Chapter 108: What Do You Say?
Sebastian wasn't alone. His Beta Xavier was behind him.
Theo ignored Sebastian's question and kept his silence.
"Prince Theo, Your Majesty asked you a question! Did you not hear?"
Xavier's arrogant tone made me want to strike him down and punch him right in the face.
Jake obviously felt the same as me as he said, "Beta Xavier, who do you think you are to speak to His Highness like that!"
Xavier glared at Jake viciously and looked like he was about to explode. But Sebastian didn't seem to mind his son's silence. He ignored the tension between the two Betas and walked over to Theo's cell.
"How are we feeling?"
Theo didn't even lift his gaze, only kept his eyes on the ground.
"I know normal wounds won't kill you and I'm sure you're quite used to pain," Sebastian chuckled, "So hopefully, the wolfbane extract on the whips was able to help you remember something important..."
Wolfbane extract?! That freaking cursed bastard! What kind of father would seek joy in his son's suffering?
Sebastian took a pause and completed what he wanted to get across, "You should never go against the law."
Theo finally scoffed, "Law? What law?"
"I am the law, son. I am the king!" He spread his arms out wide. "And you are my gift from the Goddess herself. She knew I wanted all the land to obey me and she gave me you."
"Being related to you is my greatest curse."
"Curse? Ha ha ha!" Sebastian laughed hysterically, however, there were no happy vibes at all, "Theo, that's no curse! I gave you power! You should thank me for raising you, training you, and maximizing the blessing you received from the Goddess and King Lycaon! Do you understand how lucky you are?"
"I..." Theo took a few fast and shallow breaths before he could continue, "I wouldn't consider being raised as a monster and used as a tool as lucky."
"I was preparing you to be king! I had such high expectations. for you, but you disappointed me greatly. I even offered you many whores to bed or do whatever you want with them! But just like your pathetic brother, you wimped out. You couldn't even stick it in that little blonde haired one. What's her name again? Kiki? Crystal?"
"Ciana," Xavier finished off for the king. "Ciana Black. Your Majesty. The daughter of Alvar pack. A cute little slut."
Hearing my name from Xavier's disgusting mouth made me want to puke.
"Shut your filthy mouth!" Jake scolded Xavier. It was rare to hear Jake lift his volume.
"How dare you speak to me like that!" Xavier growled, his face turned burning red. He probably felt greatly offended, especially in front of Sebastian, but it was obvious that Jake had never cared about what Xavier had to say.
"He dares because he's my Beta. Do you have a problem with it?" Theo gave Xavier an icy glare which made the king's Betal swallow back what he was about to spill.
However, the cunning Beta then turned to Sebastian and complained to his master, "Your Majesty, please forgive me! All I wanted to do was to help but Prince Theo-"
"Enough!" Sebastian waved his hand, and thank the Goddess that Xavier's annoying voice stopped talking. "He is your prince and you're just a Beta, I don't want to hear any whinings about your disagreement with the crown prince, you will show respect!"
Xavier gritted through his teeth reluctantly, "Yes... Your Majesty."
"And Theo," Sebastian turned to Theo, "I expect you to show the same respect to me, your father, your king!"
Theo responded to Sebastian's comment with a sneer.
"I see you may have a different opinion. Now, I want to remind you of something. I gave you everything. Your power, your status, and your privileges. That means I can also take them back. For example," Sebastian said, that sickening smile was back on his face. "Xavier, you have my permission to teach Beta Jake a GOOD lesson!"
Xavier smirked viciously, "Understood, Your Majesty!"
He opened Jake's cell and planted his heel on the side of Jake' s head. He kept going until Jake slumped down to the ground, but Xavier didn't stop there. He took his fist and hit Jake's lower back over and over again.
I had to look away for a few seconds, my stomach churning at the sight of Jake's blood spewing all over the place.
"That is enough."
Xavier didn't want to stop, but more so, he didn't dare to disobey the king. He let go of Jake, and came out of Jake's cell with a bruised fist but a satisfied look on his face.
"So I'm going to ask again, have you learned your lesson?"
"Yes...Father."
Sebastian looked at Theo with joy in his eyes. "Good boy! I'm glad to hear that. Now tell me, what have you learned?" And he had the audacity to laugh!
"I learned..." Theo glared at his father and whispered in a hoarse voice, "I should've killed you right there yesterday!"
The smile slipped from Sebastian's face and twisted into a dreadful scowl. "Obviously, I've been too tolerant of your unruly behavior!"
Theo panted. "Humor me, Your Majesty. Let's be honest...the only reason that I'm alive is because you need me!"
Sebastian's expression was even darker.
"May I make a suggestion?" Xavier had a grimy smile that made the hair on my body stand up.
Sebastian gave him a slight but impatient nod, seemingly not too unhappy about Xavier interrupting the conversation.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Pomeni Pack has a secret way to, um, make people listen..."
"Really? How Interesting! Why don't you tell me more about it?" Sebastian was intrigued, but I had a really bad feeling about this.
"Surely, Your Majesty! I heard that they were able to turn the most feisty soul into a compliant companion. As skillful of a warrior as Prince Theo has been, he has, however, disobeyed you enough times already."
The king contemplated what Xavier was saying as he stroked his chin.
Xavier took the opportunity to try to convince him, "It would be an honor for the Pomeni pack to perform this task for you, I'm sure!. After that, you'll have a son who'll never go against you ever. Wouldn't that be a wonderful solution?"
Although I didn't know exactly what that meant, I knew for. sure it wouldn't be anything pleasant. I needed to stop them!
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Yeah sorry full of crap clichés skipping chapters...
Really oh fn....off another weak heroine roll, her pack hated her, she was abused, why would she do this .... pfghhj off at another cliche novel. .... Nope...