***********Raymond**********
The wind hit my face hard as I stepped out of the chopper. Darius stood there with an unreadable expression on his face, but I perceived his anger.
"I got caught up with something important" I said as soon as I got to the ground. I passed him and kept moving forward.
"Well, I really hope it was worth it." He sniffed at me. " You smell like her... Did you guys fight?"
I looked at him in bewilderment. "Why would you think we fought?" I said shaking my head in disbelief.
"Well, firstly, you are an asshole, Secondly, I heard your Dad went by her office."
I stopped in my tracks and turned to him.
"How did you know that?"
"I uhh... Hmm Savanna told me she saw him walk into her office and came out looking really pissed. So I felt he probably said something annoying to her or told her you stalked her." He said looking up at me a little.
Wow so everyone keeps tabs on me.. Great.
I honestly don't want to start talking about it now. I had spent the few minutes in the chopper thinking and prepping for this meeting. Any talks about my dad now is bound to ruin it.
"Let's talk about it after the meeting." I said walking forward.
Any thoughts about the asshole I have as a father was pushed to the farthest corner of my mind.
I have a rouge king to deal with.
I took a deep breath as I got to the door of my conference room. I masked my scent and let my Alpha side take over. All these men are under me but not all can be trusted. Only my closet family -and by closest, I mean Rosie, Mom, Darius and Fernando- know my real scent. The rest just stay under my alpha side. Including Dad.
All the Alphas bowed as I stepped into the room. I kept my head high, walking to my seat. I sniffed around for any unfamiliar or unsettling scent. I found a number which made me disappointed, but said nothing about it. I'd deal with them soon.
"You may sit" I said as I settled in to my seat. "Sorry, for the time wasted, had some other business to take care of." Mutterings of 'its okay' rumbled through the room.
Like they have a choice..
"Alright, without further ado, A memo was sent out regarding the actions that should be taken against the rogue king." I stood up leaving my seat and started pacing about the room.
" I believe the havoc he keeps causing is no news to any of us.. it was initially ruled off as one of the crazy ones.. but this...is genocide and We can not let it continue." I got to my seat again and sat down .
"And that's why you are all here. I believe you were asked to come with all the information you have on him and solutions you think would be useful. So let's get started." I motioned to the Alpha on my right.
" Greg, let's start with you."
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The meeting went a bit smoother than I expected. A meeting of more than two Alphas is always chaotic. We had just four fights today in a span of four hours... Yep, four hours. But it was productive at least. I had to cancel the other meeting I was supposed to have at the office.
And postpone my discussion with her.
I felt bad for making her wait, but it couldn't be helped. I sent flowers to her apartment though.
I was about to enter my room when I got tackled by Fernando and Darius. They pulled me into the room beside mine and shut the door.
"What was that for?!" I scolded them landing on the bed they pushed me too.
" You let your dad threaten, Anna? How could you?!" Fernando screamed at me. What's wrong with everyone today?
"How the fuck did you know that ?!!!"
"Answer my damn question!! And you can't ask me about my sources, they have nothing to do with you!! I swear I'd chop that man's balls and feed them to him for breakfast " Fernando said pacing about the room.
"But Ray, how could you let that happen? What if something had happened?"
I sighed in frustration. This is what I meant when I said she doesn't know how much people care for her. My best friends are literally ready to roast my ass right now because of her.
I deserve it though.
"Nothing would have happened. I was there."
" You were there?!!! What the fuck, Raymond?" Fernando said lunging at me but Darius held him back.
"You better have a good reason for that, Raymond". I was tempted to use my Alpha voice to tell them to calm down but it wouldn't fair to them, considering the fact that we are friends.
I sighed in frustration. I'm too exhausted for this.
"We were together when he knocked, so I hid in the toilet while he came in...." I said looking at their faces, looking for some kind of expression that showed that they were following.
"Keep talking, Ray" Fernando shot.
"Relax , Ferd" Darius said nodding at me to me to continue.
"He introduced himself and started questioning her. He asked her who she was, how she got this job without an interview, that I don't make rash decisions and shit.. Anna asked him why he wasn't asking me and that since he is wealthy why wasn't he digging like all wealthy people do... She put him in his place.. honestly. Something even I am not able to do. -"
" She even threatened to fork out his eyeballs for staring at her disgustingly at the board meeting." I said laughing, but they didn't laugh along. The feeling of amusement in me vanished completely.
"That one put fear in him. He threatened to dig very deep into her and....he called her a slut." I said bowing down my head. I have a feeling I'm about to get eaten.
"And what did you do, Raymond Brooks" Fernando said taking slow steps towards me. " Hide in the toilet like a coward? Shrink back at the voice of your 'Dad'? Tell me, Raymond.. Did you go back to being that small little vulnerable boy-"
My fingers choked his neck as I lifted him off his feet the very second he said those words..
"I will never be that boy again, get that into your thick skull" I said choking the daylight out of him.