ALPHA DEREK'S POV The third day had passed, and yet there was no news from the three people I have placed in charge of the accounts. I have been trying to cover up for them. The people and the elders have been asking questions. I was no longer myself, I was getting in and lane, and the issue was killing me gradually. I promised to display the account on a flat screen for the elders to see on the third day, and it was finally here, yet I had nothing ready for them to see when they came. The figures on the rough sheet, the opening balance, the trial balance, and the main figure in the account weren't corresponding in any way. I lay in my room worried, Sally had left the house with Sarah to get a few things for the house. I had insisted that she stayed back and let the servants do their job, but she insisted that she was bored and that she wanted to go with Sarah. I didn't want to argue with her, and I didn't want her to feel as if I was imposing things on her as well, so I decide
SALLY'S POV I woke up feeling a severe headache. I looked around the place, alpha Derek wasn't anywhere in the room, he had probably left for the meeting with the council of elders. I knew he was stressed, and I regret adding to the stress, but I just acted due to the way I was led by my emotions. He had been through a lot the past few days. And although it was evident he was still trying so hard to hide it from me. He didn't want me to know what was going on in his mind, but there was no point hiding it since I already knew from the way he lost weight drastically within the week. I was also hearing small gossip from people about the ongoing in the city of Dell Hall. I sat up on my bed, I was trying hard not to overthink about the issues that had clouded the whole of the pack. I was more annoyed about what had happened today. Everything began playing afresh in my head. Flash Back. Sarah and I walked onto the market, with the pack house domestic servants behind us carrying our b
ALPHA DEREK'S POV "You have failed us Derek, you have failed us as people. We do no want your greetings until you have delivered the the book of accounts, and everything has been restored back to normal", one of the elders said to me. "Yes, we want to see your book of accounts, we want to know what is happening. Why have the foreigners stopped supplying water? Food? Why is there scarcity? No regular electricity? They have not been paid or what?" And another elder asked me. I signaled my assistant and the accountant to come out with the book of accounts and my accountant stood up. She opened her bag and brought out three big book of accounts. She placed it on the table and sat back on her sit. I picked up the book of accounts, my hands were wobbling but I tried to control it. I have never been in this kind of situation my while life. This is really stressing me out, and I couldn't wait for it all to be over. The eldest among the elders took the books from me. Others gathered a
ALPHA DEREK'S POV "Let us leave, and hope that when we return, they will have what we have asked for", elder Simon said to the rest of the elders and they nodded. They all stood up and began walking out of the place while I and my workers acted as though we were glued to the chair. We waited for them to walk far enough before moving from our seats. It was as if Camilla, Karen, and Michael had rehearsed this day before now. The three of them stood up from their seats at the same time and were about to proceed out of the place at the same time. "Stop there you three!" I ordered and the three of them stopped at the same time. "Come back to your seats, we are only done with the first meeting, the second meeting is just about to start", I said. "About to start how? We were not informed about the fact that we have two meetings, and I didn't plan on staying longer than this", Karen complained. "The three of you should get back to your seats right away", I ordered. I wondered at her c
SALLY'S POV I waited and waited patiently for Alpha Derek to return from the meeting, but it seemed like it was taking forever. Whenever I would hear footsteps from outside the door, I would get excited only for my hope to fall. I was getting bored staying all alone in the room. I would have gone to Sarah's room, but it was late, I may be bothering her, also alpha Derek may not like it. He may not be too comfortable with my over-closeness with Sally but wouldn't know how to come out with it and tell me. I would lie in bed, roll around, stand up, pick up my phone, and drop it. I did a whole lot of things, including counting one to one hundred up to five times, yet alpha Derek was nowhere to be found. I wasn't feeling sleepy one bit. Even if I did feel sleepy, I wouldn't sleep without alpha Derek. I wanted to open the door for him when he would return home, read his facial expression, hug him, and hear him out in case he needed someone to talk to. I also wanted to talk to him, but
ALPHA DEREK'S POV "Have you all gone dumb?" I asked them. "I have asked a simple question, or do you lack comprehension? What is the plan after this?" I fired at them. "Sir, we only did this so you can have enough time to decide what would happen and to prepare to face the outcome, we didn't know that the idea wouldn't go down well with you. We are very sorry", Karen apologized. "Now how does that even answer my question? How?" I asked. A knock came on the door, and we all turned in the direction of the door, after waiting for a very little time and the knock came again, Camilla stood up from her seat and began walking towards the door, while the rest of us watched in anticipation. She opened the door immediately she got three and stretched her neck outside to see and attend to whoever it was that was at the door. She and the person talked in a low tone for a few minutes, one would easily think there were making incarnations or discussing a secret. She walked back into the m
SALLY'S POV I concluded in my head that the only person who would have knocked on the door was the kitchen assistant. I didn't think of any other person aside from her. I was infuriated and irritated because what part of I do not want to what was too difficult for her to understand? I gathered all my annoyance and began walking towards the door angrily. Since she was too dumb to understand simple English, I would force it into her head the hard way and would make sure not to feel remorseful after doing it. Since she was too young to be sensible, I was trying not to get annoyed, I was trying to get my head together and get busy with something, so it would take my mind away from alpha Derek, and also take my mind from the food that was being served and enjoyed in the dining hall. I quickly glanced at the wall clock, only to find out that it was already part of dinner time. It made me wonder even more why she was here. What was it this time? Was she doing it intentionally? Or wa
ALPHA DEREK'S POV I woke up the next morning feeling very refreshed. Sally was still fast asleep, so I decided to stand up gently in order not to make a noise, so Sally wouldn't wake up from her sleep. I walked out of bed, and straight to the bathroom to freshen up. I was famished, I needed to eat something as soon as possible. I got into the bathroom and quickly had a shower and brushed my teeth as well. When I returned, Sally was still fast asleep. I couldn't wake her up, so I decided to just pray that she woke up before breakfast time since I was so hungry. I walked over to the fridge, picked a small tray from the top of the fridge, and held it flay in my left hand. I also opened the fridge, brought out a bottle of juice, precisely the particular bottle Sally had opened yesterday, and placed it on the tray. I picked up a glass cup and also placed it on the tray and walked back to the bed where I sat and placed the tray on a small table beside me. I opened the bottle and turne