I know there's trouble the moment Thomas wrenches the door open. I also know it would have something to do with Thor. I just hope in my mind that he isn't in the process of beating someone to death like what happened with our martial arts instructor when we were young.
I immediately told Uncle Knox I'd call him later and ended the call without waiting for his reply.
"What the fuck happen again this time?" I ask, fearing for Thor and not his victim if he's indeed beating some poor werewolf to an inch of his life. Call me heartless, I don't care. What I care and concerned about is for my brother not to carry the blame for killing an innocent person for the rest of his life.
"Beta, come quickly. Three Council Elders are here to see the Alpha!" He hastily says
Hearing what he said, I pause to take a deep breath to calm myself while inwardly thanking Moon goddess
'Thor is not in the process of killing anyone.'
But then, Council Elders? Another kind of warning bell immediately starts to ring... 'Bad news! Bad news! Bad news!' at the back of my mind.
"What do they say they want? Where is everyone? Where is Thor!?" I ask in rapid succession as we hurriedly walk back together towards Alpha's mansion.
"The Alpha is in his bedroom. Henrik, Ivar, and Bear are with the Elders. I'm not sure what they want but I heard a rumor that the Alpha will be impeached at the general store this afternoon.
I stop in my tracks
"You heard a rumor!?" I ask as my eyes drill into his. "Who among your superiors did you inform about this rumor?"
His eyes lowered then. Darting everywhere except on me
"I– I didn't let you know because I thought it was all a joke, you know. I thought it was just a rumor spread by haters." He replies.
"You thought?" I ask incredulously, feeling anger rise inside me. How can he tell me he 'thought' when we always resound at every team meeting that every rumor or information must be taken seriously?
I see fear in his eyes. He fears for his life. What will happen to him if the rumor he said he heard turns out to be true?
"It can't be true. It must be a rumor." I say and hear the woosh of air that escapes out of him in relief.
"It must be a rumor because I can't believe Thor is being impeached and the Silver-moon representatives at the Council meeting didn't consider it necessary to inform their Alpha! "It must be just a rumor"
"I thought as much. That was why I didn't deem it necessary to inform anyone." He still has the guts to reply to me
"That doesn't mean you will not be severely punished for this, Thomas! Even if I don't kill you, you will surely be punished and demoted for putting all our lives in danger."
His eyes grow wider as his fearful look returns on hearing what I said
"B-but Beta!... I– I didn't... I mean... I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to put our lives in danger! Have mercy Beta. Y-you said it yourself that the rumor couldn't be true!..." He stutters but I have nothing else to say to him. I continue toward the mansion.
There's nothing he would say that would make me show him mercy. We on Thor's team are not popular amongst the Scandinavians for showing mercy anyway.
"Even if it was just a rumor, who gave you the right to make that decision for the team!" Ella says sternly. "No rumor about any member of the team is useless. Every piece of information is important! This is always made known to us at every team meeting. And yet, you heard something about the Alpha and decided to keep it to yourself!"
"Ella, please, I..."
"Stop begging for mercy like a pussy. Go back to managing your duties. Reflect on yourself and accept your punishment whenever it's time for you to be punished. Begging doesn't look well on you!"
"Yes ma'am!" I hear him reply to Ella before running ahead of me to open the mansion door for us.
Bear was already waiting by the door for us when we entered.
"Where are they?" I ask him while looking around the huge, palace-like living room.
"I thought they would be waiting here?"
"They are now in the conference room. We don't want to risk the Alpha coming down to meet the bastards," he replies
"Did they say what they want yet?" I ask
"No Beta! I couldn't confirm anything since Henrik and Ivar immediately led them to the conference room."
"Stay guard!" Ella says to Thomas while the rest of us immediately make our way out of the mansion to another wing at the back of the main building where the conference room is located.
"After they left for the conference room, Thomas told me about an impeachment rumor he heard at the general store. I just confirmed it to be true right now. It's all over the news and the internet. I don't understand, It's just twenty-four hours since he became the Alpha and they are already impeaching him, and for what exactly!?" Bear growls out furiously.
"Where's Thor's phone? I told you to keep it away from him yesterday." I ask Ella
"I have it with me. Should I go get it for you?" She asks back.
"No need." I just wanted to make sure he's not receiving calls from anyone that can trigger him right now," I say and they nod in agreement.
My phone starts to ring then. I check the caller ID and see it's Thor's dad.
"Uncle Knox?" I answer the call
"Is it true? Is Thor being impeached!?" He asks. I can hear the anger in his tone of voice.
"I just arrived at Alpha's mansion to hear three Council Elders are here to see Thor. I haven't found out what they want but Bear was just telling me right now that the news of his impeachment is all over the news. So I'm guessing it's true. Since Thor is not available to meet with them, I'm going right now to see them. I'll call you to let you know about everything in the evening.
"Okay, I'll call one..."
"No Uncle you cannot call anyone!" Don't forget you're supposed to be dead!" I hurriedly remind him.
"Oh shoot! I was just eager to do something to help!"
"I understand. I will FaceTime with you later today when I can." I finish talking and end the call.
I hand my phone to Ella so she will be able to answer my calls while I'm meeting with the Elders. But it start to ring again immediately after I handed it over.
"Fuck. I don't have the time for this!" I growl in frustration. The urge to angrily kick something or someone to stupor rushes over me.
"Who the fuck is it again?"
"It's Alpha Nate!" Ella replies to me as we arrive at the entrance of the conference room
"What the fuck does he want?... Hasn't he and his daughter done enough?" I spat out.
"Answer it. Tell him I'm in a meeting and I'll call him later." I say with my hand on the door knob ready to push it open.
I stop when I remember the kind of person Ella is,
"It's not in your place to be rude to him, Ella. Everything we think he did has not been confirmed as a fact and Uncle Knox still considers him a good friend until proven otherwise so be respectful!"
"Yes Beta, but I don't intend to be rude to him." She replies, gazing at me hurtfully
"Yeah, right," I say before pushing the conference room door open. I'm about to show these dickheads the Scandinavian style of doing things.