Guinea Pig
King Vaughn has had a nagging feeling in the back of his head; It started halfway through the trial, but he can’t wrap his head around it..
“Dad, what is wrong?” Quinlan asks, knowing his Father is trying to piece something together.
“I’m not sure; it’s something I just can’t grasp yet. Perhaps after we discuss this matter or after a good night’s sleep, I will understand what my mind is trying to tell me. King Vaughn answers his Son.
King Vaughn sits down at the head of the table in the meeting room. Every Elder quickly finds a seat because they are curious about their King’s thoughts on this trial; it is the first of its kind, after all.
“Elders, you have asked me over the years to re–think our trials. I never felt the need to make a change because I felt that no Alpha would consider lying to me or twisting the truth. You all have Crown Prince Quinlan to thank for the change of heart; he felt that we needed to change.” King Vaughn states.
“Captain Dallas has shown us all that some will try to twist the truth to benefit themselves. Not only that, but she also showed us that an Alpha can be blind to the behavior of their Pack members. I will not allow Shadow Valley Pack to change their Pack–laws, I will also put the Pack on probation.” King Vaughn says.
Elder Jensen walks out of the Queen’s office to inform Alpha Leon of King Vaughn’s decision. Elder Zariah follows him with the recording of the King’s verdict, both of them pleased with the end result of the trial.
After the other Elders have also left the office, King Vaughn starts pacing the room, walking back and forth in front of the windows.
“Brother, I heard you had a trial with the new rules. How did it go?” His Cousin, who is also his Gamma, asks.
“Excellent. I will let you watch the footage in a few hours and you will understand that we are going to change the entire justice system. We will discuss the changes once you have seen the footage.” King Vaughn says.
King Vaughn keeps going over the trial in his head, but can’t grasp that tiny little thing that keeps alluding him. Somewhere deep inside him, there is something that wants to come to the surface and yet it stays buried beneath much other information.
His family looks at him every now and then, but he is too deep in thought to see or feel their stares. Even his baby Sister can’t pull him from his thoughts and not for a lack of trying
“Quinlan, what is going on with your Father?” Princess Valery, who is King Vaughn’s Beta and his baby
asks.
Sister,
“I don’t know. He has been like this for hours; he knows there is something in his mind that he needs to know, but for some reason, he can’t find it.” Quinlan answers his Aunt.
If only anyone had paid a little more attention during the trial, if only they had taken a closer look at all the evidence that Dallas had shown them. So many ifs and no one who can come up with them.
Alpha Leon’s p.o.v.
I still can’t believe that Walker lied to me, that he deceived me in such a way. He knows our Pack–laws as well as I do and he still chose to ignore those laws.
Yeah, I know. I wanted to ignore them too and see where it got me, at the Palace in a new type of trial.
Walker got a good beating from Dallas‘ Mates and his Wolf is slowly healing him. Lucy keeps glaring at Dallas, but she doesn’t seem to notice or just ignores her Sister.
“Why didn’t you take Lucy’s Mother as your Mate? By Law, you should have and yet you didn’t.” My Mate asks
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and I lean back to hear his answer.
“She was an Omega; she could never give me a strong heir. am a Beta for Goddess‘ sake; I need a strong heir. Even my fated Mate was unable to give me a strong heir.” Walker growls through gritted teeth.
I hear many chuckles around us; I even hear a few comments coming from other Alphas.
“If she isn’t strong, then how did she become a Squad Captain?” “She has two Lycan Mates.” “I have seen her in action; she is anything but weak.” Those are some of the remarks that I hear.
Everyone stops talking the moment the door opens and two Elders walk in.
“Alpha Leon, King Vaughn has rendered his verdict.” Elder Zariah states before she plays the recording of his verdict.
“Probation means that the Elder will visit your Pack at random and Squads will be sent to your territory when we deem it fit. How long the probation will last is unknown; King Vaughn didn’t put that in his verdict.” Elder Jensen
says.
“Alphas, thank you all for coming. King Vaughn will evaluate this trial. Once he has ironed out all the wrinkles, you
will be informed about the new type of trial we will use from here on out.” Elder Jensen states as he looks at every Alpha.
Alpha Preston is the first to thank Elder Jensen and within minutes, he and his Pack–members have left the King’s chamber.
I wait until every other Pack has left; I need a bit more information from the Elders. I doubt they will give it to me, but I have to try anyway.
“Elder Zarial, why did King Vaughn decide to change the trial process?” I ask. I want to know if it was because of my decision or if it was just bad luck.
“We have been asking for a change in the proceedings for years, but we never had a decent case to use as a test. Dallas has always been honest with her reason for leaving Shadow Valley Pack and when the invitation arrived, we had what we needed to persuade King Vaughn to test our trial method.” She answers me.
“She never showed us any of the footage or the evidence; we were as surprised as each of you was.” Elder Jensen answers my unspoken question.
Our justice system will change; I don’t doubt that. I just wish that I hadn’t been its guinea pig.
