Chapter 16

BRYAN

I looked up as Ryder walked into my room and frowned at him. “What?”

He gulped as he met my eyes, shaking like a leaf. Granted I was glaring at him with so much force but he didn’t have to be a wimp either. “The Council would like to meet you.”

I shook my head, looking back down at the papers in my lap. “Schedule a meeting for next week.”

I dismissed him and waited to hear the door close behind him. When I didn’t, I looked up and frowned at him. “What now?”

What had he done now?

“Alpha, they insist it must be today.” He said and I sighed, waving him off with my hands. “Have the driver get the car ready.”

He nodded and started to walk away but I called him back again. “Alpha?”

“Let me know when Ciara gets back,” I told him and he nodded, running out of the room. I tossed the papers on the bed and rose to my feet having lost interest in them.

Ciara wasn’t back yet from her trip into town and I found that very strange e