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…”

punishment, and the others will learn from your mistake.” The elder in the middle,

1. on.

in the middle signalled to the huge man who held the whip to carry The man was just like the other

I was breathing. I was still

flames, and it came down hard against Thane’s back. I flinched, shoving into Axel

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back, and I counted silently in my

I went on, barely noticing the tears streaming down my eyes. Thane hadn’t flinched once, but the scars were there; his back was so marred I couldn’t bear

eves

Slade and hist mate Freya stood, also distancing themselves from the crowd. Slade didn’t

watched her son being ruthlessly punished. I had always wondered why Thane never went for her rescue; maybe I judged too fast, or maybe there