Chapter 215: Rhys
“Sir, I’m sorry to disturb your meeting, but you have a visitor.”
I looked at the servant girl dumbly and then at my watch again. “Who on earth is visiting at this hour?” I asked with a frown as Sammy rubbed her head sleepily against my chest.
“It’s Alpha George, sir. Of the Golden Pack.”
Alarm bells immediately sounded in my head. The Alpha of the Golden pack had tried to kill me. But his name hadn’t been George... My heart pounded in my chest, but I nodded.
“I will meet him in the office downstairs.” I stated.
As soon as the door shut, everyone’s eyes were on me. We had hardly talked about the attack from the Golden Pack on me and Grace. It wasn’t something we had honestly done much to follow up on, or anything, but it was still very fresh in my mind.
“Michael, Maizie, you take Sammy upstairs, and you lock yourselves in the Alpha floor. Heather, take your kids up there too. It’s a little more secure, though not as much as I would like it to be. Sawyer, you’re with me.”
“With all due respect, sir,” Maizie glared at me as Michael took Sammy from me. “Where my mate goes, I go.”
“Maizie, it’s your birthday for only like another hour, we didn’t even get to celebrate you at all. But just because you are technically no longer a child, does not mean you get to waltz right into a meeting where the attendee is probably going to try and kill us. That’s just crazy. And not even slightly a good birthday present.”
“What’s crazy is that you think I’m not going to attend, especially if my mate is going,” She shot back. “You need me.”
“You haven’t even shifted yet.” I argued.
“But I know I can. I just didn’t want to yet with everything going on.”
I rolled my eyes as Michael tried to reason with her, but I knew there was no reasoning with her. She was going to do what she wanted and there would be no stopping her.
Michael gave me a ‘welp I tried’ look, and I nodded at him. I appreciated him trying, and I knew he really wanted to come, but he also knew that someone had to stay with Sammy. She might be around in our meetings, and she did help identify the people in some of the photos, but she was a young child. She didn’t need to be in a meeting where attempted murder was a likely outcome.
Sawyer looked at me with wild eyes. He didn’t want his mate anywhere near this meeting, but I understood her desire to be there, and I really didn’t have a good argument to keep her out of it.
The three of us made our way slowly down the steps. What the hell was the next Alpha of the Golden pack doing here? Was he here for the same mission? Did he want answers?
However, as soon as I entered the office that the meeting was in, I recognized the Alpha. He was an older man. His hair was white as snow, and his face was wrinkled with time, but he was familiar. I had actually taken a potential bride from his pack way back in the day.
“Alpha George.” I greeted, more uncertain than ever about this meeting.
“Alpha King,” The man bowed.
This man had always been respectful and loyal in the past, but that didn’t mean his allegiance hadn’t changed. He was older now, but I hoped he was wiser too.
“What brings you all the way to the Alpha King pack?” I asked as I took my seat, and Sawyer and Maizie flanked me on both sides.
“Several reasons, actually,” The old man stated, his voice firm but tired.
I raised my brows, encouraging him to keep going.
“The first reason I have come is because my pack is under constant attack... I sent my son weeks ago to beg for help, but he never returned. I have lost half of my pack’s warriors, and they inch closer to where our residential areas are by the day. We can’t hold them back much longer.”
His words hit me like a truck... How many other packs were under attack? How many others had sent someone in an attempt to get help to only have received none? The Golden pack was near the outskirts of my reign. It would be hard to supply enough warriors to keep them and my own pack protected at this point.
“We met with someone a few weeks ago from Golden Pack.” I stated, forcing myself to keep my face blank. “A man who called himself, Alpha Raymond.”
Alpha George blinked back in surprise. “That would be my son... Though he isn’t an Alpha yet...” His voice trailed off slightly before saying, “If you knew of my pack’s problems, then why didn’t you send help? Why did my pack continue to suffer?”
“Ironically, Alpha George, he didn’t mention any of the things you did. He attempted to murder me and my mate.”
“No!” The man cried out in agony. I didn’t have to state what I had done to him. He knew well enough what a crime like that would result in. “No! There has to be some mistake. My son would never! Please Alpha King, you have to know that I would never condone such a thing! There must have been some sort of mistake!”
“You said your pack has been under constant attack?” Maizie asked, speaking up for the first time.
“Yes,” The man answered, but the distress in his voice was almost too much.
“Well then there are two options for what happened then,” Maizie answered, her voice calm. “He either was on the wrong side of things, playing you like a fiddle, bidding his time before attacking or he was caught on his way here and someone chose to steal his identity. Both stories end the same, but you can choose which scenario is the one you want to believe.”
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