His Sweet Little Mate novel (Abby and Micah) novel Chapter 122

One week passed in a giffy, and finally it was the day of the public execution of the traitor who betrayed his kingdom and harmed his king. People flocked to the gallows to witness the fate of the family of an elder who had also served as the royal beta of the former king.

It had been tens of years since someone committed a crime as abysmal as treason, but it wasn’t what left the civilians of the capital city surprised but the high rank of the culprit that committed this crime.

People who were supposed to protect them turned their backs and tried to harm them in the name of power struggle and this made all of them spat at the culprit as the guards dragged him to the execution pole.

“But why is he alone? Where is his family?” Someone from the crowd couldn’t help but notice this, which soon turned into full blown but whispered conversations among the spectators.

Yes, Leon was all alone, and almost half of the man he used to be, probably because of the special treatment he received during his stay in the dungeon, while his family was nowhere to be seen.

The guards focused on their job, though and just like that they watched the traitor being whipped by a spiked cane until every drop of his blood was drained from his body, before he was beheaded.

They didn’t delay or hesitate to deliver the punishment, even though the man they were torturing in front of the crowd had been still someone revered highly by them all until a few days ago, and this made the people there feel both admiration and fear for the king.

Admiration because King Micah didn’t succumb to any invisible pressure and punished the wrong justly, but terror because the punishment for the traitors was so unmerciful it really served as an example for people out there as a reminder why they shouldn’t try to mess with the king.

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Word spread in the capital city that Leon’s family rank had been reduced and they were no more than omegas that served in the royal kitchen of the palace.

After a little reconsideration, Micah finally agreed to spare the lives of the mother and daughter, but now they fell to the lowest rank among the shifters, in fact, they were even lower than omegas, because they weren’t allowed to go anywhere near the palace gates, let alone serve as servants in the palace.

“It would be impossible for them to enter the palace as they pleased now,” Alyssa reiterated to Abby as she helped her take a bath this morning.

Abby decided against going and watching the public execution so it was only Alyssa who went there, as Reyna stayed behind to keep her master company.

And now she was listening to her as she washed her hair, while Reyna went away to oversee her brunch preparations.

Because of the execution, Abby couldn’t sleep peacefully, as the thoughts of what Micah would decide for Ruby and her mother’s fates kept plaguing her mind. Micah didn’t give her any indication that he was going to revoke their punishment, and it made her restless a little.

Even though she told Ezgar that she couldn’t be of any help in saving Ruby, she still couldn’t help but feel bad for the man. After all, he would have to watch his entire family breathing their last without being able to stop it and Abby felt it was a little unfair.

Such a good person he was, always smiling brightly and cheering everyone up but he had to go through something so devastating like this.

Abby wondered how many years it would take for him to come out of it, because she still couldn’t help but long for her father, even though she wasn’t brave enough to admit it to anyone. No matter what, it was her father…

From their few interactions, Abby could tell that Ezgar seemed to love his family very much, so when she finally heard that Ruby and their mother were spared, she felt happy for him.

However, she didn’t expect there was more to the revokement of their punishment until her other maid returned from the royal kitchen.

“My Queen!” Reyna rushed into the room as she shouted for her master.

Alyssa was brushing Abby’s hair, after she towel dried it for her as their queen sat in front of the mirror in the bedroom.

“Easy, Reyna! Why are you in a rush?” Alyssa chided her fellow maid, because she was being too casual for a maid serving the queen.

“It’s a big matter, they say Chief Ezgar was stripped off of his rank as well,” Reyna revealed, but there was no reaction from either Abby or Alyssa.

“Yeah, they were now omegas, and I already told Queen Abby about it,” Alyssa brushed her off.