Chapter 291: Flashback - 31
A few days later, every pack’s leader was summoned to Silas’s pack because the biggest meeting was being held.
Carriages were lined up in front of the palace. A crowd had gathered like ants, and everyone was standing in line since the gates of the palace were closed.
But still, no one dared to murmur about this, ’cause they knew while standing here, they couldn’t say anything bad about the king nor about this pack outside. So those alpha leaders were glancing at each other.
A whole half an hour later, the doors opened. One by one, everyone went inside and sat in their seats. Jeren was sitting on his throne. The hall was so big that many people could sit down, and there was a stone placed in front of everyone, which worked like a mic and recorded voices. It was only available in meeting halls.
Kael, Damon, Theron, and Lysander were also there, sitting on their seats. Seeing them, most people were confused too, ’cause they didn’t know what their sons or relatives had done. But not only alpha leaders were there—omegas, betas, and lunas were also present, since their pack leaders’ corpses were sent to their packs. So they had no other choice but to come here.
"Can we ask why you called all of us here?" said one of the alphas.
"Of course, I’m getting to that subject, so just relax. First, you must have gotten the corpse of the alpha leader of your pack. Whether it was your son, your uncle, or your father—I don’t care. But you all must be thinking: how did they die? And why? That’s the main point. Why?"
Jeren’s words were slow and calm, but his eyes were sharp. His gaze was on everyone. Even while talking, he was noticing everyone’s movements, their facial expressions, without moving his head. Only his eyes were moving from here to there, and it didn’t even look weird since he was doing it so professionally.
"What are you talking about? We were going to ask why our leader died," said the alpha whose father had died.
"I killed those whose corpses have arrived in your pack. It means, whoever is sitting here now—I have killed that person. Any problem with that?"
Everyone flinched hearing that, because they didn’t expect it. They had a hunch that the letter came from Jeren’s pack, which meant he must be the one who killed them. But when he accepted it, they were lost for words, glancing at each other, hoping someone would speak up. Because right now, everyone was a coward.
Still, one of them mustered the courage and stood up. She was an omega. Her husband had died—he was the alpha of her pack. And she couldn’t believe that Jeren had killed her husband. And that too without any reason. That’s why she wanted justice. So she stood up.