Chapter 3 Punishment

The whole hall was so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. The oppressive aura made the air feel stifled and my chest felt constricting, but then why had I been training all my Life, wasn't it for days like this when the Males thought me to be some weak female. I stood my ground and my Wolf refused to bow its head, bursting out with an oppressive aura of my own, my limbs set and ready for any sudden movement.

It was then my Father appeared at my side, with a swift kick to my legs, my knees hit the floor, hard. I could have counterattacked, but how could I attack my Father?. I heard his voice in my head through the mind-link;

"What do you think you are doing?, Beg."

Looking up, I stared into his cold eyes, then lowered my head, tears streaming down my eyes. I couldn't blame my Father, after losing his mate to the Lycans, how could he allow his daughter to die in the same fashion. What was I thinking?, the Lycans were too powerful, the only reason I could hit Julian was because I had caught him off-guard. Now I was in a situation that could spiral out of hand at any moment, when Alpha Terris spoke;

"My liege, forgive her stupidity, she must have acted and had too much to drink. I beg of you".

Then Alpha Terris and my Father did what I had never seen them do ever since I was born until now... they bowed. My heart shattered, what had I done?. If I was alone, I would have rather died than bow, but now, the only thing I could do was bend my back with my knees still on the marble floor.

"What is all these, today is a day of joy, not such an atmosphere. In light of my coming coronation, I will be magnanimous and waive the death order, but she must be punished." Said Luther as he took his seat once more, then he waved at Julian to head over to him.

My Father bowed once more, then held my shoulder and led me out of the hall. I walked with my head bowed, my white hair hiding my tear laden face. I could still hear Alpha Terris thanking Luther for his mercy and the murmuring of the crowd

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In my room, I sat on my bed looking at the ceiling listlessly. I couldn't think straight and thoughts of the whole event kept coming to my head. I had been led home and locked in my room for 2 hours now, yet no one had come to announce my punishment - my heart ached, not due to me almost dying, but at the fact that I made my Father bow to Luther just to save me. It was then I heard a knock, then the door opened...

Alpha Terris walked in, his blue suit gone and he was bare chested in black trousers. His chest was crisscross with battle scars which he carried with pride, as a true warrior. Then my father entered behind, his face still deathly cold. Alpha Terris was the first to speak;

"What you did tonight was exceptionally stupid, I thought you knew better Eve. I understand your mother's death made you over-react, but to hit the Prince's son - you could have died pup."

I wanted to talk when my father cut me off sharply;

"Keep quiet Eve, I don't want to hear anything. Don't you think for any other person than yourself?, you could have put the whole Pack in danger with your actions. The Prince could have called it treason."

The word 'treason' sent chills down my spine. If the member of a Pack commits treason, then the whole pack could be implicated and massacred. It was also the reason Alpha Terris couldn't do anything after my mother was killed, and why he had to bow to show subservience to the Lycan Prince.

"It is okay Edward, calm down. She is still young and thankfully the mission given to her is not that hard. What's past is past, I just have one question though." Said Alpha Terris before he turned to me and asked, "who taught you to fight?".

The room grew heavier all of a sudden, something I didn't think was possible. What could I tell Alpha Terris?, I didn't mind that he knew I could fight, but I didn't want to put Dylan in trouble. Then my Father sighed;

"It's okay Eve, the Alpha knows about your secret training with Dylan. He brought us news about your improvements, do you really think the Alpha wouldn't be aware of something happening within the pack itself?".

I blushed at the fact that I'd been hiding something that everyone already knew for months. Then I asked;

"What mission?"

Alpha Terris looked at my father who nodded in response, then Alpha Terris cleared his throat;

"The mission is both simple and complex. It will be your punishment, and until you accomplish the mission... you are not to return to the pack."

I gasped as my heart sank. No, I couldn't be banished from the pack. I couldn't become a rogue, it would shatter my father's heart which was barely holding up after the death of my mother. But Alpha Terris just continued;

"You have to kill two 'special men'. The Lycan Prince didn't give any more information about your targets, but he did drop the location and warned that you were not to attack until you are given the order to. The location is not too far from here, just where the females schooled with the other humans."

My Father looked at me worriedly, and added, "The Prince would not send you on a suicide mission. Just remember your training and be careful. You leave tonight."

The information was a bit too much for me at the moment - I was tasked to kill two men, high schoolers from the description and I wasn't allowed back into the Pack until I killed them. Taking a deep breath to calm myself down, I just had to take things one step at the time. But something told me that my troubles were just starting, with a groan I fell on my bed.