The Heir to the Alpha
Chapter 24

Scarlett

On the way to the Council Christopher asked me.

"Since you'll have guards with you always, would you prefer Thomas to be with you?"

We had left Thomas at the Pack, he was involved in the case of the redheads' murders and had a meeting with other guards yesterday, but the crimes had stopped approximately two weeks ago, and I needed him here more.

"Yes, please," I responded and Christopher immediately picked up his cell phone to make calls.

We were close to the Council and the landscape was already becoming familiar, we entered through the gates and the escort of cars continued around us and this time even within the limits of the Council, our guards did not disperse, Christopher opened the door for me to leave, and there were always 8 guards around us and others nearby, providing escort even from afar. But even with all that security I felt apprehensive, Christopher felt that, and it was as if we were more connected than ever. He put his arm around my shoulder and hugged me tightly, I felt his lips kissing the top of my head and we entered the Council through the stairs. I heard our footsteps on the marble floor and we headed towards a large wooden door. Christopher was close to me, he just tilted his face so his lips went to my ears.

"Honey, I hope this doesn't scare you, but it will have to." He said with a smile, and for a second I feared what might happen. But he kissed me on the forehead and I stood still as he walked to the door, I saw Christopher suck in a breath and then push the doors open hard.

"What the fuck happened?" He shouted, with all the air in his lungs rushing into the room, I hesitated to follow him for a minute, but something told me it was right. I slowly walked a little behind him until I could see a large, wide wooden table with three large chairs at the end, and smaller ones surrounding it. At the tip were 3 ancient Alpha wolves, it was the triad, the greatest power within the Council, and around were other members of the Council. Christopher's entrance made everyone turn and look wide-eyed at him.

"Alpha Christopher, we apologize for what happened, but we also lost a member." One of the triad members responded and pointed to one of the empty chairs, my chest hurt thinking that Neil was supposed to be sitting there.

"Are you sorry? Are you sorry? You lost a limb. I lost a friend, and I almost lost…everything." He responded with a changed tone of voice, and the pause before saying everything cut me inside. "My Pack is almost without an Alpha, and while I still don't have a Beta, if I were to die…" He said, still shouting, but his voice broke, and he stopped, his eyes widened and he turned to me, then he looked at me. front.

"What's wrong, Alpha?" Another triad member asked.

"Since I don't have Beta yet, if I died and so would my heir. The Pack goes to my next living relative…. Joshua."

There I understood Christopher's astonishment, it was all planned by Joshua, perhaps even our trip to the Council, our trip to the temple, it was all to kill us. And he takes back power, unites the Pack again and takes control of everything.

"We can't accuse another Alpha like that without proof." A Council member said, and I couldn't help it.

"No proof? Joshua was there, he was the one who ordered the wolves to attack us…" I shouted back, and I saw their reaction as they didn't expect me to say anything.

"It's your word against his…"

It consumed me inside, I couldn't believe this could be happening, and as if he was reading my thoughts, Christopher added.

"Are you serious? You're not going to do anything?"

"I didn't say we wouldn't do anything, a member of the Council was killed, an investigation will be opened, but we can't just accuse Alpha Joshua without proof."

"And how did so many wolves get into the temple? My guard stayed outside because it was a sacred place, but we were attacked inside." Christopher continued speaking, still in disbelief.

"This will also be investigated." Another member of the Council said and I felt Christopher agitated by it all, his hands sought mine, and he held my hand tightly.

"We are leaving, I await the progress of the investigations," Christopher said, holding my hand, and practically dragging me out of the room.

I felt my feet almost tripping over each other, and then he grabbed me by the waist and led me out of there. It reminded me of the time he picked me up from the dance floor at Tyler's, our guards hurrying behind us.

"Christopher, what's going on?" I asked him as I tried to lift my gaze, trying to read what he was trying to do. But he didn't answer me, he remained silent, until we reached the car. He opened the backseat door and practically placed me inside. He walked around the car and shouted to the entire fleet.

"We go straight and only stop when we arrive at the Pack." It was a direct order before he entered through the other door and took a deep breath.

"Hurry up." He said to the driver, and then he turned to me. "I don't know why I didn't think of it before, Joshua couldn't have known that we were in the temple, the meetings are confidential, especially when it comes to something religious. And for him to be able to get in with those exiles, he had help from within. It was someone from the Council that is involved with him. That's why I didn't achieve anything the first time I came because they didn't want me to achieve it. Every second in here is a risk for us." He said and I felt my heart speed up. Every meter the car traveled I waited and counted the seconds until we got out of there.

"What if it was all a plan to lure us here? Until Bertha talked about the prophecies, we were making this trip."

My words made Christopher lean his head against the car seat and close his eyes in frustration.

"Map," I said loudly, and Christopher opened his eyes wide to look at me. "A map of the region, do you have it here?"

The guard who was in the passenger seat opened the glove compartment and pulled out a map from inside.

I opened the paper and began to analyze the geography of the place.

"Let's go North, you can call Brennon and ask us to go through there, it's not ideal, but we gained a few kilometers in friendly territory. How trustworthy is Brennon?" I needed to ask.

"Very, I've known him my whole life. He's a Hasendolf, from a traditional family of Alphas." Christopher completed it and looked at me before completing it. "You're right, that's the best way, and if someone follows us, it helps us lose track," Christopher said to me. "Let's head north.

