Hope tiptoed into her room, being sure not to make not even the slightest noise. It was one in the morning. Everyone had to be sleeping by eleven, she knew the perfect time to sneak back in. She shut the door behind her and sighed in relief. She had made it. No one even noticed she was gone. Her lights turned on, there Alaric was sitting in a chair beside her bed with a look of disapproval. She bit into her bottom lip nervously.
"R-Ric? I-I can't explain-
"Really? Explain to me why you left school early and stayed out all night!"
He said. Oh no, he was using his dad voice. A voice he mostly only used for Lizzie and Josie, but there was a special tone he reserved for Hope. Hope flinched as he raised his voice. She stammered thinking of an answer.
"I-I just went to the back of the school to blow off some steam!"
She said, he nodded in disappointment.
"One."
He counted, her brows furrowed.
"Huh?"
"That's the first lie you've told so far. I'm counting them for later."
"But I'm not lying-
"Two!"
"Seriously Ric! I turned earlier today and stayed in my wolf state all night! I lost track of time!"
"Three! That's the third lie you've told-
"I'm not fucking lying!"
She said out of frustration. Her eyes widened as soon as the swear slipped her lips. Alaric's face was stern, angry. She knew not to curse in front of him, but this was an accident. Not that he'd cared.
"What did you just say?"
"I-I'm sorry-
"Five."
"What!?"
"You lied five times! And the worst thing about it is, you're pretty damn good at it. I almost can't tell-
"That's because it's the truth-
"Six! I know you didn't go behind the school!"
"How could you possibly know that?!"
"Because I checked as soon as you left early! You were nowhere to be found! Until I got a little help from the twins, with a locator spell."
"And? You obviously didn't find me-
"Yea because you cloaked yourself. So, my question Hope…
He stood up, and walked over to her slowly.
"How could you cloak yourself in your wolf state?"
"I-I didn't-
"Seven. Look at you, the twisted skirt, the unbutton shirt, and is that…
He sniffed her neck, and cringed. The disappointment in her eyes only made he blush. God, he was getting closer to finding out.
"Sex I smell on you?"
"W-What!? No!"
"Eight! You reek of sex! I don't need heightened senses to smell that! That is strong!"
"I don't know what your talking about-
"Nine! You know what!? I'm tired of this! I'm gonna do something we haven't done in a long, long time!"
Alaric said gripping Hope by her forearm and pulling her over his lap on the bed. She squealed kicking, to get up. She knew what this position meant, she panicked.
"Hey! W-What are you doing-
"You know what I'm doing!"
"You can't be serious! You haven't done this since I was eight!"
"I haven't needed to! But apparently someone needs to be taught some respect again-
"I'm not a fucking child!"
"Hope Mikaelson! Language!"
"Ugh! You can't treat me like I'm seven-
"Well then act seventeen and I won't have to!"
He said. She groaned, resting her head on her arm with an eye roll.
"So, where were you? Really?"
"I told you already!"
"Ten! Again with the lies!? Actually, it's fine. I have a pretty good guess of where you were."
"Oh do you now?"
"Yea I do. You were with that Landon kid weren't you?"
Hope's eyes widened a bit, she stammered. Fuck. She thought. Hope was starting to realize she couldn't get herself out of this one.
"N-No. You told me to stay away from him-
"I know so why were you having sex with him-
"Alaric!
She squealed blushing, she hated having to talk about this with him.
"I-I wasn't!"
"Eleven. If you didn't have sex with Landon then why…
He pulled up her skirt to see her bare ass. She gasped pulling it back down quickly embarrassedly. She knew what came next, yelling, screaming, and a punishment. God she hated getting punished.
"Aren't you wearing any fucking underwear!?"
Hope thought fast for an answer-any answer. She stammered in fear of what he might do.
"When I shifted back I must've forgotten them in the woods!"
She lied. Again. Alaric was right, she was good at it.
"Twelve. Man, you are just like your father. It's scary how good you are at this. But it's fine. I know exactly how to handle this."
