than the others. Well, except Adanel.

"It cannot continue." A few others stated too, while the rest nodded their head.

"What about our hunt for your stolen ring, Alpha King? Has there been progress?" Alpha Asisy asked again.

The Alpha King faced the left side of the table, "I will let Alpha Degar answer that." He'd sent the leopard Alpha to find out about the progress the day before.

Alpha Degar inclined his head toward the Alpha King before he faced the council, "Yes, there has been progress. According to the Sentinels we sent to the non-changeling world, they brought in news that the old facility remains burnt down, and from the look of things, it doesn't look like it has been set foot in, for the past eighteen years."

He paused and added, "But they are still camouflaged and waiting to know if they can pick up more details."

"That means, there's a new location those monsters are using. Were they able to detect it?" Alpha Alphose asked.

"No, but they are still searching the remains of the facility for more clues. We will still hear more from them." Alpha Degar answered.

"Fair enough. Do keep us all updated." Alpha Alphose said and the rest nodded.

"We will discuss more on it in the next council meeting." The Alpha King was doing his best to contain the wolf and cougar in him that is snarling in rage at the mention of the lab facility that ruined their lives.

The calmness and restfulness he has been feeling all morning have disappeared like the wind because of the discussion at hand.

"Fúck, those monsters." Head Sentinel Rodarh growled angrily too. "I heard the culprit that lost the ring and made us all a target is here in our land. That ring is a grand mark of the Changelings, but now it has fallen into the hands of those mónsters again, revealing us to them. Again. Who is that person that caused this?"

"Thank goodness someone brought it up, I have been meaning to ask that." That is Head Sentinel Rodarh, and his eyes have gone light-brown showing that the elephant is close to the surface, and it is furious.

 "Who is that changeling? He needs to be brought to the council, and he needs to be punished for putting all our lives in danger." He growled.

The rest of the council nodded and muttered their agreement.

"Uhm, she's not a changeling but—" Alphose began, needing to quench this fire before it begins.

"What!? A HUMAN!?" Ratinus, The Rat Alpha roared from his chair. He leaned forward and banged his fist angrily on the table, "A human put our lives in danger!? He should be killed!"

"Uhm, if you can just listen—" Alphose began again, but they cut him off.

"I say we cut off his head and present it on a spike at the market of the heart of Naturiah." Head Sentinel Rodarh snarled furiously.

Alpha Asisy's eyes narrowed in sheer anger. "I say we lure him to the council, shift forms and let our other halves deal with this human." He spat the word 'human' disgustedly, "I cannot wait to do this."

"I cannot wait to tear him limb by limb." Head Sentinel Rodarh snarled, licking his lips like he can taste that person's flesh already. "Bet, I won't have to eat for three days after that, because I will feast very well."

The others nodded their agreement, followed by more words of anger and rage from the council members. 

Noise erupted in the council. Angry sprouts and hateful snides about the human culprit. Most of them are already having a hard time controlling their other-halves. A few of them have made a half shift, raging in anger. 

All were demanding the human that put them all in danger.

Alphose and Degar winced in the midst of the chaos. They'd predicted something like this will happen eventually, but it doesn't make it any better that it will happen. The council has no idea their 'culprit' is in Naturiah, under their protection.

Alphose's eyes found Head Sentinel Adanel from across the table, and a chill went down his spine. 

Like the Alpha King, he is doing nothing or saying nothing. The male is too quiet about this. That in itself is a big problem. 

Adanel is what they call a dangerous lone wolf. No one knows what he is thinking or feeling or planning to do at any time...unless he speaks of it. Which he most likely wouldn't. He is almost like the Alpha King in that aspect.

Like most of the council, he hates humans. But, on a scale of one to ten, if others hate humans on a scale of eight or nine, Adanel hates them is off the charts. Maybe, fifty-four. 

And, like the rest of the council, he is waiting for the Alpha King to give them information about this human that put them all in danger. 

But unlike the rest of them who were bantering and raging, he is looking at the Alpha King quietly. Waitingly. Menacingly.

Alphose sighed. He has no idea how the Alpha King will go about this because he has no liking for humans or the human in question. 
Also considering the fact that he does not want the human because of what the human means to him. How will he handle this?

Like Adanel, he turned and looked at the Alpha King.