Contractually Yours, Alpha by Giftemmy

Chapter Fifty

‘Just some regular whipping‘, Thane had said, but he had lied. The metallic steel–coloured whip was very much unusual. I couldn’t help but wonder how someone could create an object like this with the sole purpose of using it on people. The whip was a dark, shining metal, and the tip had been split into five. The elders passed the whip to the guards, the same ones that had too many piercings. They dipped the metal whip into the contents of a basin.

“What is that?” I asked

Axel was silent for a while, and that alone was enough to tell me that whatever it was, I wouldn’t want to know. “Wolf’s bane in its liquid form. Leave it up to the elders to devise things like this,” Axel said, and I could sense the anger in his voice.

Thane was right; I wouldn’t be able to bear watching this. How could I stay and watch such cruelty?

I knew what wolf’s bane was; it was one of those many things I’ve heard about a lot of times but never actually seen; it was rare for a good reason; this was a werewolf’s worst weakness. Axel didn’t look shocked by this, nor did Thane; they knew. Axel had wanted to say something earlier; he had wanted to explain to me that Thane had deliberately understated how the punishment was carried out, but he had kept it to himself. Why didn’t they tell me?

I had to stand here and watch, knowing I had caused this.

Thane could have avoided it; he had nothing to prove…

My thoughts trailed off when the whip was set on fire.

A silent whimper escaped my lips as I took a step back, bumping into Axel.

“I… I can’t…”

the others will learn from your mistake.” The elder in the middle, who seemed to be the only one speaking, said, and the only sign from Thane

1. on.

the huge man who held the whip to carry The man was just

think I was breathing. I was still in doubt this

against Thane’s back. I flinched, shoving into Axel again. The sound from the whip resounded, and a dark, blackish burn marred Thane’s

even flinched.

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and I counted silently in my mind. ‘Two‘.

flinched once, but the scars were there; his back was so marred I couldn’t bear to look, and my whole body

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Freya stood, also distancing themselves from the crowd. Slade didn’t seem satisfied; maybe he thought Thane

brown; she did nothing and said nothing as she watched her son being ruthlessly punished. I had always wondered why Thane never went for her rescue;