The Lycan King novel Chapter 68

Nikolai

I grabbed her arm tightly as I pulled her struggling form to our room with me. I kicked the door shut and then pulled her across the room and forced her to bend over the small dining table. I grabbed both her wrists and held her arms behind her back so she couldn't move.

"I told you I will punish you if you use your powers to hurt someone again and I'm going to do just that. You put six people in danger today. Too strikes for each which totals to twelve. And thirteen to twenty because I'm fucking pissed that you disobeyed me,?again. Count." I brought my palm down on her ass hard, reddening it instantly.

"No," she growled and started squirming under my grip. "I did nothing wrong."

I brought my hand down harder on her other ass-cheek. "Count."

She gritted her teeth but I smelled her arousal in the air. And then I felt her anger for being wet. Good. I growled. She should not be enjoying this.

"Count Avalyn." I snarled, hitting her harder than before. "I'm mad enough to want to belt you." I brought my palm down on her ass again.

"Four." She gritted.

I spanked both her cheeks. "Start over," I spanked again.

"One." She grunted. I rained down spanks on her ass, going harder with each one. She stubbornly only grunted in the starting but progressively screamed when I hit her harder. The sound of skin slapping against skin echoed in the otherwise silent room that followed with her counts.

I spanked her again on an already sore spot and she screamed, "eight." But then gritted her teeth, as if she was angry that she was even reacting at all.

That's when it set in. "You're still not sorry, are you?"

She shook her as much as she could with her cheek pressed against the table.

I released her and took a couple of steps back. There is no point in punishing her if she isn't sorry.

"Don't you realise what you have done?" I hissed at my silver haired mate as I paced around in my bedroom.

"I realise that I have done nothing wrong," she smarted, pissing me off further. "I would do it again if I have to. No one should suffer like that." She pushed herself off of the table. "Go on and finish off the punishment. I will take it, but I will not take Natalia being treated like that."

"It's not suffering if it's her choice. You can't help someone who doesn't need your help. Because nothing is wrong." I said in a strained voice, trying hard to control my anger.

"But they are doing it for me!" She sounded pissed too.

Why the fuck does she not understand me? We never had this problem before. And the worst part was that I couldn't feel her wolf. In fact, I could hardly ever feel her wolf when her hair was silver—when her magic was potent.

I'm done arguing with her.

"Kneel," I gritted. Her eyes flashed at me in anger and I flashed her my canines in return. Slowly and reluctantly, she lowered herself to the ground, wincing when her sore ass touched her heels.?

"You will stay here, like this, without moving until you are ready to apologise. I don't care if it takes an hour or the entire fucking day. I want you to think about what you did and tell me about it after you apologise. Do you understand?" I growled.

"I understand," she echoed, her voice petulant.

"Understand, what?" I demanded, my voice hard and cold.

"Master. I understand Master," she replied, her voice blank now.

Grinding my teeth, I left her there and went for a shower to get rid of the black smudges of smoke covered my skin. I thought of calling Ava to get a shower too but then decided against it.

The quicker she wants to move, the quicker she will apologise.

After a quick but thorough rinse, I came out to see Ava still kneeling, her eyes looking straight ahead in stubbornness and her hair still silver.

A growl left my throat as I stomped to the closet and got dressed. When I came out, Ava was still the same. Pressing my lips together in anger, I left her there and locked the room from outside. She was naked inside and I didn't want anyone entering. Nor did I want her to leave.

'Conference room. Everyone. Now.'?I barked at Dimitri and strode there.

I walked in the room and stood at the head of the table, placed my hands in the table and waited for everyone to come in.

In a minute, Dimitri, Andrei and Mikhail piled in, followed by Natalia and Max. My fists clenched.

"I would like to apologise to both of you on behalf of my mate." I looked at Max and Natalia.

"Did she not know?" Max demanded silently.

"She doesn't know the extent of your lifestyle. It is difficult for her to digest it. But you will receive an apology from her. Soon." I promised.

"I want to talk to her," Natalia said.

"Not right now," I told her.

"But I need to make her understa—," she shut her mouth after receiving a look from Max before nodding at me, "yes, Alpha."

I was impressed to see the change in her. She needed some discipline if she wanted to take part in the main operations of the pack. I had been trying to do that for the last ten years or so with no luck at all. And now she was learning it the hard way. But it's for her own good. She needs to grow up. She needs to realise that this isn't fun and games and that we gamble our lives every day. She isn't untouchable just because she can fight.

"Are you both still ready to go ahead with this plan?" I forced my mouth to ask this question.

"I am," Natalia answered, her voice quiet and firm. "Avalyn's thoughts are prejudiced because of her past. She doesn't understand it yet but she will come around, I know it. But we can't wait for that and let this opportunity pass by."

Regardless of her behaviour, she has always been one of the best assets of the pack.

"I agree with Talia," Max spoke, "but you both didn't burn in the fire. And we kneeled before you." Max placed his hands on the large desk, his figure hunching over as he deliberated over it. "I don't kneel, Nikolai," he looked at me intently. "But every cell in my body believed in submitting to you. Both of you." He seemed confused and annoyed by that. "What kind of sorcery is that?"

"It's no sorcery," I growled. "I don't know what it was. The not burning in fire must be Ava. And I don't know anything about all of you kneeling," I told him and then looked at everyone else.

Dimitri rubbed the stubble along his jaw. "The submission I felt was more towards Luna. I felt your dominance as my Alpha but like Max said, every cell in my body believed in submitting to Luna."

"That's because you gave her a blood oath." I told him. That had to be it.

"I felt the same way," Andrei muttered and Mikhail murmured in agreement. Natalia nodded too.?What? How is that possible?

How much ever we try to say that and Alpha and Luna are equal, we were not built like that. That's just our way of thinking because of modern times and forward thinking. The Alpha was genetically built to rule a pack and protect it and the Luna was built to support him, nurture the pack and give heirs. That was what biology came down to at the end of the day. During olden times, the Alpha and Luna weren't equals. Alpha was considered as the single strongest leader of the pack. Which is still true, when push comes to shove, Luna bows down and submits to his raw power. Whether it be by her own will or her wolf's inability to match his mental and physical strength.

This is exactly why it does not make sense for them to bow down to Ava and not me.