Chapter 35: Punishment & Loyalty

Leander Now that I finished with Dagger, my anger partially stated, but not done. I made my way to Hycinth. She looked up at me with wide, shocked eyes. Shocked. But not afraid of what had just happened. That's my strong little mouse, I thought with pride. The Moon had gotten right. She had the fortitude necessary, the internal strength required to be an amazing Luna. Now, I was going to have to find a way to convince her to stay. I wouldn't back out on her deal, but I sure as hell wasn't going to stop fighting for her. I was just going to have to be clever about it, I thought with a smirk, several ideas already floating through my head. But before I got to any of that, I still had business to attend. "Which Wolf told Dagger that he needed to stop because I would kill him for touching you before I got everything I wanted first?" Hycinth looked around the room, studying the many wolves. Before she could identify one, Samuel made his way through the wolves to stand in front of them. I co