The Alpha's Fated Outcast Rise Of The Moonsinger novel Chapter 242

Ramsey

One thing about suspicion that no one talks about is how deeply rooted it grows.

It takes a tree about five to ten years to form deep roots, but it takes less than 24 hours for suspicion to grow into something so rancid. As I sat in the situation room, my eyes travelled from one face to another, gauging their expressions as they all spoke.

One of them had killed Caius. One of them must have been thrown off by the possibility that Caius was onto them or something and must have used the opportunity to end him. My gaze strayed to Lenny. He was focusing on the board where one of the Gammas was illustrating something.

Suddenly, he turned to me, and our gaze met and held for some seconds before his voice filtered into my head.

"Is everything alright?" he asked.

I didn't answer. I looked away. My thoughts strayed again to Caius's statement. I was trying to make sense out of everything. I wanted to understand what exactly was going on. Because up until now, nothing made sense.

If Lenny was Caius's suspect, why? Why would Lenny team up with Nathan? How did Nathan manage so far with all the massive destruction? I guess I would never know…

"Where is Caius?" I asked suddenly, making everyone in the room pause and look at me. They all had strange expressions on their faces. One by one, they turned to stare at me. Not before I saw all of them exchange glances.

"Lenny, I thought I asked you to send for Caius. Why isn't he here? Why are the lesser Gammas her and not him? And why are we not starting with an immediate response to what just happened? Why am I been bored with all these histories of things that do not relate to what's happening?"

The Gammas exchanged glances again before lowering their eyes. No one was yet to respond to me.

"Didn't I just ask a question?" I fumed.

"The Gammas are only saying what they've heard their leader talk. Remember, they have no influence over decision-making that concerns the pack," Lenny murmured.

"So, where is their leader? Where is Gamma Caius?"

They exchanged worried glances again before Lenny cleared his throat. "I asked one of the guards to go over to his house,se but he brought a rather strange report. He said the house looked like it had been ransacked, and there was blood everywhere but no sign of the Gamma."

"And?"

"And what?" Lenny sighed. "We do not have time to look for Gamma Caius. I'm sure he can take care of himself. I had to mobilize some warriors and created an emergency response team of our best warriors to man our fallen defences at the gate while we look for a permanent solution."

"That is not what I asked you, Lenny?" I said with gritted teeth. "Caius is an essential part of this pack. He's more adept and experienced in things like this… why isn't he here? Why are you doing his job? Why is no one searching for him?"

"Maybe if you had done yours, I wouldn't be ladened with so much responsibility that it makes me go on auto-work mode every single time."

"Where is this coming from, Lenny? How have I not done my work?"

"Please, let's not go there, Ramsey? Let's concentrate on taking care of our pack before anything else or before your dear mate runs to you seeking your attention, and then you abandon half of your duties all because of misplaced emotions."

I stared at Lenny for a long time until it hit me that he was jealous of Lyla. I scoffed, turned to the other Gammas in the room, who had their heads bowed and shook my head. I knew where this was going, and I wasn't going to go that path with Lenny.

I turned to the other Gammas. "Let the meeting continue."

"Alpha!" one of the Gammas said, the one who had been speaking had a grim expression on his face. "We have a situation. The White Mountain Council is demanding an emergency meeting. They say we need approval before launching any counterattack."

I checked the time, and it was a few minutes after six. I cursed under my breath. The White Mountain council – the ones that have replaced the likes of my grandfather were people with strong moral integrity. Of course, I didn't always want them to agree with me on every decision I made, but now, more than anything, they had to be sensible.

"Tell them we'll discuss terms after we secure our borders."

"They're threatening sanctions, Alpha. They say if we move against Blue Ridge without getting proper permission from them…"

They can threaten us all they want," I growled. "Our people are dying. Does the council expect us to sit on our hands while Nathan picks us off one by one?"

"She is my mate and will be my wife and Luna soon. You cannot keep doing this. The only reason why I still kept you as my Beta is because you're meant to be with me, but not in the way you want. You cannot stifle me with your love…" _{ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm}