54 - Trial

"Let us begin the trial of the former Alpha of the Red Stone Pack," the Elder says, as my father is roughly lifted from his chair and dragged to the center, where he is placed in an iron seat.

I watch him from where I am and can't help but want to cry, but I hold back. He is still my father, he still raised me, and gave me all the love he could give.

"You are being accused of several crimes," the Elder starts, adjusting his glasses and beginning to read from the white paper in his slightly trembling hands. "Attempted murder, crimes against the honor and integrity of King Alpha Jaden, and moreover, you were present while they dueled," the man raises his head to look at my father. "Well, do you have anything to say?"

"Firstly," my father seems to choose his words carefully. "the duel wasn't my choice, I tried to intervene, but what can a former Alpha do? Nothing! Secondly, in a strange way, I agree with you, I committed all those crimes, but above all, I failed as Jaden's father," he loo