Chapter 35
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After the Alpha king left, Maurice stepped out of the shadows and informed the king that the elders were in the inner courtroom. The elders were the leaders of each vampire clan around the globe. They were sixteen in number and they each have more than hundreds of vampires under them living in shadows all over the world. The elders were like Alphas of the werewolf community but they have a direct connection with the king through blood links.
The sixteen of them always gathered at the palace of their king, once a year but sometimes more than that In case of emergencies and that emergency only meant a war breakout. The meetings were usually in the form of ceremonial balls with a full party at the palace of the vampire king but ever since his mate went missing three years ago, the meetings were just held at his secret courtroom. And since the world of the supernatural has been more than peaceful for years, they only attend the meeting once a year and that meeting day happened to be at that moment. They all greeted their kings in unison, all of them had their fangs out and their red eyes shone in the dark room. Darryl made a hand gesture and they all sat down.
” Your Highness. I heard a strange rumor” A female elder, Alyssa stated.
” What was that?”
” Three years ago. Is it true that a pack of werewolves attempted to kill you?” Alyssa asked and murmurs echoed in the inner courtroom.
” It is true,” Darryl answered honestly and his answer was followed by a series of gasps from all the elders. He wondered who leaked that among the vampire community, the only people who knew about that incident were Maurice and Elena. He tried all means to keep that night a secret, the only thing the elders knew about was the disappearance of his soulmate, their future queen. It must be Elena.
” How dare those filthy mutts!” A male elder banged the arm of his chair angrily.
” What is the Alpha king doing about this?!” Another elder raised his voice.
” This calls for war!” followed by another one.
” This is a disrespect to our king! They will pay for this!”
” Silence!” Maurice’s voice echoed in the courtroom and the place went silent instantly. He may not be an elder but he was as strong as each of them even stronger, he held a higher position than all of them so any respect they gave to their king was often offered to him too.
” Let the king speak” His voice slithers through the air.
” Thank you for your concern, everyone. You don’t need to worry about me, however, this issue is now out of my control. The council will settle this on my behalf” He said with a smile.
” But we should teach them a lesson” Frank one of the elders huffed in disagreement.
” Do not forget about the pact Frank. We can’t wage a war on each other and besides the last thing I need right now is a war between races but do you think anyone who disrespects me will go scot-free? That is funny” The king stood up from his throne and all the elders bowed instantly.
” This is not about me at all but my mate, your queen. They dared lay their hands on what belongs to me but put your mind at rest, I will tear them limb to limb with my own hands. Let’s go to the topic of today’s meeting” Sitting on his throne again, he gestures at Alyssa to start with the main discussion of the meeting. He doesn’t want to task any of them because of a mere pack like the Redmoon pack. He would handle the little pest all by himself and he knew so well that he won’t be merciful.
” Alright your majesty” Alyssa bowed before taking a step forward. She removed a scroll of painting from her pretty sleeve and opened it for Darryl to see. On the mural was a painting of an old creature known to exist years before the supernatural decided to ally. The supernatural council consisted of the Witches, Vampires, werewolves, and other shifters. Judging from the appearance of the creature on the mural; its long elongated ears, pitch-black soulless eyes, and seemingly attractive appearance, the creature was a shape-shifting demon. That painting depicts their original appearance before they take the form of anyone they want.
” There have been reports of sightings of these creatures around my coven.” Alyssa’s said pointing at the creature on the drawing. Darryl sighed a little bit before a nasty snarl escaped his mouth.
“Shape-shifting Demons” He snarled. He had enough trouble on his plate already to deal with troublesome and silly creatures of the underworld.
Shape-shifting Demons were big threats to the whole of the supernatural world. While vampires can only turn human beings to one of them at will, werewolves can only turn one human once in their lifetimes and that is if the said human being was their mate, Witches can only be born but demons? Those nasty creatures could turn every race at will, just one bite from them will turn anyone to one of them. Vampires, Witches, werewolves, elves, and shifters at large.
They influenced some witches into dark magic which led to chaos across the globe, they turned numerous vampires into soulless creatures that were beyond control. They can manipulate their bodies and shift into whichever creature they desire, so they took the form of many werewolves and attacked their packs and families, because of these creatures the world was turned into chaos Before every ruler of supernatural races decided to ally.
The leaders of each race came together and formed a council against the common enemy three centuries ago during the first century of Darryl’s rule as the vampire King. He was part of the brave minds that fought the great war against the leader of the demons, with the Witches’ magic, the demons were sealed permanently in the underworld where they could live freely without posing threats to anyone. A treaty was later signed with the King of the underworld which prevented them from ever trying to break the seal or coming down to earth to cause chaos again. And sighting them can only mean one thing, someone has tampered with the seal. Could it be Kiona? It can’t be her, She has been locked in his dungeons for months.
” They are coming back” Her last statement resonates in his mind again. Could this be what she was talking about?
” They appeared out of the blue at midnight last month and also two weeks ago. One of the Vampires who saw them drew this. I couldn’t imagine that they were demons though” Alyssa continued and a series of gasps and murmurs were heard in the room.
” Where did you find them?” Darryl asked with a nod of his head. Apart from him, only a few elders and Maurice knew about the existence of the demons.
” At Ruby Forest your majesty” Alyssa responded with a bow.
” I was around that place just a few hours ago and I didn’t notice any funny occurrence” He placed his long slender fingers under his chin as he thought hard.
” Wait! Ruby Forest, near the Redmoon Plain? Your coven is near the Redmoon pack?” Daryl’s lips curled upward in curiosity as he stood up from his throne and stepped down to Alyssa’s position.
” Yes, Your Highness. The pack of your mate’s brother”
There was another series of murmurs in the room before their king’s Stony glare silenced them. Shape-shifting demons were extremely dangerous, they could take the form of anything or anyone.
He took a deep breath and dismissed everyone after they all said no when he asked them if there was other information they would like to give him. He relaxed into his throne and became lost in thought. Diana’s face flashed through his mind and he searched through his blood link to see if she was fine. He was relieved to find her emotions stable. Nobody was with her and that made his mind settled for a while.
” Your Highness” Maurice’s voice cuts through his thoughts like a knife through butter.
” What?” he snapped.
” I think that weasely Alpha might be up to something”
It couldn’t be a coincidence that demons were sighted near the Redmoon pack and Darryl couldn’t help but feel uneasy about the new development. It was strange and something didn’t feel right. Could it be?