Married To The Blind Alpha
Chapter 55: The Elders Meeting

Chapter 55: The Elders Meeting

Inside a hidden chamber beneath an old, abandoned cathedral, protected by enchantments, four men and one woman gathered together. These were the five Elders, and for some reason a frown was etched on all their faces.

"Are we going to just watch? Time and time again, Tristan has undermined our power, but this... this is the height of it." Rudolph, a man whose werewolf age was a hundred and twenty but human age fifty, spoke.

"I agree with Rudolph, how can he destroy evidence that could have potential in solving the ferals case? He should be labeled as a traitor and be given a sentence. A man named Tyrell, whose werewolf age was a hundred and fifty and human age forty-five, spoke up.

Noelle hid her smile, seeing their furious reaction, and was about to say something when another man spoke up.

Another Elder named Kane whose werewolf age is Two hundred and four and human age fifty one asked. "And who will sentence him? I agree Alpha Tristan has done wrong. First he ignored the women we had chosen for him, and then together with Alpha Elywnn, he destroyed the hideout of the Ferals without reporting back to us, but..."

"There is no but, Alpha Tristan is getting out of control and if we the Elders can’t even put some control on him then what exactly is our use?" Rudolph asked angrily.

Kane laughed softly and looked around the four Elders, he shook his head and asked "Celphias, was this why this meeting was called, to talked about how to punish Tristan?"

Celphias looked at Kane and said "I am not an unreasonable man but I agree with the others. Tristan has gone out of control. He does what he wishes and even when we tried to use his marriage to keep him in check, he ended marrying a woman of unknown origin. He needs to be punish."

Kan chuckled softly and was about to say something when the only woman in their midst, Noelle, spoke up.

"I have always be wanting to ask this question but why are you so scared of Tristan, Elder Kane? Whenever we wished to make a decision on him, you always tried to persuade us and suggested that getting him married to a woman of our choice is the best way to control him, but you see, why do we have to control him? We are the Elders, the strongest werewolves and witches in the world, so shouldn’t he be scared of us?"

Kane looked at Noelle and said "That was what the woman who was once in your position said before he took her head off."

"What?"

"I was the one who called you all to become an Elder and throughout the years you have occupied this position, you never once asked, what happened to the ones who came before you." Kane said.

"You told me you were the only survival of a war you and the last Elders fought." Tyrell said with a frown.

Kane gaze moved from Noelle to Tyrell as he replied "That war we fought was with Tristan. He killed them all, sparing only my life and I tell you that those wolves he had slaughter were much more stronger than you."

"He killed the last Elders, why?" Noelle asked, this was a new information to her. When she became an Elder, she only knew that the witch before her suddenly disappeared but never have she expect that the woman was killed by Tristan.

Kane sighed and said "Let’s just say they did something very wrong. Tristan may act out sometimes but we can’t deny that he has never once cause trouble. He has always mind his business and if he had destroy an evidence that could lead us to solving this feral case as you have said, then why don’t we call him for questioning."

Hearing that Tristan killed the last Elders before them made Rudolph, Tyrell and even Celphias to become calm. They didn’t know if calling a man like that for questioning was going to be a good idea. What if he ends their life as well?

Noelle scoffed when she saw that the men who were ready to punish and exert their authority over Tristan has suddenly become quiet after hearing that he had killed wolves far stronger than them. How ridiculous! Now her curiousity about Tristan was starting to slowly become an obsession.

At this moment, Noelle was interested in knowing what Tristan stole from that woman. Now, that she has the master backing, she is no longer afraid of Tristan. Her only duty is to ensure she takes Aria away after she gets mark by Tristan.

"He should be called for questioning." Celphias suddenly spoke ending the awkward silence in the chamber.

Rudolph nodded and replied "I agree, he should be called for questioning."

Kane looked at them and asked "Are you sure about that?"

"Our main duty as Elders is to ensure peace between the humans, witches and wolves and now an Alpha has been accuse of destroying evidence of people who seek to destroy this peace. Isn’t it only right, that we call him out for it." Celphias said.

"And besides, the only reason we wish to keep Alpha Tristan under our surveillance is because of how strange he is. How could a blind man have killed his uncle and defeat every Alpha who had challenge him for the Alpha position?" Tyrell asked.

Kane laughed and looked at Tyrell "Is that really all?"

Tyrell looked away and said "Of course that is all."

Kane’s gaze moved to Noelle as he said, "Fine, Alpha Tristan will be called for questioning."

....

Aria’s laughter could be heard in the bathroom as Tristan helped her to wash her hair.

His hand on her hair felt so nice that she actually almost found herself drifting to sleep until she felt the cold water touch her hair.

After rinsing off all the soap, Tristan stood in front of her fully dressed and with only the sleeve of his shirt rolled up as he said, "I think I did a pretty good job."

"Get me a towel to wrap my hair." Aria said with a smile, and unlike Tristan, she was only wearing a bathrobe.

"Oh," Tristan rushed to get her a towel and watched as she used it to clean her hair.

They both left the bathroom, and Aria sat on the dressing table; a soft smile played on her lips as she watched Tristan, trying to figure out how to use the hair dryer.

She turned to him and asked "Don’t you dry your own hair after washing."

"I just use a towel and then the breeze do the rest."

"We could just let the breeze do the rest for me as well."

"And allow you catch a cold, never." Tristan said with a frown and let out a sighed of relief when he finally out on the dryer. "Turn around."

Aria chuckled and turn around. Her face was worn a smile as she watch in through the mirror, drying her hair.

"Your hair is beautiful." Tristan said as he ensure that no part of her hair was wet.

"At first, I didn’t like it."

"Why?"

"It’s actually strange being the only one with red hair in your class, so I thought of dyeing it black, but then I changed my mind. It made me felt unique and that was actually kind of cool."

Tristan put off the dryer and laugh softly when Aria gave him her comb.

He helped her to comb her hair and even went further to tie it into a ponytail for her.

"Is there anything else, I should do for you?" Tristan asked in a chuckle.

"I would have asked you to prepare lunch but since we can’t afford to have running stomach all through the day, I would do that instead." Aria said with a smile.

Tristan scoffed at her audacity and gently flicked her forehead. "Rather than mocking me for not being able to cook, you should actually be glad that you have a husband, who wash, dry and comb your hair and I even pick out your clothes for you and this is the thanks I get. You know of the saying that goes, you won’t know what you have until you lose it, you better start cherishing me now while you can."

Aria tried her best to control her laugh as she replied "But I’m not going to lose you, am I?"

He was supposed to say no, that he wasn’t going anywhere but instead he found himself saying "If a time comes and I am no longer here with you, you must promise me that you will always be happy."

Aria smile faltered when she saw the seriousness in his eyes, she stood up and said "A time like that won’t come."

Tristan looked at her and suddenly chuckled "You are right, a time like won’t come."