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Aspen nods her head. "She called me a bad word. She said, My mommy didn't teach me manners, so she will do it."

The air turns chilly as both mine and Sadie's fury fill the air. I could almost taste it. My eyes turn to the said bitch, and she takes a step back. Before I can do anything, the air around us cracks. Sadie appears in front of her.

"Close your eyes, baby," she commands Aspen, who does as her mother told her.

Lucy must have seen something in Sadie's eyes because she tried to run away. Before she can even turn, though, Sadie grabs her face, her hands digging into the sides of her face.

"I've never really liked you, Lucy," Sadie begins. So that is her name? "You were always a bitch, but today you took it too far."

"She was being a brat," Lucy, probably not knowing when to shut her fucking mouth, says.

"Really, let's see how you fare when you are up against someone your own size," Sadie says, her tone more menacing than I have ever heard it.

She begins to speak, but it's not in English. Hell, it's not in any language I've heard before.

Lucy starts screaming, clutching Sadie's hand and trying to pull them from her face. Sadie holds firm as power begins cracking in the atmosphere.

Lucy continues screaming, her pain-filled scream echoing through the space. It sends chills down my fucking spine and shivers throughout my body.

Blood begins leaking from her eyes, nose, ears and mouth. She gags from the blood coming from her mouth, but Sadie doesn't stop. She continues in that foreign language that almost sounds like she's chanting.

Finally, she stops. Lucy stills before crumbling to the floor after Sadie lets 's her go. There is no heartbeat. Sadie killed her, but I can't really say I blame. I was about to do the same.

"No one hurts my daughter and gets away with it," she warns, addressing those around us as they watched her with wide eye, fear etched on their faces

I shift back. The good thing about being able to half shift is that I am not naked when I shift back to human. My clothes are torn, but they are still on.

I step beside Sadie and address those present, Jasona and Piper were here, but this didn't concern them. "You watched as an adult basically bullied a child and did nothing. Is this what this pack is about? Would you have stood by if she were your child, a relative's, or a friend's?"

No one says anything. They all drop their heads to look at the ground in shame.

"Look at me!" I demand, and they lift their heads. "This shouldn't have happened. Not just because she's an Alpha's child, but because she's simply a child. You are adults; you had the chance to stop Lucy, but none of you did."

Shock gasps fill the area as they finally learn about Aspen's true parentage. Fear clouds their eyes as they realize they just allowed their Alpha's daughter to be bullied.

"Each one of you that was present is going to face me in the ring for forty minutes. That will be your punishment, and trust me when I say that I won't go easy on any of you... You are dismissed."

The ring is as its name suggests. It's a circle in the middle of the arena. We have our matches there. A match ends when one of the opponents taps in surrender. This time, I won't be giving those twelve pack members that option. They won't be able to surrender. Not until I am done with them

I watch as they swallow, because they know what this means. They scramble to leave, but soon enough, they'll be back here to face their punishments.

Once they are gone, I turn to Sadie, who has Aspen in her arms. She had stopped crying and was resting her head on Sadie's shoulder with her eyes closed.NôvelDrama.Org holds this content.

I want so badly to touch her, and hold her, but I stop myself. I was already on Sadie's shit list; I didn't want to make it worse.

"I'm sorry for what happened. I swear it won't happen again," I promise, through gritted teeth, disappointed in those twelve pack members.

"It better not, Alec or this," she points to Lucy. "Will be a regular occurrence."

I nod my head. Without another word, she turns and leaves with our daughter. Aspen snaps her eyes open. She gives me a small smile and a wave before closing her eyes again.

My heart swells at the action. I watch them walk away and it tugs something inside me. I want them in my life. I want them so badly, it hurts. so I make a promise to myself to fix things between me and Sadie. Even if she won't accept me as a mate, at least I am hoping to be in Aspen's life.