String Along
Dallas‘ pov.
Chama has been lying in the back of my head, keeping an eye on the Royal family
Now that I get to tell everyone about the rest of my case, she sits up in my head and is ready to make herself known if anyone causes trouble.
“As I just mentioned, my Father gave one of my dolls to Laity. The one my Mother gave to me before she died and you might understand that I didn’t want to part with it. What upset me the most about it wasn’t my Father giving that doll to her or ignoring my pleas. No, it was the fact that Lucy destroyed the doll.” I say, before the screen lights up again.
It is footage from behind the Pack–house and I am so glad that it also has audio. Does he really think he can get me to forgive him so easily? We hear Lucy say as she stops next to the garbage can and pulls my doll into three pieces. I will ruin their happy little family and take everything that should have been mine.
I turn my attention back to the Royal family after the screen has gone dark.
“I have never been a girly girl; I have been training since I was five. I would rather climb trees or play in the mud than play with dolls. I am not a fan of dresses, but I enjoy reading about topics that concern our history. Until after my sixth birthday, there had never been a trace of pink in the decorations.
Our Luna always organized my birthdays because I was told that my Mother had died when I was four years old. My seventh birthday party was held in the ballroom of the Pack–house, not outside like every other year and the main color was pink.” I say and I give one of the Princes a disgusted look.
“My Father, Beta Walker, told me on the morning of my birthday that I had to share my party with Lucy. After all, she didn’t have any family within the territory to throw her a party. When I saw the pink color and the fact that it was inside, I knew that this had been the plan all along and spent my birthday out on the patio by myself.
It was like that for every birthday and I got the same lecture from my Father every year. Lucy has no family to throw her a party and I could just share my birthday with her.” I can feel Charna getting furious and I slowly close my eyes to allow her to talk to Cyran and Camus.
After a few minutes, she calms down enough for me to resume my case.
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my fourteenth birthday, I would attend my first Scarlet Ball and I started doing chores around the Pack- house at the age of twelve to earn some money. I wanted to buy my own dress; I knew I had to wear a dress to attend and I had made peace with that stupid rule.” I say while I wink at the Royal family.
I can hear multiple people in the chamber laugh and even the King has a huge grin on his face.
“On the day of the Scarlet Ball, I made sure I got to my room on time. I needed to get ready for the Ball and I had found a neat way to braid my hair online. I was about to put on my dress when my Father walked in and took the dress from my bed, claiming it was perfect for Lucy.
Not that she wore it to the Scarlet Ball; she had her own dress, which our Luna had bought for her.” I say as the screen lights up again. Footage is shown of my Father handing Lucy the dress and the moment the door closes, she rips it to shreds.
There had been smaller incidents through the years, but I wanted them to see the ones that were life–changing for me. Almost everyone is looking angrily at my Father and Lucy, but I am not done yet.
“On the morning of my sixth birthday, my Father showed me a necklace that my Mother left behind. He told me that I would get it on my sixteenth birthday and that my Mother had requested that I would never take it off. It was a gorgeous necklace and I promised my Father that I would honor my Mother’s wishes.
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String Along
However, on my sixteenth birthday, my Father gave Lucy the necklace, and just like my doll, she destroyed it.” I say while on the screen is a picture of the torn–apart necklace.
I walk over to Daxton, who hands me a file as he smiles up at me and Nico’s Wolf roars: “STAY AWAY FROM MY MATE.”
We both look at Nico, who has gotten out of his chair and we can see that he is struggling to get control over his Wolf.
King Vaughn steps down from the stage he had been on and releases his aura, causing, Nico’s wolf to submit to him. A silver cuff is placed around his wrist and connected to the table to keep his Wolf at bay.
“Many of you are parents yourself and I wonder if any of you would treat your own child like that, favoring a child that isn’t yours.” I state as I look around the chamber and everyone is shaking their heads.
I didn’t expect anyone to say that they would treat their child the way my Father had done or that they would favor a child that wasn’t theirs.
“Your Majesty, I have a question for you. What happens when a High–ranking Shifter lies to his Alpha?” I ask The smallest infraction to the largest crime; if you list them all, we might be here for a few more weeks.”
“Captain Dallas, for a small infraction, the punishment would be a public reprimand. For the most serious–crime, that would mean stripping of the title and, in some cases, banishment.” King Vaughn answers me.
“We just discussed the Law that states that you have to accept someone as your Mate if you get them pregnant; what if that is the case for a High–ranking Shifter and he doesn’t disclose this to his Alpha?” I ask King Vaughn. “Can you explain that further, Captain Dallas?” King Vaughn asks and I can see my Father becoming very uncomfortable.
“If Beta Walker got someone pregnant, he would have to accept her as his chosen Mate. What if he decided to string her along? Waiting for the child to be born to find out if it was a boy or a girl, what if he went through the Pack–laws to see if he could still secure his Beta position if he accepted her?” I answer King Vaughn.
