Chapter 25

~Richard

I walked into the conference room wearing a stern look and felt all their gazes on me.

I went straight to my seat and sat down, letting my eyes sweep through their sullen faces and sighed.

"What is it you all want to talk about?" I inquired coldly. "It had better be important and worth my time," I added, despite knowing exactly why they wanted to see me.

Rarely in my pack do the elders summon a meeting. It is the king who calls for a meeting and not the other way around. For the elders to summon the king, it signifies that there was a dire issue or problem affecting the pack which they needed to bring to the king's notice.

I saw them exchange glances with each other as they hoped someone amongst them would summon up the courage to speak.

Just then, the ever brazen Jessica stood up and cleared her throat.

"Here we go again!" I internalized as I let out a slight yawn from boredom.

"Your Majesty, myself and the elders have called you here this morning to discuss an issue of grea