“Investigate this as quietly as you could.” I said. My gaze was sharp towards my beta, it was sharp enough to draw blood. “No panic, No whispers. If my pack hears that I was not able to guard a prisoner. The news will fly like a rot. Do you understand me?”
“Yes, Alpha.”
“And beta–” I stepped closer lowering my voice to a deadly whisper “If I learn that any guard failed me through negligence… their punishment will make the maid’s fate seem merciful.”
Beta bowed his head low. “I understand.”
After Beta left, I stood alone staring at the papers scattered on the table and ground. My jaw clenched. He had been so close. The maid was timid and weak. She would have broken eventually. And now…
Now the thread is gone. No. Not gone. Cut.
I dragged my hand across my hair, my thoughts were now sh
