Surrender To Us, Our Luna (One Luna, Four Alphas) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55: 55-A Deal Or A Death Penalty?

Clementine:

Flashback Continues:

"There’s no such thing as an alpha warrior. There is an alpha, and there are warriors. Right now we are being treated as warriors, and that would be okay if we wanted to be. There are trained warriors who could do what we’re doing. I don’t understand why teenagers are being dragged into—" I was trying to express my thoughts when I heard footsteps. At first, I thought maybe my squadmates had realized she was trying to convince me and had come to stand beside us, but then I turned my head and saw the ringleaders walking downstairs.

The two ringleaders lingered in the background, while Lenora and Rick came and sat beside Rue, Lenora on her right, Rick on her left.

"I thought you would wait for me upstairs. I’m kind of still talking to my squadmate," Miss Rue said, a forced smile on her lips.

I guessed she was afraid I’d disrespect her in front of them, just like Haiden and Ian had. And I was pretty sure she didn’t want that.

"We don’t think you’re able to handle her, or your squadmates," Rick started, addressing Miss Rue very disrespectfully. I could already see the wedge between them. She was younger than the others, and I could tell she was a new ringleader. The others seemed to be friends or at least familiar with each other, but Miss Rue was already outcast. I felt bad for her, especially now that her squadmates wanted to quit after just one mission.

"Here’s the thing, Clementine Stark. There is no quitting. And since you’ve disappointed and disrespected us so badly, the punishment for all of you will be harsher," Mr. Rick said, mimicking slicing invisible food on the table while pointing out different things we might face for refusing to be part of the squads.

"What punishment?" I asked, folding my arms across my chest.

"Public hanging."

As soon as he said that, my arms slowly slipped from my chest. "You’re kidding me, right?" I asked, narrowing my eyes at his face.

"No. And don’t worry, it won’t kill you. It’ll only cause pain and shame. It will be repeated every day. Like you wanted, you’ll no longer be crusaders. You’ll be entertainment, or maybe used to lure in monsters in the future," he said. I hated everything he was saying.

So basically, he was telling me that we would be treated as objects. There was no way out, just punishment for us now.

I knew we were getting into trouble back when I kept feeling like we should’ve given it a second thought. But those alphas were idiots. They always thought and acted on emotions. And I was a fool to follow them, so I wasn’t any better either.

"Wait a minute. Let’s not be harsh on them," Miss Rue finally intervened. He was giving me serious heebie-jeebies. All the hair on the back of my neck was standing like spikes. I didn’t understand why they had to come and sit with us. What was the point of appointing separate ringleaders when they wouldn’t let our ringleader lead us?

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