Chapter 90: I killed King Tanner...
A few hours ago.
Xavier POV
We crossed the compound and headed towards the outskirts of the guest quarters. It had taken me about fifteen minutes to convince Noah to come meet Kurtis and there was a reason why we had insisted he come to meet Kurtis outside of his office...
We were trying to be careful. At this point, we couldn’t afford to expose all our plans to listening ears stationed all over the pack house. Noah fell into sync behind me as we walked through the thick grove of the secluded bamboo grove, his jaw clenched and brows arched in irritation. I was undeterred by his foul mood. When we got to the edge of the grove, he stopped and turned to me with a frown on his face.
"Don’t tell me that we’re walking into that," he pointed ’it’s too thick and there might be crawling animals there,".
"Don’t worry, it’s safe, Your Majesty," I said soothingly "I understand your reluctance to meet with Kurtis outside your comfort zone but this is the only way we can be sure that this doesn’t get out. A lot of things are going to be revealed and we’re trying to make sure only the right ears hear them. Also, a bamboo grove is the best way to muffle voices and ...
"Fine," he sighed interrupting me "But it better be worth my time and effort," he said and brushed past me entering the grove.
Silently, we walked through the path, until we reached the centre with a lot of constructed wooden chairs scattered all over it. Kurtis must have noticed us coming because immediately, he rose to his feet and lowered his frame in what seemed to be an exaggerated bow. Kurtis wasn’t a fan of respect. It was either this meeting with Noah was important or something else was underway that he didn’t mention to me.
"Alpha," Kurtis murmured "Thank you for meeting me here and I’m sorry it didn’t go the other way. I was just trying to...".