Chapter 114: Alpha Meeting-1

Ecstan I walked briskly down the halls to greet the Alpha's who had come to help find my daughter. It hadn't taken much to convince them to come and help Elinn's mate in the search for the most important thing in my life. I simply wrote to the Alpha's telling them that I required them to come and at least hear Carter out. They had all come, they knew who I was, or more accurately they knew my handwriting and that I was one of the originals. Most of the packs referred to us as Lycan, because we weren't like them our wolves were much more animalistic and quite a bit larger. "Ecstan, have you found her? Do you have any news on where our daughter is?" I couldn't help but relax at the sound of my mate's beautiful voice. I hadn't seen her in a little less than a month and it was beginning to take its toll on my body. "I'm sorry sweetheart, we have no news as of yet. There is a boy we are speaking to tonight at the dinner who claims to know something about Elinn or Aurelio, but he hasn't told us yet. I'll keep the mind link open so you can see and hear everything I do," I shot down the link and I could feel her worry growing as we continued to have no news. "Thank you Ecstan, I miss you more than you can know. Bring our daughter home to us please," begged me and I couldn't stop the sadness that crept into me. "I miss you as well Nephael, I will do everything I can to bring our little girl home," I promise her and I can feel her presence disappear from my mind. As I descended the stairs to that lead to the front door I heard the doorbell ring and watched Carter pull open the door. He looked so different from when I had first met him. He had lost a great deal of weight and the bags under his eyes had grown exponentially seemingly black as space. I knew that the loss of my daughter was affecting him greatly and I was doing all I could to help both him and Elinn. There on the doorstep stood the twelve alpha's I had made a point of contacting. Not only that but what seemed to be a sea of warriors stood behind them and for the first time, I really felt hope. With this much help, how could we not find Elinn, how could Aurelio possibly combat a force of this size? "We are here to talk with you about our missing princess, I believe you have an idea about how to get her back. Can we come in?" I could tell that Carter was shocked they had actually come without even seeing his face. He stood there speechless for a few moments before I interfered on his behalf. "Hello gentlemen, we are glad to see that you have been able to join us. You'll have to forgive Alpha Carter he has been through a lot lately and is still trying to recover. We have set up some rooms for you and your top warriors to stay here at the pack house. With so many people here we hope that you understand that some of your warriors will be asked to stay with different pack families in their homes or staying in the temporary barracks that we've had made." I informed them "Thanks, we understand that this is quite a lot of wolves to deal with and it's very nice of your pack to host this. I know this is hard for you but it seems you have some very powerful people ready to help you out." The Alpha told Carter with a sincerity that took me a little bit by surprise. Carter seemed to regain his composure and stepped away from the door. "Come in, you, your lunas and your betas are having dinner with the other Alphas in the dining room. The Warriors will be having dinner in the pack mess, one of the omegas will be here to show you where it go in a few minutes. I know how some packs treat omega's but here they are valued members and I expect them to be treated with respect. Now if you will follow me," Carter said and turned walking towards the dining room. I had to say I was impressed at his confidence at this moment. He had only been an Alpha for a couple of years and all of these Alpha's had been ruling for over a decade each. Carter didn't seem to daunted by their amount of experience, no it was more like he was intimidated by their numbers. As we all reached the dining room I noticed that the seats all had cards showing the occupants name. My heart sped up slightly hoping that Carter had remembered that I didn't want anyone to know who I was until the time was right. Then I noticed the setting near the front of the table only a seat away from Carter that remained nameless. Quickly I made my way to the seat and sat down before anyone could notice the lack of a name card. I caught Carter's eye from where he stood talking to someone and gave him a nod of thanks. He nodded back imperceptibly before returning to his conversation as if nothing had happened. I noted that Zayden and Adara were seated on the other side of Carter across from me, I smiled at them waiting for the meal to begin. Soon enough everyone was seated and some of the pack workers brought out the food in. We appeared to be having loaded potatoes, Caesar salad, ham, fried chicken, various vegetables, rolls, scones, and a couple other things that I couldn't identify. It was food that was fit to please anyone regardless of where their pack was from. I began to serve myself and listened to the conversations around me wanting to learn about how these other packs functioned. Many people were talking about their families and how much they were going to miss them while they were here. Others were talking about how crazy it was that this was happening to Carter and wondering why it was happening. Well they were going to find out soon enough weren't they? Carter hardly got to eat a bite of food, everyone wanted to talk to him. I knew that it didn't bother him, but he had to start eating he was losing weight and it wasn't healthy. I wanted to tell them all to leave the pup alone, I had been pretty protective of him ever since I found out that he was Elinn's mate. He was like the son I never had and I wasn't going to let him forget about his own needs just because my daughter was in danger. After an hour of eating and chatting the same pack workers came in and cleared the dishes away. Most of the Alpha's made a point of thanking the workers for the meal, the few who didn't were either in deep conversation or had excused themselves to the restrooms before the meeting began. When all the food was cleared away and everyone was back Carter stood to greet everyone. I opened up the mind link and pulled my mate in so she could be informed of what was going on.