Alpha Markus and Celeste
Chapter 68
Chapter 68 – Markus
Markus P.O.V.
We walked into the conference room. All of the Alphas were seated around the room, there was a small table at the center of the conference room where the council was sitting. Kelly and Rhett (both fully marked, mated and completely engrossed with each other as they waited for us), Gillian, Danny and Maya were sitting all together at one side of the conference room immediately to the left. Alpha Geoff, Luna Luisa, Beta Trevor, Sandra, and Levi were alt sitting across from them. Lucas was in the hospital getting the liquid silver taken out of his bloodstream. He would never use his leg again. The prisoners were surrounded by guards. I was glad to see that Sandra was still
covered in burns and looking like hell. Parts of her hair were missing and singed and she still smelled like burnt flesh.
“Alpha Markus, could you please explain the nature of this meeting?” Councilman John said.
“I asked for everyone to be at this meeting today because I needed to request the council to open an investigation on the Blood
Moon Pack. However, after last night’s incident and some incidents that occurred a few days ago, I now ask that actions be taken
immediately against the Blood Moon Pack,” All of the Alphas started whispering to each other.
“What are you accusing the Blood Moon Pack of exactly, Alpha Markus,” one of the councilmen asked.
“12 Years ago, Alpha Geoff challenged Alpha Cory for his Luna. There was a m******e after the challenge that you deemed legal as Alpha Geoff alleged the Sky Moon Pack would not honor the outcome of the challenge. You based this on his word, and the fact that there appeared to be no survivors from Sky Moon to refute his version of events. I am requesting action be taken against Alpha Geoff for lying and killing the Sky Moon Pack. I am also accusing him of kidnapping, starving, beating and selling the surviving members of the Sky Moon
females.”
“That’s a very serious accusation. Do you have proof to back up that claim?” another councilman asked.
“My mate and my Gamma’s mate can both testify that they are, in fact, survivors of the Sky Moon Pack m******e and that all of the servants in Alpha Geoff’s Packhouse are also survivors. They were treated as slaves, never registered with the Pack Council and then the she-wolves, when they were assured they were not mated to pack members, would disappear. Through some investigation, we have
discovered evidence that they have been selling these she-wolves on the black market.”
“Show us, please?” Councilman Matthias encouraged.
I began explaining all the documentation I had found as I went through the presentation. I showed the link between the sales on the
website to the deposits into their bank accounts. Danny explained the operation and showed the video of Ruby’s rescue. Once he
finished, I got up to speak but Councilman John beat me to it.
“I can concede that we will need to re-open the investigation but I don’t see enough information here to take immediate action. If
you’re basing that demand on yesterday’s incident -”
“I’m not. As you saw in the video, over a month ago we rescued one of the she-wolves. She was convalescing from long term severe
starvation, and side effects of shifting while in that condition. A couple of days ago, a van pretending to be with the caterers for
Blood Moon Pack.”
“Are they Blood Moon Members?”
“No, they belonged to the Desert Moon Pack.” I said, trying to keep my patience at all of the interruptions. If they would just let us
finish…
“Then why are we not questioning the Alpha of Desert Moon Pack?”
“I had nothing to do with this!” Alpha Charles stood up.
“Because they were not working for the Alpha of Desert Moon. They were working for the Blood Moon Pack,” I said. “Please, councilmen, allow us to continue with our presentation. It will all make sense at the end.” Gillian said.
sense
I pushed play and let them listen to Levi speak. Alpha Geoff tried to get up to hurt him but was quickly pushed back down into the seat by my guards. Finally, we finished with everything but the photos. Celeste had agreed that unless they were needed, she would not
show them. One of the councilmen got up after brief deliberations.
“I agree that immediate action should be taken. I vote to remove the Ranked members of the Blood Moon Pack immediately. We will
have a full sentencing trial at a later time. I move to dissolve the pack completely. We can give the rest the option to join other packs or
become peaceful rogues,” Councilman Matthias said. There were a lot of murmurs in favor of this and Alpha Geoff paled as he realized he
was done for. The sentencing trial would just be for show, they would not give them anything less than death.
“I will leave the council to decide the proper punishment and actions towards the pack. However, Celeste and I,” I said as Celeste
joined me at my side, “would like to request the girls from the Sky Moon Pack join Crescent Moon, as survivors themselves, Maya and.
Celeste know the type of needs these girls will need to overcome all that they’ve suffered for the last 12 years.”
“What proof do we have of the treatment of the she-wolves? I have seen nothing -” Councilman John started.
“I can attest to what I saw when we attended the Alpha’s daughter’s coming of age party,” Rhett stood up.
“As can l” a couple of others stood as well.
“They are his allies!” Alpha Geoff roared. “You can’t sentence me to death on hearsay. You can go see these women in my pack, they
are healthy.”
“Perhaps now,” Celeste spat, finally looking at him, “Beta Gillian has been sending money to Dr. Castle to provide food and medicine
to the girls until we could set them free. We have the receipts to prove that and testimony from the Doctor, but if you want proof, we can
show you that,” she said, and I gave her the remote. She clicked through the pictures and I could tell even the coldest of the Alphas was
appalled at the photos.
“If any of these photos are not sufficient, I can assure you, the scars are still quite visible,” she said.
“There’s no need Luna. I think we will be taking Alpha Geoff, Luna Luisa and Beta Trevor with us for sentencing. Meanwhile, I believe Sandra was caught red-handed attempting to kill you, resulting in the near death of the Crescent Moon Gamma. I am assuming, as she’s still in her bindings, that you would like to keep the charges against her.”
Celeste nodded and turned to Sandra, “In the clearing where you found me, a few hundred yards deeper into the woods, you will also find the body of her mate. The man was a visiting guest from the Desert Moon Pack. She refused to accept him and instead killed him with a silver bullet. She should pay for his death as well.”
Traised my eyebrows at that. We had been so concerned with Celeste and Danny, no one smelled or saw the body of the man. I
nodded to one of the guards by the doors, “Please send someone to retrieve the body. Alpha Charles, you will want to take the body with you for proper burial?”
Alpha Charles nodded and stood up to follow him when Levi stood, “Wait! Alpha, please! My mate and child knew nothing of what
happened. Please, they are your pack members. I beg you, don’t let them kill my pup!” He said as he cried, the desperation and anguish clear in his pleas.
Alpha Charles looked at me. “Are you saying you are wanting to ask for the lives of his mate and child?” he asked. Levi looked at me
with confusion in his eyes. Looking from me to his Alpha.
I shook my head. “I would never punish innocent women or children for the sins of the father. I had his mate thoroughly checked and
am positive that they had nothing to do with it. Neither I nor Celeste wish for any repercussions for them. Losing a mate and parent will be hard enough.”