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Her Decision, My Punishment

Author: Duny
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-18 16:13:38

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Her Decision, My Punishment

Ronan’s POV

The hall was already full by the time I walked in.

Every face turned toward me. Whispers followed — about me, about Selene, about everything that had happened since the fight for the Alpha title.

I ignored them. I kept my eyes on the front.

Sasha stood proudly on the stage, dressed in all black with a silver crest pinned to her chest — the symbol of Alpha. Her smile was wide, but it didn’t reach her eyes. It was a smile of power. Of victory.

She scanned the crowd slowly, then raised her hand, silencing everyone.

“I believe everyone is here now,” she began, her voice ringing through the hall. “This shows the respect you all have for me as your new Alpha. And I’m grateful for it.”

Some people clapped. Others just stood still, unsure what to do.

She smiled again. “I promise you a new era. Strength. Order. Discipline. No more weakness. No more divided loyalties. The pack needs to move forward — with me.”

I clenched my jaw.

She kept talking. Her voice was calm but sharp, like a knife in silk. She spoke about rebuilding, about rules, about loyalty. Then… she paused.

Her eyes flicked to the door.

I turned too.

Selene walked in.

She wasn’t dressed up. Her eyes were tired. Her hair was down. But she walked with her back straight, refusing to be small — even though I could see it in her face. The pain. The quiet storm behind her eyes.

She stood at the back. Didn’t say a word.

The room went still.

Sasha’s smile dropped.

“I see,” she said coldly. “So the lost little wolf decided to show up after all.”

Selene didn’t respond.

Sasha stepped down from the stage slowly, walking toward her.

“You’re late,” she said. “How disrespectful. I expected nothing more.”

Still, Selene didn’t speak.

I moved, but someone grabbed my arm — Lucien. “Don’t,” he whispered. “Not yet.”

Sasha kept going. “I should ban you from this pack right now. You have no place here. But…” she tilted her head mockingly, “out of respect for your father — the great Alpha who led this pack with pride — I’ll give you another option.”

She smirked.

“You can stay. As a maid. Mine.”

A quiet gasp ran through the room.

Selene’s face didn’t move. But I saw her lips tremble.

She turned her head slightly. Her throat moved like she was swallowing something down — maybe pain. Maybe pride.

Still, she said nothing.

“You’ll clean my quarters, serve me food, sweep the training grounds… everything I ask. That’s the only way you get to stay here,” Sasha said.

Selene’s voice came, quiet but clear: “And if I say no?”

“Then get out of this pack,” Sasha snapped. “Today. You’re nothing here. You lost the title, and you lost your place.”

My heart cracked. I saw the way Selene’s fingers curled. The way she bit the inside of her cheek to keep from crying.

She had nowhere to go.

I couldn’t take it anymore.

I stepped forward. “No.”

Everyone looked at me.

I walked straight to Sasha. “She won’t do it.”

Sasha raised a brow. “Excuse me?”

I looked her straight in the eye. “I’ll be your maid instead.”

Gasps again. Even Lucien stepped back.

Sasha laughed. “What?”

“You heard me,” I said. “Do whatever you want to me. I’ll clean your damn house, I’ll cook, I’ll bow, I’ll scrub your floors — but don’t humiliate her. Don’t touch her.”

Selene’s head snapped toward me. Her eyes wide, tears gathering.

Sasha tilted her head, amused. “And what exactly is this? A sacrifice? A love story?”

She stepped closer to me. Her voice turned cold. “This isn’t one of your lovey-dovey fictional fairy tales, Ronan. This is power. Rule. The person who offends gets punished.”

She pointed at Selene.

“She offended me. She disrespected me. And if I let it slide, I lose control. You think you can save her?”

I didn’t back down. “Then punish us both.”

“She’s the one who disobeyed. Not you,” Sasha said. “And I don’t share punishment. This isn’t a negotiation. It’s an order.”

She looked at Selene again. “So? What will it be?”

Silence.

Selene took a shaky breath. Then she whispered, “I’ll be your maid.”

“No,” I said immediately. “Selene, don’t—”

But she didn’t look at me. She just stood there. Frozen.

She had made her choice.

Not because she accepted it — but because she had no choice.

Because life had backed her into a corner, and pride wasn’t going to keep her warm at night.

I saw the tears finally fall.

But she wiped them fast and looked straight ahead.

Not at me.

Not at Sasha.

At nothing.

And it broke me.

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