Wild and Free

Chapter 42: Trial and Error

THIS CHAPTER CHANGES POVs SO MAKE SURE YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THE BOLD

(Mason's POV)

With less than a few words, I felt as if I had sentenced her to death. Maybe not literally but at that point anything was possible.

"The TS seemed to work great on your friend Orion," My father said.

"He is not my friend," Auden growled.

My father ignored her claim, "He sang like a canary, telling us exactly where is territory was. They had a supply of Razelea Stone hiding it from us."

I tensed, looking down at the mention of the stone. When I looked back up my father was staring right at me.

"What a coincidence that you apparently hid yourself with the same mineral. Now I'd ask where you got it but that seems pretty clear already-"

I couldn't take his verbal bashing of her anymore, "Father stop!" I shouted. "You've already decided we're going to find out the real truth. Stop accusing her of things before we actually do that," I managed through gritted teeth.

My father looked at me with a sort of mix of surprise, anger, and a little bit of pride? I couldn't tell what was true anymore.

He nodded at my statement and called Marcus and Zack back in.

"I will send out the pack wide announcement once she is put back," He said.

Kenzie huffed and rolled her eyes, "She's a person Father, not a piece of furniture. Couldn't she just come back to my room with the rest of us? Supper is soon, there's no use if making her go all the way back to the cells before then," my sister pleaded.

My father shook his head, "She'll stay in here until the meeting is called. I'll have Zack and Marcus keep watch over her."

Kenzie sighed in frustration, "Can I at least give her some clothes to change into so she doesn't have to look a mess like the rest of us did."

My father looked to protest but hesitated and nodded, "Bring them down and they'll be given to her before the trial. There'll be no further discussion of this until then."

He tone expressed finality, showing that he meant it. We were ushered out of the room quickly after. I managed to catch a glimpse of Auden with a look on her face that I couldn't quite identify and I realized why. It seemed so strange on her because it was something that she never showed. Fear.

~*~

If looks could kill, I'd be dead. If thoughts could kill, I'd be dead. Just being within a few feet of my sister in that moment was lethal.

We got down the hallway, out of earshot of our father's office before she spun around and glared at me.

"How could you do that? I thought that you guys were friends!" she nearly yelled, throwing her hands in the air for emphasis.

"What did you want me to do Mackenzie?" I fired back. "Lie?"

"Maybe, if it would've meant that she doesn't have to be tortured like she will in a less than two hours!"

I rolled my eyes, "Truth Serum isn't that painful."

She shot me a look, "It practically burns you from the inside out if you try to resist it."

"Well if you're so confident that she isn't a dirty liar then that shouldn't be a problem, should it?"

She glared daggers at me, folding her arms over her chest, "I just don't see how it's different for you."