Chapter 0082
Silver's POV
"Alpha, it seems your wife is concerned for you," Shirley said, her eyes narrowed at me as a smirk appeared on her lips. "It's very sweet, but this is wolf business. It's not something you would understand, considering you are a wolfless."
"The fact that I don't have a wolf has nothing to do with this," I snapped, my teeth gritted in anger as I glared at her. "This is about Elliot. He needs time to recover; not be thrown to the wolves! If you cared about him, you'd be saying the same thing."
She laughed bitterly as she slowly stood to her feet. She wore a red short-sleeved dress that fit tightly around her perfect form and rested just above her knees, showing off her incredible legs. The red dress brought out the red in her hair and I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous of the figure.
Shirley was quite beautiful and like Elliot, she was powerful.
"You are speaking out of emotional terms," Shirley went on to say, her composure calm and her tone sounding whimsical like she was mocking me. It made the other Alphas in the room snicker at my expense. "This is exactly why a wolfless girl has no business being a luna. It's as I was saying many times before, you are too weak. This proves it, does it not, Gentlemen?" She asked the room.
"Girl, you are making a fool out of yourself," one of the Alpha's shouted at me.
"You have no business being here," another said, his lip curling up in disgust.
"A wolfless as a Luna? I never heard of such a thing!" Another scoffed.
Shirley gave me a victory grin as she took her seat beside Elliot who had his fists clenching and his knuckles white.
"I know what you all must think of me, and I don't blame you. Honestly, I was surprised when Elliot told me he wanted to marry me. I'm nothing more than a wolfless and I was raised ot think I was less than everybody else." My eyes flickered to my father who paled but said nothing, I turned my attention back to the others. "But I care about my Alpha and if you had any sense, then you wouldn't let him—" "Silver, that is enough!" Elliot's voice boomed across the meeting room, silencing me immediately and causing an icy chill to creep down my spine. My eyes found his and I could see how furious he was from my words.
He was standing up now and his lip was curled in anger. It was a look I had never seen toward me before and without thinking, I took a step away from him. "You need to leave," he said through his teeth.
I opened my mouth to say something, anything, but Shirley spoke first, her tone icy and mocking.
"How dare you tell your Alpha what to do," she hissed. "You need to learn your place, girl."
With one more smirk in my direction, she turned her attention back to Elliot and puckered her plump pink bottom lip, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"I do believe she might be right
though, Elliot. It seems the rogues used some silver because your wounds are taking much longer than usual to heal. How about we postpone the investigation until your wounds heal? We can double up on border patrol and send some gammas out to do another sweep. But until you are completely healed, it'll be better if we don't antagonize any more rogues."
My mouth hung open; was Shirley actually agreeing with me about something? What was her motive?
After a brief pause and a staring contest between Elliot and me, he finally relented and pulled his gaze away from me, breaking me from the trance I was in.
"You're right. I'll take some time to rest and heal. But when the time comes, I'd like to be the one leading the team," he said with finality.
"Agreed," the others murmured in unison.
Shirley smiled up at him as she ran her fingers up the length of his arm and across his shoulders.
"While you recover, I'll take on someThis belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.
extra duties around your pack. I'll become the pack's agent. I'll take on the financial responsibilities, and the overall welfare of the pack. If they have any concerns, they can come to me, and I'll be more than happy to help them."
My stomach twisted.
I might not know a lot about being a Luna, but I knew for a fact that those were Luna responsibilities. Now, it was making sense. She wanted to prove to Elliot that I wasn't fit to be a Luna and that she was the prime
choice to rule the pack by his side.
"I'm sorry but if I'm not mistaken, aren't those Luna responsibilities?" I asked, folding my arms across my chest and glaring at her. Annoyance flashed in her eyes.
"And is that a problem with you?" She so boldly asked.
"As Alpha Elliot's wife and the Luna of this pack, yes I do have an issue with this," I told her, raising my brows.
She let out a humorless laugh.
"If I'm not mistaken, Elliot hasn't marked you. Until you are marked and mated to him, you are not a Luna, you are just his wolfless wife."