Filed To Story: Veiled Desires of the Alpha King Novel
Dayson fed Talia and himself, emptying his plate first, and then Talia’s.
There were only a few bites left when someone cleared his throat from the side to get their attention.
“Alpha Dayson”, Alpha Richard called. “I was wondering if you can spare some time.”
Dayson cocked an eyebrow. “For?” He was obviously not willing.
“Cassie. You said that you will talk with Alpha Magnus about the duration of her stay here.”
Dayson paused. Does Alpha Richard want to talk about Cassie? Why should Dayson discuss the duration of her stay at the Lightclaw pack?
It took Dayson a few exceedingly long seconds to remember that he slapped Cassie before sending her to the dungeon.
He forgot about her.
“Is this about Cassie attacking you last night?”, Mindy asked to Alpha Richard’s obvious displeasure.
Even if people knew about the incident, Alpha Richard was hoping that they won’t talk about it. At least not in front of him.
Dayson frowned while wondering why was Mindy so nosy, but he still answered. “Yes.”
“How are you going to punish her?”
“Punish her?”, Dayson repeated questionably. Cassie was in the dungeon, everyone knew that, but it was obvious that Mindy had something else on her mind.
Mindy glanced at Talia and then returned her gaze to Dayson. “Don’t tell me that you will just let her go after one night in the dungeon. You know Cassie’s temper. What would happen to Lia if you didn’t intervene?”
Dayson didn’t want to deal with Cassie now, or ever. But Mindy had a point.
He turned to Talia. “You were the target of Cassie’s attack. You decide on her punishment.”
Talia was not sure how this ended up with everyone looking at her, but here she was with all eyes on her and she needed to make an important decision.
How should Cassie be punished?
For Talia, this was not just a small incident in the hallway from last night.
Cassie was the person who immediately assumed that a girl in the kitchen was stealing food, and that a girl with a cell phone stole it, and that a girl deserves slapping if she didn’t admit a crime she never committed. Cassie was bossy with Omegas while claiming the position of the future Luna that never belonged to her, and Talia was confident that there was much more.
It’s not that Talia wanted to avenge everyone who got bullied by Cassie, but Cassie showed narcissistic behavior that can’t be cured no matter what punishment is delivered.
However, it wouldn’t be fine just to let her go either.
In Talia’s opinion, people will not understand others unless they walk in someone else’s shoes. Talia couldn’t make Cassie wear shabby clothes and be abused by random people, but she wanted Cassie to feel the burn of her actions if she was on the receiving end.
“I want to know what she would do to me if you didn’t stop her.”, Talia said to Dayson.
Dayson’s brows came together in a deep frown. He obviously disapproved of this idea.
Talia gave him a reassuring smile. “I won’t do anything recklessly. Will you help me?”
How can Dayson say no to that?
The dungeon of the Lightclaw pack is close to the packhouse. It’s underground with its entrance hidden between several tall rocks and medium-sized bushes.
The entrance is hidden, but the nearby terrain is fairly open, making it impossible for anyone to come or go without being noticed.
Talia made her way into the dungeon down long winding stairs, following one warrior from the Lightclaw pack who was on duty as a guard.
In the absence of a recording device, Talia called Dayson’s phone and left the call on with the phone in her pocket and volume set to a minimum.
At the entrance to the dungeon, Dayson had the call on speaker with Maddox, Mindy, Kalina, Tony, Alpha Magnus, and Alpha Richard gathered around him.
No one knew exactly what Talia had on her mind, so they waited in anticipation to hear how this will unfold.
Alpha Richard had a bad feeling about this. He wanted to warn Cassie to keep her mouth shut, but Dayson and Maddox didn’t let him out of their sight and he couldn’t do anything, so now he was sweating bullets while silently cursing Cassie and her temper.
Alpha Richard already decided to cut off his willful daughter financially and geographically. He will either marry her off or send her far away on her own, but that will need to wait until they leave this place. Until then, he prayed silently that Cassie doesn’t drag him down with her.
Talia walked after the guard and observed the hallway that was wide for four people to walk side-by-side comfortably. There were doors made out of thick iron bars, leading to small cells that each had a bed, sink, and toilet. The walls were in orange hues, like clay, and decently illuminated. The air was fresh with just a hint of staleness which told her that this is an old structure, but well maintained.
Talia’s guide stopped in front of one door and spoke in a stern tone, “Cassie Baines, you have a visitor.”
“Dad!?”, Cassie shrieked and dashed toward the door, grabbing two bars with her hands.
Ever since warriors dragged her from the packhouse of the Lightclaw pack on the previous night, Cassie was stuck in that cell.
They brought her food twice, but other than that no one said anything, and her father didn’t come to see her.
Cassie assumed that her father might be also in one of the cells, so she called his name, but there was no response.
To say that Cassie was agitated would be an understatement.
Cassie frowned at the sight of Talia, and she looked left and right, how much the bars allowed it.
“Where is my father?”, Cassie asked the guard who didn’t respond. They are trained not to respond to prisoners’ inquiries unless instructed otherwise.
“You can leave us.”, Talia told the guard and he nodded before walking away.
Talia waited a bit for the guard to leave the hallway before turning to Cassie who was still standing at the door and looking at Talia questionably.
Talia observed Cassie’s swollen cheek. One night of Cassie’s werewolf healing wasn’t enough to erase traces of Dayson’s slap.
“Your father won’t come.”, Talia said.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean what I said. He won’t come.”
“Why are you here?”
“I came to see how you are doing.”, Talia said while glancing into the cell behind Cassie. “It seems you had a good treatment. The bed looks cozy.”