Chapter Forty-four

The court room was filled already as it was always on meeting date. The members of the council had filled up the entire place. However, the atmosphere was not as it has always been. There were no unnecessary murmurs or chatters. What had happened the previous time was enough reason for everyone to learn to keep their mouths shut. No one would dare talk or mutter any word that would be against the alpha king. Eyes kept on flashing in the direction of both possible entrances and exits. Fear was the language of the day. The meeting was scheduled to be held two days ago. But then, the alpha king decided to cancel it out entirely. He had aborted the meeting on purpose. Deep down in him, he did not have a single plan to let Sophia go. Though he was yet to figure out all that there was to her existence, he still wanted to keep her. The words she had said to him two days ago never stopped echoing in his thoughts. The warm embrace that they had both enjoyed before his right hand man decided to