No, Alpha
Shane
Less than an hour ago, I took Adea in my room and watched her escape to safety. The whip came down on my back. Skin split, flesh cried out, and blood oozed down my back. The warrior holding the whip recited the same question he had been since we walked into the packhouse. My fingers gripped my thighs tightly as the whip came down on my back again. I won’t submit and I won’t out Adea. I’ll keep my mouth nice and shut until the time is right. And right now? The time is not right.
The warrior takes a break from my back as Alphonse steps in front of the bastard next to me. He’s got an attitude and he’s bleeding from his head. I recognize him as Paul, I didn’t see him often, but he was assigned to clean up. He came in after events from dinner to parties and got rid of the mess.
He takes a break from my back as Alphonse steps in front of the bastard next to me. He’s hunched over but as he locks on Beta’s shoes in front of him he straightens his back. He holds Beta’s gaze which in this situation is a sign of disrespect. But when you’re bleeding over something you haven’t done, you have a problem staying silent. Beta jerks his chin and the warrior behind him pushes him to his knees. The bastard doesn’t cry out, he just lifts his chin in defiance and glares up at the Beta.
“Are you seeing the Alpha’s daughter?” Beta Alphonse asked.
“No,” the bastard answers. “But at this point, I should see this daughter if I’m going to be whipped for her. Think I need to sample the goods if I’m going to be persecuted without proof.” The whip slashes across his back and he roars. After that comment I don’t feel any remorse for him.
“Silence.”
A powerful force fills the room and falls over all of us. The Beta and the warriors buckle. The bastards and I feel it but it doesn’t affect us as badly as it does them. I look towards the source of the noise and find Alpha Eduard as hs strolls into the hall. His head is held high, his nose turned up as he walks in. He doesn’t even look at the four of us on our knees, just walks past us as if we weren’t dragged from our homes. He makes his way to his seat. He sighs and rubs his temple with his fingers before he looks at Beta Alphonse.
“Have you found out which one it is? Which one has dared to touch and take what isn’t theirs?” Alpha Eduard asked.
“Alpha. No one has confessed yet,” Beta answered, dipping his chin.
“So what you’re really saying is that your warriors are proving to be as useless as my daughters,” Alpha said as he shook his head. “You’re losing your touch.”
“Apologies, Alpha. With some more time, I’m confident I can break them. Even if they aren’t guilty, they may have heard or seen something,” Beta said.
Looking at the floor I grunt as my back tinges. I must have missed the signal because the bastard next to me flies forward, breaking his fall with his hands as the whip digs into his back over and over again.
“Jason, are you seeing the Alpha’s daughter?” Beta Alphonse yelled.
“No!” Jason yelled.
“Were you with her today?” Beta Alphonse asked.
“No!” Jason responds as another lash rips into his back. Blood splattering across my face as the warrior continues to whip him.
“Do you have relations with her?” Beta Alphonse asked.
“NO!” He cried.
The whippings stop as Beta Alphonse squats down. He lifts Jason’s chin and lifts it so they’re eye to eye. His arms shake beneath him as he tries to hold himself up.
“Are you the man she’s been sneaking around with?” Beta asked.
“No, please,” Jason begged.
Beta shook his head and released his chin. Standing to his feet he took a step away and stopped in front of the next bastard. The warrior behind him stepped forward, whip in hand.
“Please, I don’t know the Alpha’s daughter. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her. I am not in relations with her and I am not sneaking around with her,” he pleaded. “I don’t know anything, please.”
The whip comes up and lands on his back. His back arches, he throws his head back, and cries as another lashing pelts his back. I swallow as I watch. They’ll keep this going until one of us talks.
“I will have answers,” Beta said. “We’ll keep you as long as we need to break you. Even if you aren’t the one playing around with the Alpha’s daughter, you would have heard or seen something. You would know something. Speak now and end this.”
“Don’t give them any ideas, Alphonse. Even if no one speaks, if no one comes forward, I won’t lose this fight. I’ll kill every one of you to win. So be good and come forward. If you come forward this all stops and everyone can go home.”
“It’s going to be a long night,” Beta said.
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