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“I’ll be right behind you.” Megan said to him as he walked
towards the door, but Steve shook his head and refused.
“Don’t! I already have an idea of how the whole thing will pan
out and I don’t want you there.” He said to her firmly, and she
nodded as he calmly opened the door and without questions,
followed the guards who had come to pick him, while Megan
watched as he was being taken away.
As they left, Megan sighed and went back into the house. She
dropped herself on the sofa in frustration and worry as she
stared into thin air, that she didn’t notice that Veronica had
come out of the room.
“What do you think is going to happen to him?” Megan
whispered beside her, startling her and she jerked back to
reality.
“I scared you, didn’t I?” Veronica asked.
“Uh, yeah.” Megan answered softly and Veronica sighed.
“I’m sorry.” Veronica said. “How do you feel?” She asked her.
“Honestly, I don’t know how I feel. I’m just kind of scared and
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frustrated.” She confessed and Veronica sighed again.
“I don’t even know what to do because something like this has
not happened in recent times.” She added.
“Is there anything we can do to help?” Veronica asked again.
“No, he doesn’t even want me to go with him to the Alpha’s
palace.” Megan answered.
“Really? Why?” Veronica asked.
“I think it’s because of the Alpha.” She answered.
“But why? Is the Alpha ruthless?” Veronica asked her again.
“Well, the Alpha is…” Megan suddenly paused as she
remembered that Steve hadn’t told Veronica that the Alpha was
his father yet. “You know what? Forget about that, let’s just
hope that he will be fine.”
“Okay, if you say so.” Veronica answered.
**AT THE ALPHA’S PALACE**
“Elder Raymond, I sincerely apologize for everything that has
happened.” Alpha Marcus began to apologize to Elder Raymond
as soon as he walked out of his inner court into the palace with
Beta Richard beside him.
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“What is the meaning of this, Alpha Marcus? Why would Steve
do such a thing?” Elder Raymond yelled angrily.
“Sincerely I don’t know what came over him but I have
summoned him. They should be here soon or any moment from
now. Please, I apologize on his behalf.” Alpha Marcus apologized
once again but Elder Raymond’s anger didn’t seem to subside.
“You really should talk to your son. Is this how he is going to
start acting when he eventually becomes the Alpha of the pack?
What if it was more than what it is right now? What if he had
actually killed Trey?” Elder Marcus asked him, rage written all
over his face.
“What?!” Alpha Marcus was taken aback by Elder Ray’s words.
“No, please don’t say that. No one is killing anybody.” He said.
“Please just forgive him. I assure you that he will be punished
accordingly.” He added.
“If anything happens to my son, I promise you, the entire pack
will not have any peace, no matter how small.” He threatened
and left in anger, not waiting for Steve to be brought in.
But as he stepped out of the palace, the guards arrived with
Steve, who had a blank expression on his face. Elder Raymond
glared at him like a wild animal wanting to pounce on its prey. He stared at him for a moment and walked away right after,
while the guards led Steve in and the onlookers watched from
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afar off
The guards brought Steve to his knees in front of his father as soon as they entered the palace and left afterwards, leaving Steve, Beta Richard and Alpha Marcus alone. Seeing Steve,
Alpha Marcus‘ anger was rekindled.
Alpha Marcus, his face red with rage, towered over Steve, who was still on his knees. “How dare you do such a thing, Steve! How could you?!” he bellowed, his voice echoing off the walls. Steve cringed, paying no attention to his father’s words. He
remained on the spot, not moving and not saying any word too.
“Do you have nothing to say? Are you not going to say anything at all? Nothing meaningful?” Alpha Marcus asked angrily, seeing
as his son still refused to say anything.
“Why should I say anything when it is already obvious that you’re going to take someone else’s side?” Steve finally spoke to
his father, glaring at him with dangerous eyes
“Steve!” Beta Richard yelled at him, trying to caution him.
“Leave him, Richard.” Alpha Marcus held out his hand and Beta
Richard kept quiet. “Allow him. Let him talk, he has to tell me
what got into him!” Alpha Marcus said again.
“I’m sure it could have been a misunderstanding between two
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young men.” Beta Richard said, trying to make the atmosphere a
little less tense.
