Chapter 32

WARNING: Strong language

The King went down into the dungeons with six of his personal guards. He wanted answers, the kind that only come out after pain. He wanted the truth: Why were they so bad? What would drive a male werewolf to torture his mate, to break that bond? He had seen mates reject each other for various reasons, but this… this was deranged. To sell young females and males for slavery was beyond his understanding and his sense of right from wrong. It made him and his wolf sick.

That gave the King and his wolf an idea. I wonder if they would piss their pants if we changed into our lycan form? His wolf chuckled. Yes, let's see.

To his guards' horror, the King changed into his half-wolf, half-human form. He stood almost eight feet tall, golden fur covering him. His claws were pure gold, and his eyes burned like sapphires. He looked like a golden god of death.

Once he entered the main holding area, he reached out his claws, scraping them down all twelve of the metal doors where the prisoners stood. The sound was a terrible symphony of rage, and the smell of fear took over the air.

The King's guards stayed in the corners and shadows, watching the awesome power of the ultimate Alpha, the King of all Alphas. They were thankful that power wasn't directed at them.

The smell of piss and fear became so strong it burned the guards' eyes and throats. It didn't matter to the King; he was enjoying a little revenge. He let out a deafening growl, ripped off the door to the first cell, and stomped inside.

That was when he smelled the male's scent. He pulled his head back in surprise; the male didn't smell like a wolf at all, just a man. So, there was a punishment after all.

They had to remember that they couldn't kill them; they had to stand trial. That didn't mean he couldn't castrate them.

He mind-linked one of the guards and told him that they were going to need doctors down here, and to go get them, quick.

He wasted no time with the filthy piece of crap. He grabbed him by the neck with one huge, clawed paw, lifting him until he banged his head a little on the nine-foot ceiling. With his other clawed paw, he reached out and swiped the male's cock and balls, ripping them from his body.

He proceeded to the other eleven cells, doing the same thing to all the males. Well, they weren't males anymore. The doctors came down and were horrified at the King's work. The King himself stayed in his lycan form all the way back to his chambers.

When he was inside and cleaned up, two council members asked for an audience with the King. They wasted no time in reprimanding him for his behavior in the dungeons. The King turned on them in a fury. "YOU IGNORANT, EGOTISTICAL, HIGH AND MIGHTY JACKASSES! DO YOU THINK THEY GAVE ANY OF THE THOUSANDS OF VICTIMS ANY MERCY OR KINDNESS? THEY TREATED THEM WORSE THAN GARBAGE! IF YOU THINK FOR ONE SECOND I WILL BE SORRY OR FEEL ANY REGRET FOR WHAT I DID TODAY, YOU ARE SO FUCKING WRONG IT WILL MAKE YOUR HEAD SPIN! AS A MATTER OF FACT, I AM CALLING A MEETING OF ALL THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN FIFTEEN MINUTES. THOSE WHO CHOOSE NOT TO ATTEND WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE COUNCIL AND WHIPPED TWENTY TIMES. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY CHAMBERS!"

The council members wasted no time running out the door.

The King marched into the high council chambers like a God of War on a rampage. With him were Duncan, Jack, and twelve guards, all in their finest uniforms.

Every council member was in attendance, even their scribes. As he took account, the hall was so silent you could hear the marching of the guards outside.

The King stood up before his throne. "Council members, I have called you here for a reason. We have all been lax in our duties. We all swore an oath upon taking office that our first duty was to keep our people safe. We failed in that duty."

"The guards are now handing out pictures and logs of what we have found lurking in our packs. We will be watching a movie as well. I have named the movie, 'While We Were On Watch.'"

After everyone was done looking at the evidence that was passed around, they watched the movie. Some of the council members even barfed. When it was all done, the King looked around the hall.

"I will be putting some new rules in place so perhaps these kind of terrible things never happen again."

"Rule one: Any shifter caught selling or buying males or females of any species will be castrated in public."

"Rule two: Any pack members who willfully hurt, abuse, or murder another pack member or shifter from another pack will be brought before the King and Council for trial."

"Rule three: If any Alpha decides he will rule his pack with fear and abuse, he will be subject to the same from the King Alpha."

"Last: From now on, a new position will be created: Investigator of pack affairs. If anyone in any pack has a complaint about those that rule them, they may go to or send for the Investigator with their problems."

"So that this position isn't abused, the King will hear the complaint first. If anyone tries to use the investigator for false purposes, they will be found guilty of the crime that was originally complained about."

"If the investigator uses their position for purposes other than what it was created to do, the punishment is death."

"Furthermore, no one is above the law. Everyone from the lowest omega to the King will be held accountable."

"This is all I have for now. I will be adding a few more as time goes on so as to correct any loopholes that someone may find."

"If, for some reason, any of you have a problem with these new rules, if there is some way you can improve upon them, come to me. If you can't because it is something that you are morally against, then please step down and give your seat to another."

"Now, will these six council members come down before me."

He called their names one by one, as the council members happily stood before him. The King usually only called a council member down to give them a special title or honor.

As the six stood before him ready for their reward, the guards surrounded them. All of them were shocked and demanded to know what this was about.

The King wasted no time in telling them, "You six have been charged with treason and for buying young pups for sexually deviant purposes, as well as various other crimes, which will be brought up at your trials."

With that, the guards tied their hands behind their backs and marched them off to the dungeons.

He watched from the shadows as he had always done. There were times that he cursed himself for his loyalty. It was about time that the King cleaned his house.

Still, though, since the loss of his son, he has been around the wrong kind of weres. That he is going to be fixing soon, though he doesn't care for the Alpha he has to deal with. For him, sometimes the ends do justify the means.

To call her Luna was a joke; to have the King give her the title of Lady was an even bigger joke. The King is still grieving and not thinking straight, so that means he has to step in and take care of things for him.

She was a really nice she-wolf, smart and considerate, but she had to go, though. For the love of the goddess, she is a low-standing bastard; she should have been an omega, and the lowest one at that. She had the right name the first time around, Spare. (18)

Lilly was still feeling like she was being watched by the Alpha. At first, she thought it was just in her head, but it had happened one too many times now for it to be something to just blow off. When she was little, he liked to stalk her as she played. He always wore a scent blocker potion that also helps you to blend in with your surroundings. He bragged about it when he got it from a witch.

She always knew, though; she and Zinnia were always sensitive to the energy of others. She felt his energy change over the last two years; that was when she realized he was losing his wolf. His energy the last time felt different; that was when it came to her: he no longer had his wolf.

She was also learning that she was like a ghost. Her meals are slid under her door, her assignments are slid under her door. No one paid any attention to her at all. She even tested it one day. It wasn't until she was at the outer gates that she was stopped.

Tonight, punishment or not, she and Zinnia were going hunting.