Roman’s POV
Kael’s words, laced with warning, had clearly rattled Jeffery. I could see it in the shift of his expression, from smug to cold.
"Alpha Kael, are you threatening me in my own council?" Jeffery asked, his tone icy.
"Not the first time for me, or for you either," Kael countered smoothly. "And if the council head himself forgets his own limits, then others can do the same. So you better stick to your role instead of passing judgement before listening to both sides fairly."
Kael looked at everyone. "I am sure everyone prefers it the way it should be."
It wasn’t a request. It was an order.
Before anyone else could speak, Asher did.
"I agree with you as well, Alpha Kael," he said, then looked at Jeffery. "Please let Alpha Kael present his side, so there will be no doubt left for him to accept the punishment the council bestows on him."
Punishment? It would be him receiving it from us later.
Still, we couldn’t see him as anything less than us. He clearly had more cards up his sleeve than he was showing to call for this council meeting. That meant he believed he could win for sure.
But we were no less prepared. And as long as Kael stood there, there was no way we would lose. Losing had never been our Alpha’s forte.
Now all that remained was to wait for this bastard to reveal his cards, and then we would crush him.
Yet I couldn’t deny that in one corner of my heart, I was nervous. Nervous for Raven. And nervous for all of us.
Because even when you are confident, you can’t stop that tiny voice of worry inside. It’s human nature.
I was sure Kael felt the same somewhere deep in his mind.
"Jeffery, you should start already with the fair proceedings and not waste our time," we heard Alpha Gerald’s authoritative voice.
Jeffery finally turned to Kael and said, "Please provide us with the explanation on why you have abducted Alpha Asher’s child, Alpha Kael? We all know you have a pureblood with you to produce your own pureblood child and heir to your pack."
"Having a pureblood with me to produce more kids has nothing to do with this matter, so I hope you do not mention her here," Kael looked straight in his eyes with a warning, "And about the abducted Asher child, I have done nothing like that. I have not abducted his child."
Jeffery glanced towards Raven who was sitting between Jason and me. "That child there, you brought him here that means you admit this matter is about him. And from all the proofs here we can see he is Alpha Asher child," he looked at the council staff, "Kindly show pictures on the screen for everyone to see."
On the screen, the pictures of Raven from when he was a baby to now he was a five year old kid were being played, and in each of them, Asher was with him.
There was affection between them, the kind a father and son should have, but they were together.


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