“Oh, Goddess! Do you know what punishment he will give him?”
“It depends on the severity of the offense.”
“Can we go there?”
“I’m not sure if the Alpha wants you there.”
“Please… I won’t disturb him.”
“Let me just ask Sebastian.” She said calmly as her eyes started to fleck with white.
After a few seconds, she smiled at me, her hand holding my back.
“We can go, but Sebastian said to make sure the Alpha doesn’t see you in his peripherals so he won’t get distracted.”
I nodded my head. “But he would still smell me.”
“The area has different kinds of smells—silvers, blood, and antiseptics—so maybe he won’t, but either way, we have to stay quiet.”
I nodded my head again as we walked out of the packhouse and headed for the old building just beside it.
My heart was thudding loudly. I wasn’t sure I wanted to see someone being punished, but a part of me wanted to see Riley as an Alpha. Was he reasonable or just plain ruthless like the other Alphas I’ve heard of?
“Jenny, do you know why this man hurt his mate?”
“No idea. I would have to ask Sebastian later, but regardless of the reason, Alpha Riley does not allow manhandling of females in his pack.”
“I see…”
“And Luna, whatever you see in there, don’t scream.”
“Is it that scary?”
“I was a warrior before I moved here, so nothing scares me or makes my stomach churn, but I’m not sure about you. I just want to remind you that you need to be tougher.”
“I’ll try my best,” I told her, biting my bottom lip.
“I’m sure you can. You can hold my hand if it’s too much or just tell me if you want to leave.”
“Now you’re scaring me.”
Jenny giggled before shaking her head. “I just don’t want the Alpha’s wrath if you pass out there. I’m the one that brought you here.”
I nodded and smiled warmly at her. “I won’t disappoint you. I will behave and won’t pass out.”
We stayed silent the moment we reached the stairs going to the basement. I was expecting it to be dark like the dungeons I would see in films, but this place was far from it.
Everything was well lit, the floors were tiled, and the walls were clean.
It didn’t take long before my eyes caught sight of Riley in one of the cells.
His upper body was naked. He just had his pants on, and I could see the sweat on his torso. He looked so ravishingly handsome that I couldn’t stop my lips from curling into a smile.
Until I see the expression on his face.
He was crouched on the floor, one knee on the ground, and slumped down before him was a man whose face was covered with tears as he mumbled his words.
Riley’s face was showing such deadly expressions that my heart dropped in an instant. Gone was the soft expression he had whenever he looked at me. He looked more animalistic than human right now, and a part of me was a bit scared to witness this side of him.
