We watched as Sylvia get paler as Tyler listed off just some of the information that we knew about Jade.
“You don’t know what you are talking about young man. Alpha Heir Taylor did no such thing, you are incorrect. I do not have any money left, and I am afraid that I don’t have anything to just “give” to Jade. Unfortunately for her my possessions and property are mine, and not hers. So, I don’t know what you will be doing, but I don’t owe Jade anything, and I won’t be paying her anything either” Sylvia finishes and gives us all a smirk.
“Eric told two Alpha’s that he did, both Asher Morris and I, as well as Beta Tate Harris as well as Beta Marcus Williams, who was instructed on what to do as he got from your response that you were NOT going to give Jade her money back. You will give her the money that her mother put aside for her, and I will be getting with the man who was in charge of the funds to see why he would have released them when the paperwork clearly stated who the second million belonged to in the first place. I smell collusion with this and believe me when I say that I will get to the bottom of it, I will. I am sure you gave him a portion of the money to get him on your side of it. But with the right kind of pressure, everything folds” Tyler smirks back at her.
“Beta Marcus is obviously working with your two packs and cannot be trusted to be honest with our pack. His own son is the “witness” for the Goddesses sake. How can we believe any of you? I certainly don’t and that is why I showed up for this train wreck of a mandatory meeting. I don’t believe that Eric did anything, or that you go the Council to approve of this war either. I find it very hard to believe
The lies that you are telling” Sylvia yells out, trying to get her fellow pack members upset and react.
“I am not working against our pack Sylvia. You know this, you are just a selfish and greedy person who wants as much “stuff” as you can get and want to look a certain way. Eric did mind link me to tell me that you owed Jade a million dollars and that he believed that you would be lying about it as he told you he was about to be killed for all he has done. You stand here before us, and you should be embarrassed for yourself. Your eyes are not red from crying. Who doesn’t cry when they lose their own mate? You have lost your son too they are both dead, but your make-up is perfect, and you haven’t cried at all. You are more worried about losing your house, cars, and jewelry than you are about having lost your mate and son. What kind of person are you? You are absolutely hateful, and I wonder how much suffering that poor girl had at your hands? I was authorized by Alpha Taylor, before his death, to take a million dollars out of our account and reimbursed Jade her money, and I will do that for her, we all know you will be resistant to his last order, even with it being an Alpha Command directed at you. Apparently, your love for money allows you to completely disregard the Command and I have never seen anything like it” Beta Marcus tells the group of pack members, and they all turn to look at Sylvia, who had obviously not been crying or upset at the loss of her husband or son.
“Unfortunately for you Beta Williams, you don’t have any proof of that, and I am saying the complete opposite of what you are alleging that Alpha Heir Taylor said, and he isn’t here to say what if anything, that he told me. So, we are at a stalemate now, aren’t we? Because I do not have anything that I need to give, or that I owe to, Jade. I will not be harassed or made to do something that I don’t acknowledge as a debt being owed to her, but I won’t be forced into paying something that I don’t owe to that worthless girl” Sylvia tells us all.
Asher and I both start growling at the woman who had obviously done the very bare minimum she could for Jade, not even including all that she stole from her, and had no shame in doing it. I felt worse for all Jade must have had to endure when she lived in this pack. Obviously, she was shamed and emotionally abused daily. I feel even worse for my sister who doesn’t complain about anything and loves to help everyone. She didn’t even tell Alpha Andrew Morris or Luna Monica Morris about what Brittany was doing to her at school in an effort to keep her from getting into trouble when Jade knew that she was supposed to report any and all bullying to them. She just wants to get along with others and not cause any problems and I am seeing now why, the main reason is staring me in the face, with a smirk and challenging me, knowing that I don’t have the required proof right at this moment. I will get it, but she will probably take off before I can get this solved for Jade. So mark another time, I couldn’t protect her on the board for me, and it doesn’t feel good at all. Sylvia Devoe is a truly nasty piece of work that cares more for stuff, than the loss of her family.
“I have something to say,” a soft voice calls out into the meeting room.
Asher’s Perspective
We turn back towards the front and look at Jocelyn Taylor, who is now standing and looking back towards Sylvia Devoe. She has clearly been crying and upset and had tearstains on her face. Jocelyn continues to speak to the pack members, “My brother’s mind linked me before his death to apologize for his actions and to tell me goodbye. He also told me that I would be staying with Beta Williams and his family for as long as I need to and that Beta Williams would be acting Alpha until our half-brother Conner Smith was old enough to complete Alpha Training and then take over the pack if Beta Williams thinks that it is the right time for hi to take over. He also told me what he did, some of which I witnessed, and some of what he did this week to Jade. He was ashamed of his actions and sorry at all that he had put Jade through. He said that he had apologized to Jade’s brother’s and her mate and asked them to tell her that he was really sorry for all of his actions. He also told me that when he Alpha Commanded Sylvia Devoe that she argued with him and then refused to comply with the command. He did Alpha Command her, she refused, and I bet that the only reason that she came to the meeting, instead of begging off because of her family being killed, was to protect all her stuff. I am ashamed of my brother’s actions, he allowed Danica to do as she wanted as she had him wrapped around her finger and she hated Jade. The people who were responsible for allowing a pack member to be abused and bullied. I believe that Conner, my half-brother, will do a great job as the next Alpha. I hope that Beta Williams will allow Conner and my half-sister Elaine Smith to go ahead and move into the Alpha’s quarters in the packhouse as he runs the pack in the interim until Conner is ready to lead.”
“I second that, for beta Williams to run the pack until Conner is ready to take over. It would have been terrible for the pack for Eric and Danica to be running this pack, she would have run it into the ground, and he would have allowed it to happen to let her do whatever she wanted. She was a hateful bully and didn’t deserve to be Luna, I blame her for how Eric has changed the last few years. He used to be a good man” One of the pack members calls out.
“So, we are agreed, I will run the pack while I teach Conner how to be an Alpha. When he graduates high school, he will go to Alpha Training and when he graduates from it, we will see if he feels ready to run it himself and if he had found his Luna, by that time, as she will help him to run the pack. I have a good feeling about this. Conner, can you come up her to the stage, please?” Beta Williams says.
A tall, broad young man stands up from where he was sitting and comes up to the stage. It was weird how much he looks like Eric Taylor, but his eyes were grey, instead of Eric’s hazel color, and you could tell he was younger than Eric had been. This is probably why Eric had made the comments about his dad not doing right by his family, and teaching Eric everything that he knew. It was clear to anyone who had eyes that Conner belonged to former Alpha Edmond Taylor, as the boys could have almost been twins, they were total carbon copies of each other.
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