The Act of Kindness

“I see… So that happened,” William spoke.

The Alpha was in his office with Jen, getting some paperwork done, amongst other things, when two of his patrols came in, reporting the apprehension of one Ellie.

“Our deepest apologies if we have gone too far in our… treatment towards her. However, since you told us earlier to treat her as we would to one of our own, we thought it was appropriate regardless of her connection to you,” Patrol 1 explained.

“You’ve nothing to apologize for. As you said, I was the one who told you to treat her as you would to any other member in this pack. Besides that, it was her own request to be seen as an equal while being in this pack. And yet, she dares to attempt sneak out of the pack? Even though she knows what we do to traitors,” William sighed.

“Where is the girl now?” Jen asked then.

“After we roughed her up a bit, we had her tied up, and tossed her in the dungeon,” Patrol 2 answered. “If I may dare have a say, though… With all due respect, Alpha, is th