Chapter 326: 1-4

“She was just standing near the bag of supplies his mother had set out for him, he saw her there and was enraged, brutally attacked the poor girl, left her in a coma for nearly a month. When she finally woke up, she was starting to shift and was left horribly scared, turns out that Connor is her mate, caused a lot of trouble on the island. Connor as well as the family wanted Kieran punished for his crime against their daughter.” I tilted my head thinking of what Lux had said about Kieran. “I decided not to do the things they wanted, Kieran – it just didn’t make much sense since the minute he was on this island he went straight to the mountains. I’m not calling that girl a liar but I just don’t believe the events she described, to everyone when she woke up,” Marlon said almost struggling to explain. “Oakley went to their house and she learned of this story as well, and like Marlon here… she wasn’t quick to place the blame at Kieran’s feet. You already gave a slight order that no one should touch your family… but he was going to strike her, your order prevented him from following through with it. Oakley used her gift again, brought that little punk to his knees,” Gabriel said with a smile. We continued walking, “So what are you about to do?” I asked my irritation quite high with this Connor kid. “How old is Connor?” “Eighteen years old,” Gabriel spat, Marlon walking silently behind us, footsteps approached us, and soon enough Violet came onto the main road we were walking down, a bag in her hands, round, slightly moving from side to side, making no sound to give away what was inside. “Thanks,” he said taking it into his possession and in not time at all we were at the hotel, but I noticed that mostly everyone was here, people from the island as well as those living at the hotel we brought with us, Kieran, Oakley, Ben, Julia and Grant missing in the crowd. Already having met the Ryans’ I notice them closer to the middle of the gathering, their minds worried – rightfully so – about what Connors punishment would be. Dropping the bag in his hand as well as my hand, Gabriel struck Connor, one hit bringing him straight down onto his back startled, he shakes his head, glancing around, dazed, looking up at Gabriel whose face is utterly blank, emotionless, reading Connor. Connor don’t, I hear from many in his family, telling him, but he blocks them out, in steading and completely unsteady, he rises to his feet, only to attempt hitting Gabriel out in anger. I shake my head, knowing this isn’t going to end well, “Oh… wow… I thought you only hit girls that you think can’t defend themselves?” Gabriel egged him on angrily, those unaware that he tried to strike Oakley speaking amongst them. Connor what is he talking about? One tries out again, and I narrow it down to one of the girls, triplets although now, one appears significantly different, with scars, stitch pattern on her cheek and claws on her neck. The worry in her eyes, and the nervousness and anger of her wolf let me know that she is Connors mate. Holding the hand of one of her sisters, her vision blurs as Gabriel continues to fight, full on with Connor, repeatedly knocking him down, Gabriel’s knuckles bloody, Connors’ lip busted, he spat blood, mixed with his saliva on the ground. “Again – again – I’m punished, because of Kieran!” Connor spits out on his knees, shouting angrily, “You’re here fighting me, when he is the one in the wrong! No one did anything, he got away with nearly killing my innocent mate,” the look I witness on his mates face however tells another story. “Hey – hey Marlon – I have to agree with the boy, this – what’s going on here?” a man standing on the other side of Connors mate comes forward, doing what no one else is, not even Connors parents. “Listen you don’t talk to him, I’m the one here, I’m the one you talk to now, you got it?” Gabriel spat at this mans utter lack of respect, Marlon doing nothing to dispute his words. “Well you brought us here to what? Watch you punish Connor? No one punished Kieran for what he did to my baby,” he shouted, “Look at her,” he pointed at his daughter, her head down, the silent regret churning in her mind, but kept his eyes on Gabriel. “What are you going to do for what he did to my child?” hearing what Gabriel and I could, that not even Marlon could since he wasn’t a true Alpha Gabriel just snorted. Not even batting an eyelash, Gabriel focuses back to Connor, and when he gets to his feet wobbly, his mates father helping him, “He tried to hit a thirteen year old girl, for telling the truth, the same truth that from the looks of it, only Marlon saw. Taryn, why don’t you come here and tell everyone just what happened? Tell everyone what led to you being viciously attacked while remaining innocent and pure as snow?” Deer in headlights. Heart racing, “No, we already know what happened, look at her,” her father pointed to her general direction, she shook her head so slowly, from side to side, the dazed fearful look still hadn’t left. Her sisters, in her mind telling her it’s okay to just tell the truth, Kieran can’t hurt you Taryn, Marlon didn’t do anything to Kieran but they will, don’t just let him get away with what he did to you, the one holding her hand said calmly. “No, I think everyone on this island deserves to hear what happened? So Taryn, tell them?” she stood shocked in place, her eyes wide.