Chapter 359: 2-1

Chapter 42.2 – Chelsea POV “This is my limit,” I murmured as Gabriel and I walked home, we had just left Chris and Rainy’s, on top of everything we were going through with trying to place all the pieces of the puzzle together with the Elders, home, the Lawsons, Logan, just everything, I could honestly say I was starting to regret coming here. There was no order here, these people all felt awfully entitled, “I’ve already said that I don’t need them but bit by bit-” “It’s grating on your nerves…” he finished for me. I nodded, loving that we seemed to be on the same page. The problem is that you’re trying to save everyone and some people Luna, you can’t force them – well you could however you’re trying to give everyone their free will – without them becoming resistant to what you are molding, my third wolf told me. “I mean at this point, we might as well bring George, the rest of your family, mine and the Lawsons down here to join the chaos,” I snorted. “Hot water to hot oil,” he muttered shaking his head. “It’s not everyone, but I just feel like we deal with one problem, then we get another…” it’s exhausting, we’re wasting time, how don’t they know that? See that? If you’d let me shoot them… he shrugged nonchalantly. I stopped in my tracks abruptly and Gabriel turned to me, a brow lifted in question. “You told me you-” never hurt women and you shot Judy, I pointed out not that it was on my mind. “That’s true,” but she can heal Chelsea, you’ve now just gathered that they’re testing your patience, I’ve never had to deal with this – this – kind of defiance in my life, the words stressed as he gestured wildly. I snorted, because you just go around shooting, blowing up and killing people. But it was successful. I blinked, we’re on an island filled with undisciplined stowaways, he nodded. They need to get in fucking line.  I shook my head; Gabriel always had an answer – violence. It didn’t matter what the question was though. I don’t want them to think I’m a tyrant, I never want to become Leo, Gabriel or the Elders. I just… even here, so far the only ones that seem to fall in line are Leland, Marlon and Lux. the rest it’s like they feel like I’m supposed to do it all, be the army, general and message that has to be sent out while they just lounge.  I rubbed my face in frustration, it was strange to me. I hadn’t realized that now, I had begun molding into what I was meant to be doing and to meet such contempt and rebellion when the fight hadn’t begun was maddening. “At least Marlon and Leland fell in line,” small victory? He snorted loudly, the two of us strolling along once again. Nothing had gone as I wanted too tonight, I had told Ben and Oakley that we needed to learn to play the violins, giving each child a copy of the letter our mother wrote but when Kieran came down, that all went to hell, followed by this Kayla situation. I’m pleased – exceptionally – with the way that Leland and Marlon handled Kayla, as well as Anthony, he could’ve strike her but he didn’t, Gabriel added listening to my open thoughts now. They had seen the video when Logan played it on the beach, I nodded, yeah, but seriously, they just turned fifteen… I didn’t want to judge but, yikes! Well what else can they do here on the island? Gabriel shrugged, I mean granted they were told not to trespass and they did, outside of where they were doing it, what they were doing… that’s up to their parents… Leland wasn’t pleased…“I wouldn’t be either,” he muttered, images of things he did when he was much, much younger than them flooded his mind. None of them bothering me. Not when he thought of them with such revulsion in his mind. But nothing he thought was enough to rival the utter nausea that Kieran had when he thought of what was done to him. Gabriel stopped again mid-step, Love, that pain he has, it’s so overwhelming, I don’t understand how his parents thought that they were protecting him from everyone else and not just that condemning him when that girl was in the wrong… it’s absurd. “I need to apologize to him tonight before we even get to bed,” I said nodding. “Maybe you should wait?” his mind was a whirlwind after he stumbled into you by accident. I was shaking my head before Gabriel even finished his sentence. No... Waiting until tomorrow morning to just set the record straight, that type of anxiety could make him sick, I remember being like that Gabriel. Leo would hold off on punishments, my stomach would be so unsettled because of that anticipation for what was coming, not knowing "when," was the problem sometimes… I try to explain but it’s always hard when I do try to put my feelings from back then into words.