The Alpha Sanhendrin

ELSA’S POV

Rodriguez looked flustered. The expression on his face revealed his embarrassment. His lips parted while making a statement but the words stuck on his tongue.

“Anyways, be more careful with your lucid thoughts next time.”

His hand met his hair as he scratched while looking elsewhere.

“But what is this? You can hear my thoughts now?”

“Yes, whenever I choose to. I can communicate telepathically also. The pack rules bind you and you will suffer if you violate them.”

I turned to leave, and I had already taken a few steps when I noticed a looming shadow that stood above me. I turned back already knowing who followed me.

“Elsa.”

“Alex, you always pull up at the most unexpected time.”

His lips curled in an elated smile as he got closer, taking me in for a warm embrace. It was the same feeling I felt every time I was with him, each time I wrapped my arms around him, there was this feeling in my heart, like it shouldn't end. 

But it always did. Incidentally, after thinking about this, he tore away from the hug. 

“How have you been Elsa?” he asked, as lines suddenly invaded his forehead in concern.

I held his tender gaze with my eyes, his looks seem to improve the more I meet him.

“I’m okay Alex, you know, just surviving.”

“Yes surviving,” he repeated while suddenly crossing his arms and tapping his chin.

“There is no real threat confronting you here Elsa, no one is directly trying to face or kill you yet at least.”

I looked at him, and an amusing smile crept to my face. If only he knew. I wonder if I should tell him about my new pack member.

“Would you follow me, Elsa, I want to show you something.”

He still had the same standing position and I noticed the sudden eagerness in his eyes. 

“What is it?”

“It's a secret just come with.” he attempted to grab my arm yet his hands met thin air.

“Hold on Alex can I meet you at this same spot in the evening. I need to settle something.”

“You know I would have appreciated you just saying that rather than showing me your reflexes,” he added an innocent smile revealing deep holes at both sides of his cheek. I caught myself staring dreamily at him.

“Never mind, let's go now.”

“Are you sure?” Why did you change your mind?”

“I realized now would be the best time,” I said brushing my hair aside.

“Okay. If you say so. Let's go.” This time he took the initiative. Leading at the front. We had gone back to the school building already, navigating deep past doors and halls. It had already been minutes since we last saw a person.

“Alex, where are we going? I've never been around this castle before. It's so big.”

“I know, we are almost there,” he said, in a whisper.

“Alex?”

“Yes.”

“How is your family? I know the war is still ongoing between the two great nations. I hope they are safe.”

He stopped and turned back looking at me.

“You don’t have to be worried about Elsa. My family is plenty strong, you’ve no idea.” He turned front and continued.

“I’m interested, I would like to meet your family someday.”

“We can do that. My uncle is the general of the army, a war veteran too. You won’t be able to meet him or else you want to go to the conflict region, where the fight is going on.”

“You should know by now that I don’t mind.”

I waited for a reply but got none.

“You don’t…”

My statement got interrupted by a harsh sound, which came from the door Alex just opened.

“This is it.” He wore a serious look on his face now.

“We have to hold hands, and whatever happens do not let go okay? No matter what.”

I felt hesitant at first to hold his hand. What if this is all a trap to kill me? What if he is siding with his sister trying to make the work easier for her?

I had to ask myself questions. How long have I even known Alex to trust him so much? And yet I felt safe around him.

“Trust me, Elsa.”

With that said I held tightly to his hands without a single doubt in my mind anymore.

I looked at what was behind the door and that was the last thing I saw… absolute darkness.

I could still feel Alex's hands on mine, but I couldn't see him, and that's okay as long as I could still perceive his scent, I was fine. After what felt like decades of darkness, we stumbled out onto concrete ground.

I managed to hold myself from rolling any further. Alex too had rolled a few paces from where I lay. We both got up gently. I couldn't understand what I was feeling from this place. 

“Alex? Where are we?”

I asked this time looking him right in the eye.

“Why? Are you afraid?

I was a bit surprised to hear him say that. I tilted my head unknowingly asking again.

“Where are we?”

“Okay, fine, relax you like you're about to kill me,” he said, turning back and moving ahead.

“We are in the most sacred place in the world. This is the Alpha Sanhedrin,” he said, as we passed through another door. 

What lay before my eyes was nothing more than magnificent. 

“Isn’t it amazing?” he added, smiling sweetly at me. 

There were so many huge statues, it was a very large spacious room we had just entered.

“There are only six ways to access this place in the world, and they are the alphas palaces, this ancient place connects to the five countries.”

“You said six, this means Sheffield Academy is the sixth.”

“Sheffield Academy, though not a kingdom, has a strong tie with the five nations and this place. It is believed that the alphas once all met at Sheffield Academy for important meetings long ago but, later on, they wanted to make it discreet so they connected the five palaces and Sheffield Academy to a hidden domain away from the eyes of mere mortals.”

The room was so large my eyes couldn't take all its beauty at once. There were so many great statues of past alphas in rows dating back millions of years. At the far front stood a round table surrounded by six chairs. The chairs had the crest of each nation except one.

Suddenly we heard a sound from the far right.

“Elsa, quickly, let's hide behind that statue,” he said, his hands already pointed in that direction.