Cara’s pov
For ten to fifteen minutes, the grand room was silent. Each of the elders had looks of shock as if they couldn’t believe what they were hearing.
In a twinkle of an eye, Brian reached me, his eyes bored through me, as if looking for any visible wound or injuries, he sighed in relief before enclosing me in a embrace that sent shivers up my spine when he discovered no injuries, he had come back, come back for me, I just wanted to cuddle and be in his embrace but not yet, we were still surrounded by arrogant elders.
“Impossible!!!” Jules broke the silence, as if he was put on the play button, he flared his hands in exclamation. Every ounce of his elegance vanishing through the window.
“It’s an abomination for…”
“An abomination for what , jules” Brian cut him short, and I couldn’t help shiver from the intensity of his words. his deep baritone voice turned me on instantly. “your sanity as a respected elder of the mafian pack needs to be questioned!”
“Brian, this is a delicate matter. It needs to be handled properly” Emelda interjected in a calm voice. She was the only one who was not affected by the madness associated with rogues, except for the older one among them, but I guess he was not much of a talker, actually. Only saying one or two words since I was here.
“And Brian, why are we hearing this piece of …news now”. the other elder, who i later got to be known as Kyle asked, stressing the “news”
“I just discovered about…”
“Lies, we the elders are the backbone of this pack, without us, you are as good as dead, mangled by the Secret Council by now, your so called empire would have been buried in ruins” Jules rambled. He had clearly lost it and was out of control.
“I don’t own your pathetic old ass any explanation about how I choose my mate, and my pack don’t own anybody for its protection, we are capable on our own” Brian said in a dangerous low voice, his anger barely on control.
“You…” Jules pointed, exploding from his seat in rage,
“Silence!!” The voice of the older elder pierces through the tension in the room.
This is an abomination. Their relationship can not work. It is an against the…. Jules said, turning to the older man,
I said “silence,” an intangible aura filled the room. The pressure was way stronger than Jule’s combined, but this time, brian protected me with his own aura. Jules shut up for good.
“This is a serious case” Kyle, who has been keeping quiet but is silently supporting jules, said out aloud.
“Brian, you are our pack leader. The rogues look up to you, you know the law” Dominik finally said.
“I don’t care about any fucking laws, she is my mate and that she will be, anyone that have a problem with that, will pass through me first” Brian scowled at them, he was gripping me tightly now, a sign that he was barely hanging on.
“Then if it’s as you have said, why have you not completed the mating ceremony” Dominik asked.
His question caused brian to stiffen. My blood flow for a moment felt it had reversed. That was true, and Brian had not completed our mating ceremony.
Every werewolf once they see their mate undergoes a ritual as a form of marriage. they can mark each other to warn other werewolves that she is his mate, but it has not yet been completed.
The mating ceremony can only be completed during s*x, when they bite into each other, sealing their bond with their essence simultanously mixing together, that binds their mating bond forever.
A hushed silence followed after the head of the elders asked Brian about our mating bond. I could feel Brian gnashing his teeth. His firm hold on me was now becoming unbearable as I tried to endure the pain
I could see the satisfied expression on Jules and Kyle’s faces. They watched in glee, as if they knew something deep, I don’t know off.
“More or less, we have to keep this news away from the secret council. Our position with them hangs on a thin balance, with no side having the upper hand. Besides, I have gotten reports of underground activities going on.”
At a point where it seemed like Brian would explode, Emelda said, changing the topic.
“They will not dare attack the mafian wolf pack unless they are looking to die” Brian growled angrily.
“That’s if there is no change in power. We have remained like this for a while with no one having the upper hand. if news that we have a pureblooded cupbearer amongst us, a mystery that have never been seen in ages, they may throw away the fragile peace we have and declare war against us.” Emelda declared
“We can not let that happen. That is why we want to lock up the cupbearer for now, at least until we are sure that she is a really pureblooded cupbearer.
“The mafian wolf packs are never afraid to fight or to die fighting for our course. we are done bowing down to the “secret council” Cara that’s her name is my mate”. Brian declared, standing proudly with his head raised high. My heart made a flop, watching his strong chiseled jaw open and close, the lines of his face complementing his handsome facial looks.
To my horror, I discovered that i was getting turned on by just looking at brian in the middle of the whole drama.
“It must be this stupid mate thing”, l blamed it on the mating bond
“Are you trying to declare war on the whole of the eatern part of Ellorin just for a slave omega, you are Insane and are not fit to be the alpha”. Kyle questioned from his seat as if he was trying to confirm something.
“Come down here and call her that once more” Brian scowled at Jules,
“Listen all of you, we have been lying in the shadows, all this time, bidding our time, and now this is the time, If the secret council wants to declare war, we will give it to them!!” Brian roared.
“You are insane, you have gone mad, your curse has blinded you…” Jules started shouting.
“And what of the western part of Ellorin, I know they won’t sit tight if per chance the news of a pureblood reaches them” Emelda interjected again, her old face was deadserious waiting at Brian’s reply.
Kyle leaned closer in his seat, his dark gaze trained on Brian, as if daring him to answer the question.
Even Dominik, the older and the head, was seated silently, but you can see the way his eyes perked in attention, waiting to hear what Brian will say.
The tension was much, almost too much to handle. If not for Brian’s aura shielding me from their violent pressure, I would have been shredded into pieces by now.
The western part of the Ellorin was a well know behemoth, from what Alexander told me, they are stronger and more bounded together than the eastern part that is separated into different packs, only having only one pack that rules over the whole region that is like times two of the Eastern region of Ellorin. So their power goes as soo.
My heartbeat increased. As a fear I have never felt in my life descended on me, it occurred to me that whatever Brian will 2say or do will decide my life or death.
And my fate in Ellorin.
“I Brian will not bow down for anybody, even the western region if they want to come to their early grave…” he paused,
“they can as well come and die.”
Brian’s hard words continued to rebound back through my thoughts, even as I was carried bridal style away from the grand hall, the faces of Jules was covered in undisguise horror,
Emelda was like she wanted to say something, but she was short of words,
Kyle kept on mumbling ” he is mad, he is insane…”
Domink just sat there as usual, but the way his body tightened at the end of Brian’s speech signified that he was affected by what Brian said. He shook his head, his expression was filled with disappointment and sadness,
And his eyes shone with a dark light, looking closely, I could see it in his eyes, his fear of the calamity that is to come.
But in place of my fears was a flicker of undisputed belief that even if the whole world was coming down on me, if everywhere burning into ashes, I would be safe in the arms of my mate.