Chapter 79: 79-Justice Was Served Naked
Haiden:
"What? How can someone deserve that fate? You raped her, and then you poisoned her. A slow poison that killed her in the next few hours. And what about the daughter?" Lydia had such courage to say all that to his face. But I guess her courage came from the fact that she knew we were in the same room, and that we wouldn’t let it escalate to the point where she’d die by William Stark’s hand.
"She deserved it because she asked for help. And she expected me to give her that help for free. Her husband was at war. She wanted me to send my warriors to save him. So what if I asked for something in return? Women are so self-centered and selfish. They want people to help them, to cater to them, but they don’t want to do anything in return. That’s not how it works," William Stark stated, sounding completely tone-deaf.
"Really? But then you didn’t send her husband any help at all?"
The way Lydia’s confidence was rising was shocking. But I was slowly starting to feel proud of her. She was better than her mother.
"Yeah, because I realized that man had nothing to return to," William Stark shrugged.
The royal beta had stopped smiling at this point. I guess he realized that if word got out, he’d be punished too. It would be hard for others to separate him from William Stark’s past and present crimes.
"What about the daughter? What did you do to her?" Lydia asked.
My body started to shake with anger. I was waiting for him to mention my sister.
"I don’t know. I guess she wasn’t very unforgettable. I brought her home. Maybe fucked her a few times. Maybe a few hundred times."
The minute he said that, he started to laugh as if it were some kind of joke. As always, he expected the royal beta to join in, but he wasn’t laughing. Maybe this was where his boundary started.
"Oh, come on. It was in the past. And that girl died. She couldn’t even take a few whips. I tossed her body away. I don’t even remember where. I’ve tossed so many bodies away. And why does it matter? Are you going to keep running your mouth?" William Stark said, mimicking a hand-talking gesture.
As Lydia stayed silent, William Stark laughed again.
"And you know why I’m answering all your questions? Because when you’re killing someone, you grant them one last wish. I know my secrets will be safer with your dead body." As he said that, he lunged at her.
But this is when she did something he didn’t expect, she slapped him.
The room went silent.
The royal beta’s eyes were wide open, and William Stark’s face was turned to the side, completely frozen. This was the first time a woman had taught him what true woman power was. But he and the beta were quick to lunge at her again.
"How fucking dare you!" William Stark yelled as he grabbed her by the hair and threw her onto the bed. The royal beta was already undressing.
"We should go out," I said to my wolf, because we were afraid they would hurt her.
"Just a few more minutes," my wolf uttered, pleading.
I turned my eyes to the side where Clementine was hiding. I could see her shadow move. She was already getting agitated. But we were waiting for just one last thing.
And it happened—finally, the climax.
The minute her father had stepped out of all his clothes, with the royal beta too, we came out.
The moment Clementine clapped, her father gasped. He was in the process of crawling onto the bed, his big belly hanging down, looking like a fucking pig. He screamed like a little bitch, and while trying to get off the bed, he rolled off, landing with his arms spread wide and his naked body facing the ceiling.
That’s when the door opened, and in came Yorick. He had brought the council members and alphas with him.
We had told him that the moment Clementine clapped was when he was supposed to come in.
As soon as William Starks saw the audience, he began to panic and tried to rise from the floor, but he was so unfit and lost that he fell again.
"It is such a shame," said the eldest of the council members, Sylvia. "The man who is supposed to take care of his people, the man who was crowned so they feel safe, is clowning his own people, is hurting so many women."
She had rage in her eyes as she stormed in and slapped Willaim Stark. He tried to grab his clothes, but she kicked them away. Then came the youngest council member.
"And to think you believed women were so much less makes me feel so disgusted that all these years we never suspected anything. The fact that you even did it to a fellow Alpha—"
She stopped talking when her eyes landed on me.
"Oh no," she gasped, as if she finally realized what was going on. So I had to step forward.
"You fucking ruined my mother in front of me."
It was time to pour my heart and emotions out. Everyone was now watching me, and I was suddenly the same child who had once been on display after his mother and sister died, the one asked why he couldn’t save his family. That was when they decided in the back of their heads that I would never be fit to be an Alpha and should be sent away to the academy.
"My mother begged you so many times. You didn’t listen. And then you took my sister with you, you filthy old pig."
As I said that, I kicked him between the legs. This was the first time I had seen justice being served, and it was satisfying.
Pack members were peeking through the doors. Some had even come in and opened the windows so others could see. It finally felt like they were happy that the Alpha they had been forced to bow to was getting what he deserved.
He was trying his best to hide himself.
"This is such a humiliation to an Alpha. How could you all let it happen?" William Starks yelled, trying to cover himself.
Lydia had jumped off the bed and reached for Clementine, who gave her a hug before stepping forward.
"You once told me that I would never be able to make you proud. You were right. You don’t deserve pride. You deserve shame, William Starks," Clementine said.
She had quite the guts to even say that out loud. I noticed that her stepmother and stepsister hadn’t come. They were probably sitting somewhere, hiding their faces.
"This is all one big conspiracy against me, and it starts with this girl. She comes back, and all hell breaks loose," William Starks still had the nerve to say, trying to save face one last time.
The minute he tried to grab a pillow to hide behind, I snatched it and threw it away.
"No. Let everyone see what a filthy Alpha you are," I hissed, stepping toward him.
He began to step back.
"This is uncalled for. You all should take my side. I was under the influence. This was all planned by them. Don’t you see?"
He was making a lot of excuses, but nobody believed him. They had heard everything, and I guess he knew it. But he had gotten away with so much for so long that he probably believed he could do it again.
"This is just the beginning, old man. You’re going to live the rest of your life as a degraded, demoted Alpha. And you know what the punishment is for a criminal?"
Finally, the male council members spoke up. Roberto stepped forward, his hands tied under his abdomen.
"As a brother of two women who are way more powerful, intelligent, and composed than me, I demote you as an Alpha and declare you a criminal. You will face the same punishment other criminals face. You will be thrown and left in the darkest and deepest part of the North, say goodbye."