Chapter 85: Punishment

At this moment, a hint of fear finally crept into Mireya’s heart especially when she saw Damien’s contorted expression.

She had covered the traces of everything she had done, but she never expected Damien to take it upon himself to investigate the whole issue. If Damien had not been involved, she would have found her way into bribing the officials and making sure that her plan wasn’t exposed.

But Mireya never thought that because of Hazel, Damien would push aside his political and official works and instead, investigate the matter.

If she had known, she would have done better and would have avoided some things. But there was no pill for regret now, it was too late.

Still, she didn’t plan to get punished just for Hazel.

“Alpha, I admit that I have made a mistake,and I promise that I won’t repeat something like that again. It was just an impulsive decision on my end and I blame myself for it.” Mireya said, trying to act as genuine as possible.

“Then what do you say about the warrior that died?” General Luke was the one who spoke this time. Everybody knows that he treasures all the warriors under him a lot.

But, Mireya didn’t really care.

Wasn’t it just a lowly guard?

“It’s not my fault that he was attracted by money and died because of it. Moreover, I didn’t know that the rot was so lethal, I thought it would only knock him out. So, this is not my fault and isn’t Joan just a guard? At least, nobody died after him.” Mireya said and the hall fell silent.

She was baffled.

Wasn’t she just telling the truth?

She raised her head again and saw that Damien’s visage was even worse. What had she said wrong? It wasn’t her fault that Joan decided to betray his own people, right?

So why were they all staring at her in such a manner?

“So, because he is a lowly guard, you think his death is worth nothing?” General Luke asked again, his voice deeper this time.

“Isn’t it? I admit that I made a mistake, but he drank the wine himself and I didn’t know the rot was so poisonous. Ans aboit Hazel, she walked into Sir Roman’s room even though she must have felt that something was wrong. Also, drugging Sir Roman was just something I did for fun, I never knew it would cause such a ruckus.” Mireya lied without battling an eye, making excuses for all the crimes she has committed.

She believed that with all this said, neither Damien nor his people would be able to do anything to her.

Her father was a force to reckon with after all. They would think twice before doing anything to her. The worse they could do would be to send her away from the pack lands, and she would still come back.

Her plan to seduce Damien has not been achieved yet, and whatever she wants, she must get no matter what.

Yet, what Damien said next shocked her.

“Miss Mireya, despite being a guest, dares to enter the Alpha’s private chamber without permission. According to the rules of the pack, that crime is punishable by thirty whips. She also drugged a noble and that is punishable by the same number of whips. Miss Mireya instigated a member of the pack against two nobles, causing them to act against each other and attempted to murder a maid, that is punishable by imprisonment in the pack’s dungeon for a month. Miss Mireya lied to the Alpha and framed a member of the pack, punishable by imprisonment for another month.”

He fell silent, and continued in a deeper tone laced with a chill that spread across the hall. “Miss Mireya killed a member of the pack and that is punishable by wolf sealing and imprisonment.”

Nobody spoke, but Mireya’s mouth was agape.

“What is the Alpha trying to say?” She asked, trying to suppress the tremble in her voice. “You can’t punish me, I already accepted my mistakes and gave you all an explanation. For the family of the guard that died, I am willing to leave them a sum of a thousand gold coins and for the nobles, I will have my father send them a consolation fee. What else do you want?”

Roman sneered in his seat.

This Mireya was still so naive.

Was she trying to reason with someone like Damien who only follows his own principle and was protective of his own people?

She still doesn’t know the kind of person she is dealing with.

Even Hazel was surprised at Mireya’s audacity. Just because her father was a prestigious person, she thinks she can just do anything, kill anyone and get away with it?

Just like that?

Hazel found it ironic.

Mireya’s pride and ego was absurd in a funny way.

Even Matilda smiled mockingly.

As expected, Damien didn’t disappoint her.

“Considering all the crimes you’ve committed, you will be stripped of your guest status and be imprisoned in the dungeons for a month. A seal will be placed on your wolf as well and a letter detailing your crimes, and the pack’s decision to stop collaborating with the black ridge pack will be sent back. From now on, my pack will have nothing to do with yours and a clear partition will be made between the two borders. I can’t bear to have an alliance with a scheming pack like yours who doesn’t even care about the lives of my people.”

“You can’t do that! Who do you think you are to seal my wolf? You are out of your mind. You want to punish me because of some stupid slut and a low-level guard? Is this some sort of a joke?” Mireya yelled, green veins popping out of her forehead.

“My decision is final. Guards, take her away.” Damien did not even look at her.

“Don’t touch me! Don’t you dare lay your hands on me. You are all crazy!”