Alston's eyes fluttered awake the next morning, a yawn escaping his lips before finally opening his eyes. He sat on the bed, stretching his arms sideways before a deep sigh escaped his lips. He had slept last night thinking of how and what to do about the Arya issue, about the priestess issue and about all of it now that they know they’re mates. But still he couldn’t come to one decision, he couldn’t come to something he’ll want to do about it.Getting off the bed, his feet moved towards the bathroom, taking a quick bath before returning and putting some clothes on. His eyes dropped at the sight of his messy wardrobe but he closed it back. He would call a maid to come and handle that, he had no time for this.A knock interrupted his thoughts, making him glance at the door.“Come in.” He said before the door opened and Zachariah's head peeped inside.“Good morning, your highness.” He greeted, lowering his head as a form of respect.“How is she?” Alston asked immediately.“She’s fine. I

“Who told you about this?” Alston questioned the little boy.“My mum and her friends have been saying it and they said something would happen to us if she becomes the queen, can you not mate with her?” The little boy pleaded, pouting his lips at Alston.Alston sighed and raised his hand up to shuffle the boy's head. He had no idea what to say.“Let me tell you a secret. It would be between you and me okay, no telling anyone, alright?”The little boy nodded vigorously as Alston leaned onto his ears. After whispering some words to him, the boy's face lit up, taking one of his fingers and placing it on his lips. Alston patted his shoulder and got back on his feet, turning away from the boy with an unsettling depth of trouble in him. He needed to call them, they should stop saying nonsense to their kids.*********“Why did you block your connection?” Alston almost growled at Zachariah as they got to the field.“I didn’t. I was just too busy, I’m sorry your highness.” He hurriedly begged

“Then you told her everything?” Alston asked again.“Yes…” he lowered his head before raising it again.“The delivery man said I should give you this. Seems you have letters from the other packs.” Zachariah raised a brow as he placed it on the table.“They know already. All of them. This is the second I’m getting today.” He said.A knock interrupted them, “and that might be the third.” He pressed his lips together as his veins popped on his head.“Come in.” Zachariah replied and the delivery man came in just like he had predicted.“Another one your highness.” He said.Alston nodded at him as Zachariah took him from his hands before the man walked out. He opened the first one that Zachariah had passed him with an expectant face, his eyes were bored, as if he was going to see the same thing.“You must have offended the goddess to bless you with a disaster like this.” The first one read.Squeezing it in his hands and throwing it into the dustbin, he broke the patch of the next one to se

He shifted to his wolf form immediately he was outside, anger coursing through his veins as he ran towards the barrier. He was annoyed, particularly at his mother for thinking that way. He didn’t care if the other packs were going to wage a war at him, or not fear him at all. At the end of the day. He was more powerful than them whether they chose to believe it or not.He crossed their world to the human world before shifting back to his human form. He was dressed in formal attire, a jacket and a pair of trousers, making him look like he was coming back from a meeting. The first thought that crossed his mind was to see Arya immediately, but he decided against her. He was here for her because he needed to check on her but all of a sudden, he felt it out of place. He didn’t want to go again.“Fuck!” His wolf growled in him.He shouldn’t have come, he wasn’t settled. And everything everyone in the pack and outside the pack baffled him. What the hell could the chief priestess have done? C

“Zachariah…” Alston called through his gritted teeth.“I’ve been looking for you. The whole pack is waiting for you. You didn’t tell me you were going there.” He said.“Where are they?” Alston ignored him as he walked towards the room.Passing through the back door, he could hear the shouts and echoes of their noises. After taking multiple breaths upon each other, he wasn’t a fan of meetings, a fan of all this crowd and calling the whole pack only meant one thing, a lot of people. Opening the door and walking in, all eyes went to him, the noise reducing as he walked to the chair that had been provided for him. Zachariah came into the room after some time, standing beside him.“This meeting was called by me, and It would be very brief.” Alston growled out.Murmurs went on in the crowd again, everyone wondering what he wanted to say and why he called a meeting. In the past five years now, they’ve not had a general meeting, and some people haven’t been opportune to meet their alpha.“I k