Chapter 11
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Chapter 11
“How dare you!” she scolds. “You’ll answer for this. In Kane’s pack, any ranked wolf who mistreats a subordinate is punished.”
She then looks to the men at my sides, giving them a firm nod. “Bring her to Kane’s office right away.”
Accepting her order, the men start to push me forward, but they immediately come to a stop as Kane enters the room arm-in- arm with his mother.
“What the hell is going on?” Kane asks, slipping away from his mother as he approaches the scene. As usual, Bianca is the first
to speak up.
“I was just sending Evelyn to you,” she tells him like a damsel in distress. “She’s been in here causing trouble and assaulting one of your Omegas for no reason! Look at her!”
Bianca hugs her friend to her side, as Heather forces tears into her eyes and sniffles.
“It was so horrible, Kane,” Heather says, trying to wipe oatmeal from her face. “She just came at me out of nowhere. Screaming about how useless I am.”
I can’t help but scoff at this.
“That’s not true!” I toss out, managing to break free of the men at my sides due to their distraction. Distancing myself from them, I go to Heather and pull her away from Bianca’s side.
“I’m done with the lies and I’m done with you treating me like I’m some servant girl,” I tell her as we face Kane together. She still tries to fake tears, but I can see the shine in her eyes that communicates how much she loathes me.
“Over the last week, she’s been making sure I only get the leftover food, taking my laundry from my room and bringing me back servant clothes instead. I tried to talk to her about it and solve the problem peacefully, but Bianca intervened and told me I was being unreasonable. She defended Heather, said she was a diligent worker, and so nothing ever changed.”
With that, gazes begin to turn to Bianca who briefly twitches.
“After that, my bath water has always been cold and the heating in my room is turned off,” I state. “The one in charge of that is her.” Once more, I gesture to Heather, exposing her behavior.
There are a few whispers around the room, but Bianca and Heather are now silent. It’s Kane who speaks instead as he turns expressionless to Bianca.
“Is this true?” he asks her.
“W-well, I…, um,” she stammers. “No, o-of course not. She just wakes up late or her laundry is probably being dry cleaned!”
Her words are merely an excuse, not at all convincing as Kane’s brows pull together.
In turn, I can’t help but click my tongue.
“Is this really how you manage your pack?” I ask Kane, twisting the knife. “You let them run around abusing others with no discipline or order?”
Soaking in my words, Kane turns to look at me, his stare lingers though his gaze is unreadable. His silence is unnerving and I brace myself for his anger. I assume he’ll defend Bianca or belittle me. Or, best case scenario, maybe he’ll be so mad that he’d be willing to reject me.
I force myself to keep the smile off my face as I pray for the last possibility, holding my breath as I anticipate Kane’s response.
Finally, he clears his throat. “Well,” he begins. “It seems that the Omegas in this pack have gotten a little too bold.”
Surprise is evident throughout the room as I see peoples’ eyebrows either raising high up on their faces or their jaws dropping open. Even my own eyes widen as I blink at Kane. Still, his gaze remains on mine.
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“From now on,” he continues to address me. “If anything like this happens again, then you have my permission to punish them directly.”
Stunned. I’m completely stunned. I’d expected him to yell, berate, and punish me. I’d never expected him to offer his support.
I have no idea what to do with Kane’s words. I’m admittedly caught off guard and can only pathetically nod.
“She can’t do that!” Bianca insists. “That authority only belongs only to the real Luna.” As she presses the word “real” I see her give Kane a knowing look, as if trying to remind him of something.
Only, Kane doesn’t humor her – he hardly seems to listen. Instead, he turns to address the whole room.
“Then we better work fast,” he states. “We’ll officially be holding Evelyn’s Luna ceremony in a week.”
Again, shock ripples through the room. It especially floods through me as Kane turns to look specifically at me.
“We will formally announce Evelyn’s status to the pack and media,” he states. “Making sure everyone knows that she’s my Luna.””
