Friday, August 30th
(Alpha Martin O’Malley POV)
I’m struggling internally with the news that the Council has chosen me to help them retrieve this endangered wolf. While I’ve spent several hours on the phone yesterday with Alpha Demetri Black, I’m in no way prepared, let alone qualified to take on such a high needs case.
I’m not certain why I’m finding it so incredible to receive news that Cole Redmen has been located at the Purple Mountain pack but I am. Word reached the council that not only was he found but he was sentenced to physical punishment via whip for the rape of a twelve year old girl. I guess that’s what is so incredible, believing that this alpha has scheduled a public whipping for two this afternoon.
Every alpha has heard of Alpha Dresden Draven. The council has received multiple notifications over the last ten years of him holding public whippings but they could never get in the territory before it happened. I curse with a grumble as I check my watch again. Councilman Bradley Holden was to be here half an hour ago to give us plenty of time to make the two hour trip. At the current time we will be lucky to make it before the whipping starts, once again missing the opportunity needed to prove the validity of the claims.
A beeping horn and the sound of tires on the gravel allows me a sigh of relief as I head out the garage door, hitting the button that tells it to close as I pass by. The traverse barely comes to a stop before I start tugging on the handle.
“What’s the hurry?” Bradley asks with a slight chuckle.
While I’m all for the newer council members getting their feet wet I’m not at all happy with this pup.
“I was led to believe I was getting a more seasoned member to assist me in this rescue.”
I immediately make my displeasure with him known.
“You are.”
A much older voice speaks from the back. I don’t waste any time climbing into the passenger side, shutting the door before turning towards the gentleman in the back.
“Get a move on Bradley. The council’s decision to add me to the situation has run us late. We want to get there before he gets hit even once.”
To my relief the older councilman not only gets us moving but gives me the reason for their lateness.
“I’m sorry for my rudeness. The council didn’t think things through when they assigned Bradley to this case. While he has proven himself a very capable field investigator many times his years sending such a young councilman to stop an illegal punishment never works out well. I am Alpha Alister Whitley, Master Councilman.”
He reaches his hand towards mine. I accept his greeting and shake his hand.
“What do you think we’re going to find? Based on what Alpha Demetri said, it’s more likely that this individual tried to stop the rape not commit it.”
I try to find out more information.
“If this male is indeed Alpha Cole Redmen, then based on Demetri’s experience with him I’m inclined to agree. The reason the council is getting involved so quickly is because of the punishment Alpha Dresden Draven has sentenced the gentleman to. He has not gone through the normal channels to even declare him guilty and when head Councilman Kennon reached out to him, he hung up in the middle of the conversation. What Ken was able to tell us is that Dresden is refusing to turn over the supposed evidence that Colton was caught in the act of raping a child. He was able to get Dresden to admit that it was the child’s father that claimed to have stopped the activity but when Ken asked about the evidence gathered to corroborate the father’s testimony he hung up and refused any further questioning.”
I lean back against the front seat as the vehicle speeds up. It has taken only a few minutes to hit the interstate and we’re now heading north as I listen to what they know.
“Ken also mentioned that he was shocked at how easily Dresden admitted that he planned on giving Colton ten lashes with a whip as punishment for his crime. I may be new but that’s one of the first things they teach is what punishment the alpha is allowed to implement and the use of a whip isn’t one of them.” Bradley chimes in.
“Do you know where we are going?”
“Yes sir. I’ve got the address typed into the gps.” He responds as he leans forward touching the screen above the radio.
“The council has been after Alpha Draven for a while. There’s a doctor turned whistleblower that has disclosed that he often uses a whip to punish any male rogue at or above a delta rank. Before Cole, he always had the information the council demanded ready to turn over and claimed that the rogue was sentenced to twenty hits to their bare ass every Friday for four weeks.”
“Is this the first time he’s messed up?”
“I wouldn’t call it messed up so much as a miscalculation. The rape occurred on Monday. According to Draven, he’s already had a trial and was found guilty of the crime. The fifty others that were reported had six months or more between their crime and receipt of their punishment. Now admitting he was using a whip this time. That was a huge mistake.“
“What does he do to the females?”
I can’t help but be curious about the information Alister might have.
“It is rumored that he beats them into submission before raping them but our whistleblower doesn’t have much information on that as he’s not allowed to tend to the females. Dresden has a unique law that only allows a female doctor to see female patients.”
I sit up fast, turning to look at him again.
“What is the council going to do?”
“If Colton is restrained and anyone, and I do mean anyone, is holding a whip in their hand it is grounds for immediate removal of the alpha. If he has been struck then we will remove any heirs he has from power and the council will assign a new alpha to the pack.”
I’m relieved to hear that the council has a plan in place for punishing this alpha’s inhuman actions. Now the question is, will we make it on time?
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