He took out his cell phone and made some calls, told Thomas to meet us on the way and come back with us. He informed Brennon that we were going, the guards from the other escort cars and already scheduled a meeting for as soon as we arrived. When we entered the North, there were more guards waiting for us, we weren't going to stop, we were just going to cross the territory but Brennon sent guards and a picnic basket as a kindness, I mentally thanked him because I was already getting hungry. We bypassed the Northern territory inside their gates, but after there, we needed to continue along the road, it was the most tense trip I've ever had. Christopher was distant, looking out the window, apprehensive and thoughtful. I pulled one of his hands, put his arm around my head, and fit into his embrace, he smelled my hair before kissing my forehead and squeezing me a little tighter into his embrace. Halfway there Thomas met us by car and joined the convoy.

When we finally saw our famous hills, the oak forests, and the Pack gates in the background, I couldn't believe it was over, and as the cars entered our territory, a shiver of relief ran through me, and I heard Christopher sigh loudly. , of relief too.

We went directly to the Pack's house, it was already dark, I couldn't sleep on the way and it was an extremely tiring trip, but we needed to talk to the leaders, and to be honest I wanted a hug from my father and mother. The guard cars parked below, but ours went up to the side entrance, we went directly to the meeting room on the third floor and when we entered the door, there were simply all the leaders of the Pack, the room was packed, and everyone turned their heads. to see us coming in and stood up as a sign of respect. But one person stood out from that universe, it was my mother, she was wearing hospital clothes and came running towards us. Her body collided with mine, and she hugged me tightly, at any other time I might have asked her to move away, but I put myself in her place. I imagined my son coming from some dangerous situation, I would also just want to see him well, hug him and make sure that nothing would hurt him again. Christopher bypassed everyone and went to the end of the table, a few more guards and Thomas entered the room later too.

"Scarlett, are you okay?" My mother asked me, I just nodded, and before I answered, Christopher's strong and imposing voice cut through the place, and made me walk to his side, it was as if I already knew that I belonged there.

"We have many updates, but there are important points. We are being attacked by the South, reinforce the borders and always remain on alert. I know that our people have some relatives in their territories, but movement from now on needs to be restricted. There is a prophecy about us, it's a primordialis, it talks about Scarlett and our son..."

"What does the prophecy say?" Now Carl asked and Christopher turned to me, we were attacked then we hadn't recorded or taken a photo.

"I think I remember, it was: The first came to teach, The second to change, She is the warm fire, And no one can stop her desire, In the midst of the war, Red comes as a salvation, Bringing hope and new life, To the whole new nationThe second chance was the right mate, Which was already decided by the fate, And there is born the new leader withstood, Of the people gathered again for good."

"Red?" One of the members asked.

"Red...Scarlett." My mother said open-mouthed. "I had a dream about the Moon when I was pregnant with you and she said your name would be Scarlett."

"I would think it was someone with red hair." Carl's speech almost made me lose my feet.

"Them too...The case with the redheads." I said looking at Thomas, not understanding how I hadn't thought of this before.

The entire guard was left open-mouthed, it was them, it was probably them wanting to destroy the heir's possible mother, they just didn't know it would be me...

"We were close to the people who ordered it, the executors were some exiles and..." Thomas started to say.

"There were exiles who attacked us too, and I understand that they are angry with the entire hierarchy and the Alphas, but why did they side with Joshua? Why accept his orders?" Christopher asked himself, putting his hand over his face.

"Because he promised them something..." I started to speak as I tried to make my brain reason, tried to connect the pieces, understand better. And I remembered the end of the prophecy. "And if when it says about the people coming together, the prophecy is talking about uniting the Packs again, and Joshua counts on that, maybe he's promising land to the exiles."

"But there's something worse, we were attacked inside the temple, inside the Council, I suspect..." Christopher didn't even try to finish the sentence.

"That there's someone on the inside." Carl himself responded.

It was too much, there was a lot, a lot of information, a lot of betrayal, a lot of things involved. And what made me think the most was the real reason, why Joshua was doing this.

"Now we can't solve anything, but keep the borders double secure, continue the investigation into the case of the redheads and see if any information matches our attack earlier today, demand information from the Council for the investigations, but don't provide anything. Tomorrow morning We take action."

I was tired, the leaders said goodbye, the guard reinforced security, I hugged my parents tightly and we went up to the room. I took a quick shower and threw myself into the most comfortable Christopher t-shirt I found, I lay down on the bed, and it felt like the world was spinning while my thoughts danced without control, it was as if even trying to rest I couldn't replace peace

Christopher was on his cell phone calling other Alphas, he took a shower after me, and when he finally lay down on the bed, contrary to what he normally did, which was turning me sideways to spoon me, this time he lay down on my side. chest, one of his arms slipped under the pillow and the other squeezed my waist, one of his legs was over mine, and even though he was the strongest man I had ever met, he was taking comfort in me. My fingers passed through his hair, and I heard him sigh deeply, closing his eyes, the tips of my fingers went down, drawing his features, and I began to imagine if our son would look like him.

"I love you." He said, still with his eyes closed.

"Me too, always and forever." I completed it and felt my eyes get heavy, it was as if even with all that whirlwind of thoughts, with him I had peace, so I fell asleep.