Chapter Ninety-Four – Still useful.
Chris’s POV
Your Silver was quick to judge. She’s impulsive, excessive, any adjective to imply impatient.
Like three years ago, I was torn about rejecting my mate even while the words left my mouth.
And probably, I’d have taken them back before the day ended and we’d be together now. But she was quick to fake her death and leave.
I accept that the events of three years were my fault, and mother’s, but things could have ended differently if she wasn’t so impulsive!
But they happened, and even if I’d like to say I recovered, I never did fully. My wolf neither. And it looked like we’d never be forgiven.
However, Your Silver never changed from being so impulsive and quick to conclude.
Concluding I planned with Logan, who harmed my Beta and warriors, kidnapped a princess, and asked for my life, to kill her was insane.
Belittling me before my subjects was offending and making me look like a lying and ego driven wolf was painful.
Also her rage was great enough to help her break Alpha rank, and I’m still the bad person.
The door of my courtroom swung open, without any knock. My thoughts crashed because of the disruption, making my expression frustrated.
I had been waiting for Ray but it was my father that walked in.
I masked the frustrated expression with a relaxed one. “Father, how’ve you been doing?”
He slowed down, looking at me from far. He opened his hands. “How would a mateless Alpha be doing?”
I shrugged, I was also a mateless Alpha but I’d ignore that to not invalidate his feelings. “How?”
“Wolfully!” he howled in laughter.
My eyebrows raised questionably before I got the pun. “Oh, woefully. Nice.” I rolled my eyes.
He hastened his steps and jumped into the Luna’s chair. “This had been empty for a while. Should I come here?”
I frowned, looking away. What was he coming to my Luna’s seat for?
A sigh left my lips as I wondered if he’s losing a part of his sanity since his mate was discovered to be a fraud.
He peered into my eyes intently and I realized I didn’t answer him. “I’m good. Filling that seat up is the least of my worries.”
“It should be!” he asserted. “Where’s your Luna, and mother of your child? And I need grandkids to divide my attention.”
Were we having this topic? Vanessa’s another child he had that could give him grandkids he desired.
But since she sided with our mother over the mate swap, their relationship had been sour.
“I will find Sasha soon. I have a clue and when everything settles, I will ask about it again…”
My father immediately snapped. “When what settles? Is there trouble brewing?”
I shook my head. “Forget it. You wouldn’t want to know…”
“I would.” He chirped in again. “Anything to ponder on rather than thinking. Not currently an Alpha shouldn’t mean I’d be at the sidelines.”
I rubbed my temples but smiled. “Yes but it means you’ve had your share of worrying about the pack so let your son worry over it…”
He still had words to say. “Oh no, what about Rihanna? She let her father stay with her and he’d run her pack sometimes…”
“I highly doubt that.” I interrupted, he’d be doing so for long. “Your Beta and his wife assumed a normal life at her pack. She rules her own pack.”
My father nodded, looking impressed. Suddenly, he didn’t have words to say where he should be reacting.
“And it isn’t really a good thing as she needs guidance sometimes.” I added.
“Please,” my father dismissed, “As long as she protects her pack, then how she protects them doesn’t matter. Her duty is to her people.”
That wasn’t what he taught me growing up. I shifted, facing him directly. If that was his new conception, he better explain.
“I don’t agree. And yes, that’s exactly what she’s doing. Impulsive, ready to fight, have a million reason for her actions.” I almost shouted.
“Giving vibes of the former Black Rose Alpha.” My father continued. “I heard the current Alpha is close to Rihanna, he’d see his mother in her.”
I was quiet for a while before I turned away my dad. “Where’s the former Alpha now? When I visited, there was no sign of her?”
My father began laughing, leaving me confused. “You expect her to come out to greet you? She’s so proud, she’d never do that.”
I stared at my father blankly, again, he seemed to encourage these wolfesses being too much.
“Also, she might have crossed the seven seas to get a ‘retirement vacation’. Her mother did the same when she stepped down.” My father added.
That sounded fancy. “And her son didn’t need his mom with him, so there, I am good.” I patted my dad, leaving my throne.
He hurriedly assumed the position, touching the cushion tenderly. He’d really need company before he lost his head completely.
“But if you’d give me advice, how do you handle a troublesome but useful ally?” I asked.
He looked up, higher than me, then grinned. “Well, play their game. Make them close…”
“And then what?” I queried.
“Do it. And that’s it.” He clapped. “If they are really useful then risk it all to be in their best books, or at least good books.”
So I was supposed to play along with Your Silver? I wasn’t expecting that answer but it seemed viable. I needed her to stop the Lycan.
“Is this Black Rose? It’d work. They aren’t so troublesome but surely useful.” my dad grinned, leaving the throne.” And you lose nothing.”
Yeah, nothing but my dignity! Which I supposed will be dispensable to my father as ‘an Alpha’s first duty is to his Pack’.
The good side will be that Black Rose and I have less problems since their Alpha and I connected.
But to avoid issues, I’d be using this strategy on them as well. “Thanks, dad.”
“Yeah, I’m still useful.” He nodded proudly.
He always will be. Afterwards, he left me to the emptiness of the courtroom. I felt the void he felt but I couldn’t do anything about it.
Using my mind link, I searched for Ray, since I was in the mood to get advice, I should get some from him on how to appease his sister.
“Yes, Ray, where are you? We need to see now, please.” I said when I finally found him, nearby.
He sniffed, “Sure, I was making rounds around the pack. The weather is chilly even for a wolf.”
Weather abnormalities had been usual around Black Hills, making the pack think it’s a sign of wrath from the Moon goddess.
“Yeah, hurry.” I responded dismissively. “I need to speak to you about your sister, I noticed this.”
“Is this about her mate? You noticed?” Ray asked with a little snicker.
I froze, staring into space. I noticed nothing. Did his sister get her mate already? The supposed replacement of my throne? Who was it?!