Mates 67


    Chapter 67


    FRIEDA WHITLOCK


    The ride to the pack house was slow. Time seemed to freeze as we navigated through the scanty


    road. Traffic was surprisingly smooth today but that wasn’t helping. It would have been much. better


    if we had to go around a fleet of cars and end upte than ride freely and still be as slow as this.


    I felt suffocated. At the back of my head, I registered the fact that I had just been summoned by


    Kaiden to the pack house. He even sent guards to get me.


    What if… I cast the supposed guards’ fleeting nces. What if someone else sent them to me? Not


    Kaiden nor Safiya?


    Holy cow, Freda, scratch that thought!


    Indeed, I had to because we had just rounded the street that led to the Alpha’s house. The pack


    house.


    It was Kaiden who sent for me. What did he want? What would he want?


    Cisco? I wasn’t going to let my son go without a fight.


    Nheless, I hoped it wasn’t Cisco by any means. It could be everything but my son!


    We finally arrived at the pack house and got out of the car. Cisco was still in my arms but seemed


    scared.


    “Mom, what’s happening?” He asked, his voice shaky, filled with


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    fear. His fear got to me, it seeped into my spine and I shuddered.


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    I rocked him and shed a smile at him, “Trust me Kiddo, there’s nothing to be worried about” He


    stared at me for a while, hist eyes threatening to break through my false mask of braveness but


    then he blinked and nodded before burying his face in my neck again.


    I sighed out in relief.


    I was led into the house through another route that was separated from the living room and led into


    a wide corridor. It was a five-minute walk before we got to a huge door.


    “Is he in here?” I asked when they said nothing, rather stood nkly staring at the door. They were


    probably on a mind link with Kaiden or whoever it was that sent for me – Safiya?


    They opened the door and ushered me in. I entered the room timidly but soon became aware of the


    presence of a few – about five- older men in the room. They were seated around a concave desk


    staring at me with hardened gaze. My eyes widened as realization dawned on me. These were the


    members of the council. I was standing before the council. Why?


    What was happening? Why was I brought before these men who were staring at me with


    judgemental eyes? What did I do wrong?


    I felt an intense stare at the back of my head and tilted my head to the side. My heart dropped to the


    base of my stomach when I saw Kaiden seated in the head chair and beside him was Safiya with a


    malicious on her face.


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    I gulped down nothing and carefully ced Cisco down. He clutched my leg with his hand burying


    his face at the spot.


    Before I could ask my reason for being here, Safiya stood up abruptly. “This woman’s son is the one


    who pushed my daughter, Harper down the stairs. He may look innocent but he’s far from that and


    so is his mother!” She used and my temper red. I should have known this was what this was


    about the moment I stepped foot here. This would be Safiya’s n but I didn’t think that Kaiden


    would be a pawn to her games as well. He usually looked displeased at the usations.


    What did I expect?


    “And I say for the umpteenth time that my son had nothing to do with your daughter falling off the


    stairs. Stop ming your child’s misfortune on mine!” Angered, I snapped at her. She was pulling


    this issue too far. Bringing me before the council was the height of it. It was bait to trap me and it


    didn’t matter now. I would not stay silent and watch her t*ple o**ver Cisco’s pure. heart that way.


    She was forcing him to say yes to what he had no idea about.


    What a wench!


    “Watch the way you speak, woman!” An elder berated, his voice sending chills down my spine,


    “That is your Luna and you will not speak to her in that tone” He said and I bit my lip hard, almost


    drawing blood.


    Gia was enraged but we couldn’t do anything because we were at the mercy of stronger wolves and


    Kaiden wasn’t doing anything. He just sat there, quiet with his eyes on me.


    “I didn’t mean to snap at her but if she keeps using my son


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    then, I don’t think I’ll be able to hold back my tongue” Or even my arms from whipping her face. She


    needed a good beating and f**k her pregnancy, I was willing to give that to her. A good beating!


    “Ask your son with a calm mind, dear. Maybe he did push her but is scared of getting punished. He


    is a child and children are bound to be scared of the consequences of their actions” Another spoke


    and I gasped in disbelief, staring at them wide- eyed. They didn’t believe me. They would obviously


    take the Luna’s side but me a child as well… Seriously?


    I couldn’t believe it.


    “He didn’t do it” I found myself shaking my head frantically. I wanted to scream it to them but I held


    back for Cisco’s sake. I didn’t mind getting banished but that would ruin his life. Oh, goddess, I can’t


    take this anymore.


    I shot Kaiden a re before looking down. I didn’t miss the frown that crossed Safiya’s face when


    she saw the look.


    “How sure are you?” The question was thrown by another member of the council and my throat ran


    dry. Tears p**d my eyes but Gia consoled me. I had to stay strong.


    “I didn’t push Harper down,” My heart broke when I heard Cisco’s broken voice. Gazing down at


    him, I gave him a tight- lipped smile and rubbed his hair


    “Shut up kid. Stop rying the words put in your mouth by your mother and speak the truth!” Safiya


    yelled and Cisco shivered, holding tightly onto my leg like his life depended on it. I red at her.


    This **h was scaring my son and Kaiden was watching without saying a word.


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    My temper red and I couldn’t control it, “Safiya, that’s enough. Stop yelling at my son. He said he


    didn’t do it, so be it!”


    “That’s not your call to make Freda. Your son did this to my daughter. She’s currently in the hospital


    in a terrible condition while he’s out here telling lies about what he did. What have you been


    teaching him all those years?” She asked, the rage in her eyes matching the intensity in mine,


    “You’re not leaving here till I get an apology” She spat


    “What?” I asked, squinting my eyes.


    Her lip twisted to a smug smirk, “You heard me right. I want an apology. Go down on your knees


    before the council and apologize to me for this misconduct your son has disyed!” Her words were


    like arrows piercing my chest. They were firm and authoritative. Beneath her burning gaze was the


    determination to make me bend.


    D**n her. D**n her.


    Making me bend has never been done before and it won’t happen even now.


    Staring at her with rage, I dered, “Never!”


    It seemed like a standoff between Safiya and me. Seeing that there wasn’t going to be any


    headway with the matter at hand, the elders turned to Kaiden calling his attention to the matter.


    And for whatever reason, I wished that for once, he would choose me.