Caelan held out his hand to the man. He stood 5″ 10 same as Daisy he noted absently, though didn’t look like him, he had black hair and brown eyes, “You want to hope it aligns with your daughters’ account of the situation.” Caelan stated flatly staring right at the man.
“It will. I assure you,” he replied, seemed quite confident about that.
Caelan’s eyes were locked right onto the man, as he took the manila folder from him, opened it, then only looked away from him. He didn’t like the confidence he was hearing, it was possible he and Daisy had mind-linked each other to get the story on the same page.
Caelan’s instincts were telling him she would do that to save her father from being punished. Damned woman was causing him a headache.
It was the shortest report he had ever seen, I paragraph. More a statement.
Wesson was startled by a wolf, did not recognise the wolf right away, lunged and bit her before he realised who she was. An accident. They had apologised as she had run off. Were unable to go after her due to needing to stay on the border to patrol. Then his signature.
“That’s it?” Caelan looked right at the man again.
“That is what happened.” he replied curtly.
It had not escaped Caelan, that the man before him had yet to ask about his daughter or her wounds, still it seemed uncaring about them.
“You realise it is an offence, to not repot what you did, in itself, right?”
“l just reported it to you now, did I not?” John shot right back. Sounded somewhat angry.
Caelan glared at the man, they had issues between them that were fever going to be resolved, but he was now the Alpha, had always been the man’s future Alpha, and he just couldn’t seem to show any respect at all. Caelan drooped the folder right into the bin. “I don’t like you, John. You are a liar.” he stated calmly but honestly.
“Feelings mutual.” John replied right back, without hesitation, there had not been any niceties between them since the day he’d woken up next to the man’s daughter.
But that was outright disrespectful of the man. He was standing in front of his Alpha and calling him a liar. Caelan had never once lied to the man, he didn’t care that John didn’t like him, couldn’t careless about that, to be honest, but to call him a liar. That angered him.
“Beta.” Caelan pulled all his Alpha authority forward.
“What’s the punishment for not reporting, injuries to other pack members?”
“A day in the cells, Alpha.” Mason replied, a smile in his voice.
“Beta, what’s the punishment for attacking your own family member, even accidentally?”
“A day in the cells and a lashing. 10 I believe.”
“Beta, what is the punishment for dismissing your own Alpha and leaving mid conversation?”
“A beating, by the Alpha himself I believe.” he could now hear the amusement in Mason!’s voice.
“Beta, I believe the man also dismissed you mid conversation, the Beta of this Pack. The punishment for that would be?”
“A beating from the packs Beta, Alpha.”
Caelan nodded, “Two days in the cells, 10 lashings and 2 beatings, one by the Beta, one by.. Me” he looked right at John, the man looked to be fuming.” Oh wait, there was one other indiscretion this morning, I believe ” his eyes locked right onto the mans I believe you just called me a liar”
John’s jaw was ticking, but he said nothing, knew anything he said would only incur more punishment, Caelan smiled nastily at the man, “Take him.” he waved a hand at Alex and Cole.
John snarled at him all of a sudden, and lunged forward to attack his Alpha, found himself lying face down on the floor with both Alex and Cole on him.
“I believe that was also a crime, Alpha,” Mason said from his position by the doorway.
It was indeed, attacking your own Alpha was a very serious crime. But they had all been expecting it. That was by the whole unit was here, in fact, witnesses to the crime. John was hauled away to the cells, held onto by his Gamma and Delta as he and Mason walked directly behind. He was not getting away and he knew it.
Caelan stood back, leaning against the cell wall and watched as Mason ripped John’s shirt off. He had already been cuffed and was now standing with his arms stretched up to the ceiling, his feet were on the floor but only just, he was able to stand, but that was it. He was pulled tight to the chains he was cuffed too. No escape for this man.
Leaned on that wall and watched as Mason gave him 10 lashes with the barbed Cat of three tails. A three-tiered whip with three silver hooked barbs on each tail, to be dragged through the skin. The whip that was used for lashing people, usually not their own pack members, was usually reserved for enemy spies, caught skulking around, to get information out of. It was a very effective means to get said information. Or captured rogues working for enemy packs.
Caelan, like Alex and Cole, were all leaning casually, just watching, as the punishment was dealt out. Caelan had not actually seen Mason use that Cat so aggressively before.
It appeared there was no restraint in the man at all. After each lash, he stopped and asked why he had bitten
Daisy. Health gave the same answer every time. It appeared to be infuriating Mason immensely.