He said, he landed one hard swat on her ass. She gasped sitting up straight on his lap. She looked back at him in shock. That actually really hurt. It was a lot more painful than Hope remembered.
"A-Are you serious!?"
"I'm sorry, do you want me to call Kol to handle this for me? He'll be here in seconds if he hears about this."
Not uncle Kol, if he was here, he'd bruise Hope with his strength, kill Landon, and make Hope watch. She stammered, and laid herself back down on Alaric's lap. Alaric spanked her in a steady rhythm, left and right. She squirmed and kicked.
"That's what I thought. Now count, you get twelve spanks."
"Fine."
Hope heaved with an eye roll. She said squirming.
"Bare ass-
"W-What!? We've never done bare ass before!"
"We've never needed to, but lying? Ditching school? Disobeying me when I specifically told you to stay away from Landon!? This is for your own good."
He said pulling up her skirt, she gasped. She felt a hard swat on rear she yelped gripping her sheets. This was so embarrassing. She could feel the tears rushing to her eyes, but she wouldn't let them fall.
"Ow! R-Ric I'm sorry-
"Mr. Saltzman!"
"When have I ever called you Mr. Saltzman-
"Do it before I add five extra spanks!"
"Ok! Ok! I'm sorry Mr. Saltzman!"
"That's better. Now count."
He said firmly. His hand spanked her ass again, she flinched forward biting her lip to muffle her moans of pain.
"Ah! O-One."
She whined, another swat.
"Agh! T-T-Two."
"What did I tell you?"
He stopped for a second, she looked down and murmured bashfully.
"To stay away from Landon."
"I can't hear you!"
He said spanking her again, that was the hardest one.
"Ow! Ric this really hurts! I promise I'll behave just please stop!"
She said covering her ass, he ripped her hands away and spanked her again. Her pale white bum, was a bright red now.
"Ow!"
"You don't control this! I say when this ends!"
"Fine!"
She huffed in irritation. She was beyond humiliated. She couldn't handle much more of this.
"Now, what did I tell you?"
"To stay away from Landon!"
"And what did you do?"
"I...I saw him anyway."
"And?"
Alaric urged her, she rolled her eyes.
"And left school early."
"And?"
"Alaric please, I don't wanna say it! It's embarrassing!"
He gave her two swift swats back to back. She shrieked.
"I didn't tell you to stop counting."
"Ok! Five, six!"
"Good. Now say it."
"I….I had… s-sex with him ok? I met up with him with all intentions of being angry but...one thing lead to another. I'm not proud of it ok?"
"You can't just leave school early to do whatever you want Hope. These rules are in place to protect you-
"I don't need your protection!"
She shouted, he swatted her twice again. She felt the anger boil inside her, she was getting tired of this. She kicked and grunted.
"Owww! Seven, eight! Fuck! You can't treat me like this! You're not my dad!"
"Your right! I'm not your dad! I'm just the guy who pays for everything, raised you from seven and up, and had to deal with your crap! Make no mistake biologically I am not your dad but, in every other sense of the word. I am."
His words laid heavy on her, he swatted her five times in row. She kicked and screamed as the pain shot down her legs. Her ass was bright red and on fire.
"Agh! R-Ric I'm sorry! It won't happen again! Please! Your hurting me!"
"Count them."
"Nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen."
"Do you know why I gave you an extra one?"
"N-no."
"Because Hope, I knew by twelve you would've still been convinced you were in the right. I knew thirteen would've broke you. Did it work? Do you see how you were wrong?"
"I-I guess-
He swatted her again, she winced and yelped. The tears fell, she sobbed loudly.
"Ah! Y-Yes! I see! I worried you and endangered myself and the school! I'm sorry ok?! I just wanted to feel free."
"I get that, but this wasn't the way to do it. Now go to bed, and think about if you want this to happen again because if you ever, ever do this again I will call Kol. Do you understand me?"
He asked getting up and walking to the door
"Y-Yes Mr. Saltzman."
She nodded and sniffled wiping her tears.
"Good. Now, goodnight."
"G-Goodnight."