The New Leader

“Good. So now that you have pled guilty, would you like to tell the elders, your fellow leaders and the people what happened?” Elder Ian speaks as he looks at me.

“Of course.” I say and I turn to the people.

I don’t need an object to magnify my voice, I am the most glorious alpha alive, my voice can reach distances if I only focus.

“I am not going to lie to you all. I am guilty of the charges brought up against me. I did break the truce, and almost caused a war between us and the humans.” I begin to explain.

“That is information you all know. But what you all don’t know is that our food reserves are almost empty.” I say and everyone begins to chatter amongst themselves, including the elders.

No one but my hunting team and I knew about our depleting storage of food.

“And why didn’t you inform us?” Another elder stands up from his seat and speaks.

“Because it was my decision. Telling everyone would have not helped in any w