Chapter 87: A Calculated Dinner

Ryker’s POV

“Patrick, wait behind,” I said as the council members got on their feet and started filling out of the conference room.

Each came to where I stood, bowed, and joined the file to exit the room. When they were all out, the guards closed the doors, giving Patrick and me the privacy we needed.

“I thought you were already in Crystal Pack?” I asked him as silence filled the room.

“I was leaving when the council leader called me, but I have news that might come very useful to us,” he said. Ever since I sent him to pick up Ella, he had grown such an attachment to her and just like me, he had readily taken the problem upon himself to bring her justice.

“The town is preparing for another mating ceremony…”

“Another one? Aren’t they supposed to be mourning, Ella?” I growled as a cloud of confusion laid itself above me.

I thought if anyone was going to have sympathy then it had to be the Alpha, who happened to also be a victim in this mess. Yet, he was allowing a party when his