“Misunderstanding, you say? What sort of misunderstanding
allows you to hurt someone else? What if he killed him?” Alpha
Marcus asked angrily.
“Well, at least he is not dead.” Steve suddenly said in a very
annoying manner.
“Steve!” Beta Richard yelled his name again and Steve frowned
and kept quiet.
“Alpha, let’s just ask him to apologize to Trey, maybe-” Betal
Richard tried to suggest but Steve kicked against it completely
and immediately.
“Never!” Steve yelled, interrupting Beta Richard even before he
could finish talking. “I’ll rather die than apologize to that
miserable bastard!” He spat angrily.
“Can you listen to that, Richard? Can you see that he has no iota
of remorse?” Alpha Marcus said, in disbelief.
“Please calm down, Alpha. Let’s just ask him what happened
then.” Beta Richard pleaded.
“No way!” Alpha Marcus snapped at him. I’m not going to ask him any questions. I’m very sure he is at fault. Can’t you see it?
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He has no visible injury, aside from his hand, which he
obviously used to punch the poor innocent young man.” Alpha Marcus stated and Steve scoffed, annoying his father more.
“Innocent young man? Innocent? You must be kidding me.”
Steve said and paused.
He then continued, “Well, I don’t blame you for supporting him.
Supporting another man’s son over yours? I’m not surprised. I
mean, what do I expect when your characters are alike. All you
ever do is hurt unsuspecting close people who trust you with all
they have and-”
He had finished speaking when his father’s hand shot out, palm
open, and connected with a loud smack on Steve’s cheek. The
force of the resounding slap sent Steve’s head snapping to the
side, his eyes watering from the sting.
Steve’s face burned with pain and shame as he struggled to
process what had just happened. He felt a wave of anger and
resentment wash over him, but it was quickly replaced by a
different feeling.
Tears pricked at the corners of his eyes as he looked up at his father, searching for some sign of understanding but his father’s face was hard and unyielding, his eyes blazing with fury and so
he blinked the tears back in.
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Steve’s cheek throbbed with pain, and he could feel the imprint
of his father’s hand lingering on his skin. He knew he’d wear
that physical mark of this encounter for a few days to come, a constant reminder of his father’s anger.
Even Beta Richard was too shocked to say anything. His mouth
just remained open as he had not seen such a thing ever unfold.
He had never seen Alpha Marcus ever raise his hand on Steve
and he had never seen Steve speak to his father in such a
manner before, so the whole thing came as a shock to him.
After the slap, came complete silence. And as the silence in the
palace stretched out, Steve felt a sense of disconnection and
isolation wash over him. He knew his father was going to
punish him but he didn’t care, he was ready for whatever he
brought his way.
“Guards!!!” Alpha Marcus yelled angrily and about three guards
rushed in at the sound of their Alpha’s obvious anger.
“Take him away and lock him in the dungeon until I say
otherwise!” He ordered and they all stood in shock.
“Have you all gone deaf?” He barked at them and they quickly picked Steve up from the floor.
“I said take him away this instant!” Alpha Marcus ordered angrily and Steve was taken away, to be thrown into the
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dungeon until the Alpha says otherwise. And as he was taken away, he glared at his father.
“Don’t you think that’s too harsh? I think you’re being hard on him?” Beta Richard asked, as the guards left, in concern for
Steve.
“Well, he should have thought about the consequences of his
actions before going around breaking noses.” Alpha Marcus
replied and hissed.
Beta Richard tried to speak on Steve’s behalf again but Alpha Marcus spoke again, “He is going to be the future Alpha of this pack, he needs to start acting like one now! My decision is final!” Alpha Marcus said on a final note and with that, Beta Richard
had no more words.
Right at that moment, a guard rushed into the palace, panting
heavily. Alpha Marcus and Beta Richard exchanged quick
glances and looked back at the panting guard.
“What is it? Why do you look so rough?” Beta Richard hurriedly
asked him, seeing as he truly looked rough.
“F….Fi… Fire!” He stuttered and began to cough.
“What? Fire? Where?” Alpha Marcus and Beta Richard asked in
unison.
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“The market at the southern gate. IT IS ON FIRE AS WE SPEAK!”
The guard shouted and began coughing again.
