Complexities

MALIA'S POV

To be seized by guards and asked to serve a few days in the Pack's prison?

Yes.

To be punished?

Yes.

Or worse, to be sent away from the pack? Yes.

But I wasn't expecting him to dismiss the whole thing just like that and allow me leave. He did that.

Even as I footed my way to the door, I expected him at any minute to make me halt and then proceed to inflict on me the most merciless of punishments.

You might want to ask why. Well because I had seen him do so to lots of people who have talked back at her or even looked at her the wrong way. Why then was my case exceptional?

Up until I opened the door and walked out of the throne room, there was no call from him. Heck, the only sound I could hear was that of her voice condemning his judgement. He didn't bother to defend himself. I had my back to him so I didn't possibly know what he was doing but I could bet my whole life that he was just giving her that lazy gaze, after which he would just proceed to get up and leave at