Chapter 29 | Closest Friend

Maven

When I walk to the council hall, every single member is there. Some of them look dazed and all of them are in sweats or basketball shorts, but it’s obvious I interrupted a lot of their sleep. Elder Julian yawns then asks, “We’re here, Alpha, what’s going on?”

“Would the two Elders who set Veronica up like to reveal themselves?”

It’s so quiet in here that you could hear a pen drop. Julian asks, “What are you talking about, Alpha Maven?”

“Veronica was in my room in the dark with thick perfume that smelled like Elena’s scent, playing mine and Elena’s song, hoping that I would be too clouded by lust that I might mark her. She revealed to me that two Elders instructed her to do this. Would those Elders like to speak up?”

Elder William says, “Well, Alpha, clearly the girl is delusional-”

“She told me you were one of them, William. You and Robert. I demand that William and Robert are stripped of their positions for trying to trick their Alpha!”

Julian glances around the room and it’s o