Chapter 69

The Council traveled to the Godsend Pack the next day, accompanied by their league of protectors. They did not warn the Alpha, figuring that if they told him they were coming, he would hide the werwolves in question. As they rolled into the territory, riding in armored black SUV's, wolves ran along side them, not even trying to hide their presence.

The SUV's rolled up in front of the pack house, and even before anyone could exit, they were surrounded by wolves. Alpha Chris stood at the top of the steps to the pack house, arms crossed over his chest, an inquisitive look on his face.

The Suburban that was in the front of the caravan, and the one in the rear suddenly flung all four doors open, eight huge werwolves stepped out of the vehicles, showing no fear of the wolves surrounding the vehicles. They had no reason to fear them, they were the most highly trained warriors that existed within the werwolf community, all of them walls of solid muscle and towering in height above most other wolves. It was necessary to protect the Council members. Leaving them unprotected and vulnerable could ultimately lead to assassinations and all out war among their kind. The Council kept the peace and enforced the laws.

The moment that Alpha Chris noticed the Council emblem on the breast of the shirts of the warriors, he held up his hand and signaled his wolves away. As soon as this happened, the Protectors began to open the doors for the Councilmen. The seven Councilmen and the remaining Protectors exited the vehicles. Councilman A stepped to the stairs and looked up at Alpha Chris. Alpha Chris gave a slight bow before asking, "To what do I owe the pleasure of your visit Great Council?".

Councilman A raised at eyebrow at the tone, feeling that Alpha Chris was being awfully curt for someone who wasn't expecting the Council on their doorstep. "We are doing an investigation. We need to speak with you and some of your pack members. Also, I believe you have a member staying with you that is from the Portland Pack?".

"Do I?", Alpha Chris asked. He shifted his feet uncomfortably, quickly looking to the left, before his gaze came back to the Councilman. "I don't think so," he told him.

Noticing his shifty stance and the way his eyes moved to look away from the councilman, one of the Protectors turned his trained eyes away from the scene in front of him, turning his back to the Councilman and the Armored vehicles. He let out a growl, quickly shifted and ran into the woods. Councilman A looked up to the Alpha, his voice now laced with venom, having been lied to. "Yes Alpha you are. The Protector will return with him shortly."

Two Protectors flanked Councilman A, the rest of the Councilman coming up behind him, following by more protection, they climbed the stairs to the pack house entrance. Alpha Chris visibly gulped, as he turned and opened the door, motioning for them to enter. Alpha Chris showed them into his conference room and asked his secretary to get the Beta to come immediately.

"I apologize Councilmen, I do not know why exactly you are here. I can assume that Wyatt from the Portland Pack must be in some sort of trouble. Is that why you are here?", Alpha Chris feigned innocence and pretended to be clueless.

The Council Members exchanged knowing glances. "We will need you to summon some of your pack members. We need to speak to Jacob, as well as the two in these photos," Councilman B threw some photos on the table, still shots that Cody had pulled off the video footage.

Alpha Chris walked to the table and looked at the photos. His hands were shaking, fists clenched at his sides. He looked up at the councilmen, "Let me go find them," he said, as he quickly walked towards the door. As he flung the door open, one of the Protectors stood in his way, arms crossed over his chest, staring down at Alpha Chris.

"I don't think so Alpha. You need to stay here. I suggest you get someone else to go get them. Perhaps your missing Beta can aid in this," Councilman B said, his voice tinged with annoyance.

Alpha Chris turned back to the Council. "Of course," his eyes glazing over as he sent a mind link to his Beta.

"What exactly are you investigating anyway?," Alpha Chris asked.

"In good time, all will be revealed. You will all have an opportunity to give your statements in a formal setting. For now, we need the wolves whom we have requested," Councilman G spoke up, his heavy French accent making him sound even more angry.

A few minutes later, the Beta walked in, with the three requested wolves trailing behind him. They were followed by two of the pack warriors and one of the Protectors. This gave them no opportunity to bolt. It was going to be clear, based on those who were summoned, as to what this might be about.

The three Godsend Pack wolves, Wyatt and Alpha Chris all stood before the council. Each of them was eyeing the other, clearly pissed off at the other. One of the councilmen cleared his throat and they snapped their eyes forward.

"We have brought you here so that we may conduct our investigation and give you the opportunity to speak for yourselves. We will tell you what the charges are and you will be heard formally in the next couple of days." Councilman A spoke up.

"Charges? What the fuck is this about?," Alpha Chris was spewing without thinking. One of the Protectors went to stand behind him, placing his large hand on his shoulder. Alpha Chris flinched back, but said nothing more.

With a sigh, Councilman A began again. "You are being charged with kidnapping, torture, rape, assault, illegal imprisonment, harassment, illegal use of wolfsbane and celestial silver," he paused for a moment. "And should we find you have celestial silver or weapons made of these materials on your pack land, you will be charged will illegal possession of a potentially deadly substance or weapon."

The room was quiet for a moment. Suddenly, all of the accused wolves were placed in silver shackles by the Protectors. Wyatt had already been restrained prior to walking in. Alpha Chris looked down the line of werwolves, spitting out, "Do not say a damn thing." He used his Alpha Command, so that they all barred their necks to him and said nothing. Only Wyatt was not subject to follow his command, since he wasn't part of the pack. He didn't seem inclined to talk at all, standing perfectly still with a scowl on his face.

As they had been gathered in the meeting room, two more Protectors had rolled up in a large van. The werwolves were taken out of the Pack house and loaded into the van. By now they had drawn a crowd, many of the Pack members standing outside watching the parade to the van. Whispers and gasps amongst them left the Alpha glaring at them. The Beta stood back at the top of the steps. He turned his head towards those that lingered outside, then he barked at them to return to work. The wolves disbanded and scurried off to what ever things that they had to do. They were all afraid of the Beta. He was big and scary and merciless.

The Council and their protectors loaded into the Black SUV's with no fan fare, and headed down the road. The caravan made the one hour trek to The Lone Wolf pack, and went straight to the Pack House where Alpha Gabe was waiting to give them access to the dungeon. As they ushered them down to the dungeon, Councilman B stopped by the Alpha and asked him why his Beta wasn't here. "Oh he's got a little mate problem right now,' he chuckled.

"Excuse me?," Councilman B replied.

Alpha Gabe turned to him, "His mate is in heat, so he is a bit busy at the moment."

Councilman B raised his eyebrows, "Oh." He chuckled and walked back to the Main House.

As Councilman A exited the dungeon, after assuring that the Protectors had secured the prisoners, he walked over to Alpha Gabe. "Everything seems very secure. You have quite the facility hidden there. We will begin our questioning of them tomorrow. Our Protectors will take turns standing guard. There are no real concerns of anyone escaping anyway."

Alpha Gabe nodded and watched as the Councilmen all made their way to his house, where dinner awaited them. He made a quick check of all the doors and perimeters. He lastly assured that the retina scanner was on, then walked away, giving a curt nod to the Protector standing guard.

At least they were secured. The trial could begin and this could be put behind them, finally. He was tired of his sister being harassed, not to mention he was still angry about them shooting Dawson. The hope was to get justice for all of them, but especially the wolves that had been locked up and tortured for over a year. If it was found that Alpha Chris had been involved, his pack would need a new Alpha and stand to be disbanded and his pack members sent to live elsewhere. Everyone was ready for this to be done, once and for all.