DRAKE
"What do you know about the problem that is going on?" I asked the old man when he told he wanted to see concerning the problem.
"Are you not having an issue with the supplier who is supposed to bring you so goods?" He asked, and I squinted.
"How did you know about that?" He smiled and shook his head.
"The goddess knows all. She sent to help you. She said she is going to reward you for keeping here and taking good care of ." He continued.
I nodded tactically, still doubting his words. How was he going to help with the supplier who had refused to deliver the goods we already paid for and was asking for more money instead? I wondered.
"How is she going to help with this? If I don’t get the supplies by the latest tomorrow, my pack will starve." My worry was visible on my face as I spoke.
"Call him again." The old man spoke.
"What?" I asked like I didn’t hear him well.
"Call him again and repeat what you said to him the last ti." He repeated, and I was stunned.
I just got off the phone with the supplier, u don’t know if the old man had no idea but the supplier told not to call him again that the sales to the other pack had been finalized. How will calling him again change everything?
"Do you not believe ?" he asked, leaning close. I reluctantly picked my phone and put a call across to the supplier one more ti.
It rang twice, and then he picked up.
"Ahhh!" He exclaid like a man who had seen the light or realized the path of life.
"Alpha Xavier! There has been a mix-up in the communication. I think there was a mistake sowhere. Please send in your trucks so they can leave with the bags of food like discussed. And I am going to add extra bags for the inconvenience." He said everything without having to say anything.
I was stunned.
The line disconnected, and I still held onto the phone like what happened was a trance, and I just woke up from the trance.
"What just happened?" I asked, surprised by the turn of events.
"Everything is fine now." He replied with a slight smile.
I was silent for a while. The old man stood there too, looking at .
Then I asked, "what do you want?" This was a question we both knew the aning of.
I had asked him before, but I was asking again on a deeper level now. He initially said he just wanted to stay in my pack and fight for its people, but I knew that he wouldn’t do all these just to stay in the pack.
He was already staying in the pack without all the extra effort, so I was convinced that he was doing all the extras to get sothing more from .
"Will you be able to give what I want, Alpha?" He asked. There was no smile on his face. Only seriousness.
I could see the old man who had been through hell just by looking at his face.
"Try ." I replied.
"I want to be the pack’s special advisor. This ans that--" he wanted to continue speaking, but I stopped him halfway.
"I know what it ans."
"Everything happening in the pack will be reported to you. However, I don’t think I trust you enough to put you in such a high position in the pack." I replied, and he didn’t flinch, didn’t smile or try to convince .
This was the face I wanted to see. The real facial expression of the old man who acted like he wanted nothing more than to have his next food provided for him.
"I will give you what you want on the condition that you also give what I want. Which is your honesty and loyalty. If I find out that you betray , you won’t live to tell the story." I added, and he nodded thoughtfully.
"I’ve lived long enough to know what happens to traitors." He replied, and I nodded.
"Good."
"Your new position will be announced tomorrow. You will be given a befitting room and a new change of clothes. One more thing," I called out.
"Nylah and Sofia are in charge of the hospital. That is their duty in this pack. I heard you know a thing or two about plants. As good as that sounds, I want you to assist only with your knowledge. Let them handle the hospital." I instructed, and he bowed in response before walking out of my room.
I communicated to Brian through my mind link.
"We will get the food supplies soon. Send so of the n to go with the food truck to pick the food up." He was surprised by my words.
"What happened? Has the issue been sorted out?" He asked, confused.
"It has indeed been sorted out." I replied
"But... how?" He asked again
"It’s the old man Brian, the old man. He ca to my chambers to talk to about the problem I was having. Which is this problem. Apparently, he saw or heard from the goddess that I had an issue with the supplier. And he told to call the supplier again."
"I called the supplier and didn’t even say a word. The supplier apologized and said it was a glitch in communication and told to send my n to pick up the supplies, and he said he would add so extra goods to the truck to express his apologies."
"What?" Brian asked, surprised by what I said.
"I was stunned as well. Like what was going on. It felt like I was in a trance." I explained.
"So the issue is sorted, and we can proceed to get the goods from him?" Brian asked, and I nodded even though he couldn’t see .
"I guess so. One more thing..." I paused for so ti.
"I made him the pack’s advisor, my advisor." I inford, and Brian didn’t say anything for so minutes. He knew that I had taken a big risk, but at the sa ti, the old man ca in handy.
"So you are letting him stay in the pack...Let’s hope things go well with him." He replied before disconnecting the mind link.
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