Chapter 19. Sad Moment

Punishment

Brinley

Coal faced his father, his expression a cross between absolute fury and guilt, the deep timbre of his voice much closer to wolf than man, "You can't do this! I'm not going to let her be punished when I antagonized her.

This was my fault, not hers. She was just defending herself!"

I was surprised Coal interjected on my behalf. Maybe he thought it would help, but I had no hope Alpha would change his mind. I knew better.

Exactly as expected, Alpha spat, "You know her status in the pack-she doesn't have any status! The circumstances are irrelevant. She doesn't get to speak out, causing disruption. She was well aware of that rule and chose to break it."

A small crowd had gathered around us.

Several Onyx Moon warriors automatically appeared behind Langdon. Eyes bright, heads held high, shoulders back with their chests pushed out -a unified force to be -a reckoned with. Langdon interrupted, "If I may ask, what was her crime to b