62 - A Day Full of Surprises

62 - A Day Full of Surprises
“Next is the matter of Alpha Evan and Beta William from the Black Creek Pack,” Fiona the council witch said.
I didn’t really know her at all, and I wondered what she even did, it didn’t seem like they gave her very much responsibility.
I stared at the two men, they were very rough looking and they were definitely wolves you didn’t want to run into alone out in the woods.
“Alpha Evan and Beta William, you are accused of aiding and abetting war crimes, harboring a known fugitive, and open treason for defying the council during wartime, what say you,” Fiona asked.
“You all can fuck right off,” the Beta said.
Godfrey snorted and I clenched Ridge’s hand. This was bad. This would end badly.
“Alpha Evan, do you share your friend’s sentiments,” Dina asked.
“Yeah fuck you, old ass bitch,” he said.
In what can only be described as a burst of light and energy, a flash left Dina’s hand and hit the Alpha right in the heart, setting him ablaze. The Alpha let out a piercing scream which only lasted a few seconds until I’m guessing his heart stopped. I gasped and turned my head away. The sudden smell of burnt flesh and hair flooded the room and by the time I looked up, Godfrey had his fangs in the neck of the Beta, and was thoroughly enjoying his meal.
Ridge took his hands and covered my eyes, and I turned into his shoulder. To say I was in shock was beyond an understatement.
A minute later several small creatures came in and immediately put out the fire. They thoroughly cleaned everything up as if it hadn’t happened. I looked at my dad with a questioning face.
“There are varying types of fairies. Brownies, sprites, elves, gnomes, pixies, nymphs, selkies. Some have to do tasks or they get assigned to watch over someone as a godmother. They have to accomplish their tasks to move on to the next phase of their existence, some become angels, some fallen fairies are demons,” my dad whispered.
I watched the creatures with great curiosity as they packed up their equipment and supplies. Godfrey looked at a very short one longingly and the little man wagged his finger at him. Godfrey returned to his seat and court resumed as if nothing happened.
My dad continued, “all fairies are highly alluring to vampires, their blood is supposed to be very attractive.”
I decided I needed to spend some more time with my dad, how did he know so much? Or was it that I was just still a dumb pup who really knew so little about the world?
“We respect our elders around here,” Quinn laughed.
“Next case,” Godfrey said, wiping the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief he pulled from his breast pocket.
I looked over at Tyson who sat in a pew across the aisle. He had stayed to watch the rest of the cases and he looked like he was going to throw up. I felt like it too, the stench still lingered in the air, there was no cleaning that.
I stayed with my family in the courtroom for a couple more hours, just too utterly fascinated to move. There were several other criminals who had either been recently apprehended or had been held in the dungeon awaiting trial over the last couple weeks.
“An hour’s break for lunch, Pat is serving in the main hall,” Fiona said, hitting her gavel.
My stomach grumbled and I quickly realized how hungry I was suddenly at the mention of food.
“I’m going to find the guys,” I said to my dad and he nodded.
I remembered where Angel’s office was and knew that since she was the dispatcher she would be the best one to ask for help. I got to her office after getting stopped and congratulated by a few fairies, which would take some getting used to. Could they sense the baby as well?
I opened the huge door, which actually led into a large greenhouse that had a desk in the back. I stopped to smell a few flowers on the way in and while I was bent over trying to get a whiff of a pretty purple flower, Angel suddenly appeared and pulled me away from it.
“Oh no no sweetie, don’t get too close to that one,” she said, taking my hand and leading me away.
“Oh! I didn’t even think about … do you have poisonous flowers in here?”
She laughed, “ohh I’ve got this and that. You looking for the guys?”
“Yeah, court is on a lunch break, do you know where they are,” I asked.
“Sure, Hunter is on patrol, you can’t bother him while he’s out there. River is off with some other investigators and Skyler is-”
“Right here baby,” I heard from behind me.
I beamed and turned right into him, wrapping my arms around his neck.
“The entire place is buzzing that there is a pregnant she-wolf visiting and all the vampires are on lockdown, I wonder who that could be,” he said, kissing my neck.
I giggled and he picked me up, twirling me around.
“The guys already know, I couldn’t keep it to myself,” he whispered.
“That’s okay, it’s … exciting,” I said. I pulled back from him and realized how rude we were being in front of Angel.
“Hey Angel, want to come get lunch with us,” I asked.
“Oh no honey I already ate, you gotta get there early most times or there’s nothing left, you better hurry,” she said, patting me on the arm.
“I already made us plates, I know how it can be around here,” Skyler said, leading me out of the greenhouse.
He took me back to the apartment they all used to live in, and there were candles lit on the table with our food. I noticed the plates were together and not on either side of the table. I immediately knew I’d be having lunch while sitting in his lap.
“Here I thought River was the romantic,” I said, grabbing his hand and pulling him close.
“None of them are better than me at anything,” he boasted.
I grinned and decided to let him go right ahead and believe that.
Skyler returned to court with me after lunch, I had to fight him on fooling around and he was almost too much to resist. I didn’t want to risk having the entire courtroom smelling arousal on me, I would have been too embarrassed.
“This afternoon’s session will be to address some new appointments,” Godfrey said.
“I will go first, if it pleases the council. I announce my retirement from the council and accept Godfrey’s recommendation for exile to Juniper. I humbly ask if I may leave my own proposal for a replacement,” Isaac said.
I had no idea what Juniper was and I was desperate to ask someone but I’d have to wait.
“And who would that be,” Dina asked.
“I wish to advocate for Ash Black to be the werewolf council member,” Isaac said.
All eyes turned to Ash and he looked positively stunned. It was obvious everyone was, but especially Ash.
“Ash would you like to accept the bid for candidacy,” Quinn asked.
Ash’s eyes darted to Daisy and it was obvious they were mind-linking. After about thirty seconds he stood to address the council.
“It would be an absolute honor, councilors,” he said.
“Very well, you will be assigned to a team of investigators, obviously River will not be involved. We will meet the second Tuesday of next month to review your file and any findings, good luck,” Godfrey said.
I looked at Skyler and he was beaming. He was quite obviously mind-linking and I didn’t dare interrupt.