Chasing His Betrayed Luna novel Chapter 67

AURELIA

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Katie called the terrified kids out and I watched them move forward like spineless chicks. Two boys and a lanky girl. They appeared to be about ten years old each and from the striking resemblance between them and the two useless men I sighted earlier, I could connect the dots.

The kids that bullied my kid were Matoe and Leo’s kids.

They were just as rotten as their fathers.

Of course, the kids weren’t trained properly which was why they chose to bully a girl who was five years younger than them.

Shameful!

“Are you sure they were the ones that dragged you to the forest and left you thereafter injuring you, Katie?” Raiden asked Katie not because he doubted her but because he was trying to enlighten the pack members that had gathered to witness the punishment the bad kids would receive.

Katie nodded, “Yes, Daddy. Thank you for finding them for me.”

My daughter was really happy and neither she nor Raiden seemed to care when the crowd gasped in response to Katie calling Raiden daddy. I was used to it by now but it didn’t change my decision to leave the pack with my kids as soon as Kyle was found.

Raiden offered Katie a wide smile that disappeared from his face the instant he faced the crowd again. He took a minute to tell the story, careful not to upset Katie by going into details. When he finished, Raiden gritted, “What do you have to say, former warrior Mateo and Leo?”

Former warriors? What the hell happened to them being two of Raiden’s best men?

It’s no wonder they reek of weakness. They had been demoted.

The two men fell to their knees simultaneously. I noticed two women sobbing behind them as they looked at the kids with worry. Those women have to be the kids' mothers. Despite their tears, they must have contributed to the kids' rotten upbringing and after my daughter nearly died, I couldn’t bring myself to pity them.

“We failed as warriors. We also failed as parents. Punish us instead, Alpha. Please punish us.” If the man that spoke was Mateo or Leo, I couldn’t tell.

The other man added, pleading as well, “We are to be blamed, Alpha. Please show mercy to the kids and punish us for their–”

Raiden snarled, “I should show mercy to your kids? Did they show my daughter mercy when they almost killed her!”

Katie flinched while the three bad kids broke into tears. I pulled my daughter closer, shielding her from what I knew would be too harsh for her young mind to handle. However, when Raiden saw how Katie reacted to his outrage, he inhaled sharply, walked up to us, and knelt before Katie.

“I know it’s scary but I also know you want them to be punished, Katie,” Raiden muttered softly and Katie nodded. “Good, baby. I’ll step back and let you determine what punishment is best for the bad kids. Is that okay?”