MEETING THE ELDERS

[ Alexander ]

The cold air in the dimly lit room is thick in grave silence. I am the solo centre of the attention of each pair of eyes present in the prayer hall of the temple built by our ancestors to worship our Goddess.

"So you are saying that Alpha Adrian is dead?"Zurus,our oldest elder who is approximately one hundred five years old asks me in his hardly decipherable voice.

"Yes ,my Lord."I reply with confidence as his sharp sky blue eyes pierce through me for the hidden truth though I already told them the truth.

"Hmm it's a wonder in itself who born on this earth have the powers to slay a hybrid wolf with black magic as his back bone.I still doubt you killed him young man."A grim expression sits on his wrinkled face.

"I killed him.I have brought his ashes as the proof if you allow me to present it here in front of you all eldermen."I suggest with bowed head.

"We must see the ashes Zurus.I can not trust a Blackwood anymore specially the person who invited all the sufferings upon