Chapter 56
“Beta Kinsley, what is the penalty for disrespecting one’s Beta?” he asks, and I look down. If he had asked me the penalty for disrespecting one’s Luna, I could have answered easily, but I still struggle to answer
if it’s about me.
“Lucas?” he asks and my head snaps around to see my mate standing behind me. He came in with the others.
“Death,” he says, glaring at Trent.
“Kinsley, what did we discuss the other day?” Alpha Hunter asks to me, his hand still holding Trent on the ground.
I look down, trying to find my courage. Courage that I used to have, that I’m trying to regain.
I square my shoulders and look up, meeting Alpha Hunter’s gaze. “That if I wouldn’t accept the disrespect toward someone else, then I shouldn’t allow it towards myself.”
Alpha Hunter nods, as if he’s considering his options.
“The penalty for disrespecting one’s Luna is also death,” he says. Trent snarls and tries to jerk free, but Alpha Hunter extends his claws, slicing them through Trent’s shoulder and pushing down, keeping him on his knees.
“Beta Kinsley, I told you that I will not tolerate disrespect in this pack,
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did I not?”
“Yes, Alpha,” I say, feeling that I’ve once again disappointed him.
“Why didn’t you come to me yesterday?” he asks softly.
“I…” I begin, feeling Lucas come up behind me.
“You didn’t think I realized something was going on when I saw Trent talking to you after patrols yesterday? I asked Alpha Hunter this morning if you had approached him after he and our Luna returned.”
I shake my head, feeling like I’ve disappointed both of them.
“He disrespected you, Beta Kinsley. It should be you who exacts his punishment,” Alpha Hunter says.
“Don’t you dare touch me, you fucking bitch,” Trent snarls. A moment later, he’s hanging off the ground, Alpha Hunter’s claws holding him up by the throat.
“I’ll do it. It would be my pleasure,” Lucas growls, moving to step
around me.
“No. No, Alpha Hunter is right. He insulted me first. I need to be the one to punish him for his crimes.”
Alpha Hunter opens his hand and lets Trent drop to the floor, stepping back and letting me take the lead.
“Trent, you have disrespected your Beta female, your Luna, and therefore your Alpha and Beta male. You are hereby sentenced to death, effective immediately,” I say, giving him his sentence.
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“You fuc…” Trent begins, but I extend my claws and in one sweeping motion, his head goes flying across the room. Blood sprays over me as his body falls to the floor. There is something empowering about being able to stand up for myself. Finally. Finally, I feel capable of stopping the leering stares and remarks.
I turn and look at everyone else in the room. “Anyone else feeling disrespectful towards me?” I snarl. When no one responds, I turn back.
“Good. Get this asshole out of here. Bury the body off of pack lands. Only respectful, true pack members get a funeral and pyre. And spread the word, disrespect is not allowed in this pack, not by anyone, not towards anyone,” I say, looking at Alpha Hunter to see if he’ll back me
He nods and I turn, needing to shower and desperately needing to get ahold of my emotions that are all over the place.
I jog up the stairs and peel off my clothes as I head to the shower. I’ve just stepped under the scalding hot water when I hear Lucas come in.
“Kinsley, are you…
I don’t wait, I grab him, pulling him into the shower with me and stripping off his clothes. I’m not sure why killing Trent has made a difference, but it’s as if everything inside me has righted after all this
time.
“Mine,” I snarl, leaping onto him and sliding down his already hard length. He presses me against the shower wall, kissing me with a passion I’ve never felt from him. He begins slowly, carefully thrusting inside me, but that’s not what I need, not right now.
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“I need more. I need more!” I tell him before sliding my tongue into his mouth. He begins thrusting into me, giving me what I need. Our hands are everywhere, our mouths kissing and licking each other, desperate after waiting a year for this moment.
The moment my orgasm hits, I throw my head back and scream with the pleasure of it. Lucas‘ own orgasm is only a moment behind mine.
“MINE!” he snarls before he sinks his canines into my neck, marking
me again.
My response is only a moment behind his. “MINE!” I growl, sinking my canines into his marking spot, marking him again as both of our bodies shoot off again with the most explosive orgasm I’ve ever had in my life.
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