Christopher looked up, his eyes wide. Archer said nothing more as Beta Nico signalled for the pack's soldiers, and they came forward to take them away.
"Please stop!" Christopher said, finally breaking his silence. "Alpha, please don't do this."
Archer's eyes remained unwavering. "Why? Because one of them is the son of a dignitary? Should I single him out and then execute the rest?"
Christopher swallowed, a grim silence hanging like a dark cloud on the table. Only the low sobs from the boys pierced the fog of silence, and Archer could see Christopher soften even more to the point of almost breaking down.
If the offence was different, something that didn't cost anyone their lives, it would have been better for him to show a bit of leniency.
"Three omegas were buried in a night, Christo
