Chapter 364: 1-3

“I shouldn’t have to be giving out punishments to you people, or your children.” I started to make my last point as Gabriel stood over to the side with a big old smirk on his face. Shooting them would’ve been easier, no long speech, he thought cheekily. “I thought I had gotten my message across but I haven’t, your Alpha said that no one fights unless they challenge the other person and then it would be held and regulated. One of you have ignored that,” I tapped a few keys that Remy showed me and soon the screen was a video feed for Kieran’s room. “Oh god…” “My baby… how – I – when – is  - what did you do?” Mrs. Ryan stood frantically heading to the door. “Sit down!” I commanded, her eyes widened but under my order she fought unsuccessfully shouting, “Who – my baby!” “Quiet.” I said coldly. “I’m disgusted by all of you,” I looked over them, “you are all here because you were on the run, no one here is better than another person. And instead of showing each other the kindness my father has shown all of you, giving you a safe place to be, to live and raise your children, you condemned that boy when he was already hurting. Everyone was told that he doesn’t like to be touched, that he shouldn’t be touched, yet one idiotic girl goes and decides that she was going to touch him, she gets hurt like she was told she would, and you place blame on Kieran? Why? Was it his stupidity that caused Taryn’s injury-” Nothing. Sniffling, sobbing and racing hearts. “Some how you all think that I’m here to play… that I’m all bark, no bite.” I turned my eyes to Connor, “Connor who did this?” He gritted his jaw, grabbing the ends of the armrests, fighting the command, “I did it. He – deserved – it!” I snorted, nodding my head. “Come here,” I demanded. My face blank, I put a chair in the middle of the stage, as Connor fought the command uselessly, “sit down.” Mrs. Ryan was crying, while her husband tried to comfort her, Tera looked down at her lap, while Dominic, he stared blankly at the video feed of Kieran, “why?” Mrs. Ryan questioned her son. But Connor looked on defiantly, “answer her!” He shot me a dirty look from the corner of his eyes, “He attacked my mate, I was leaving the beach and going to the house, I saw him touching that girl – his mate – after he attacked mine, he’s holding her hand, letting someone touch him when he nearly killed mine-” he spat angrily. “We weren’t even on the Elders Radar until he was taken and then he comes back and we have to go on the run!” “Oh Connor-” Mrs. Ryan cried, her hand over her mouth looking sadly between Connor and the video of Kieran’s room behind him. “You all here seem to be under some misguided impression of just how powerful I currently am… none of you believe that I’ll do more than give out silly chores…” I said walking behind Connor. Lifting my hands I place them on either side of his head, my finger nails digging into his head, I took his wolf away. Trapped the extra energy, as Taryn, I could only guess released a howl of pain at her wolfs’ mate dying. Struggling against me Connor tried to escape, his strength weakening as he lost his wolf. Until he had no fight left, but I took it one step further. Tuning out everyone completely, I pulled memory after memory from his mind, until the only thing I had left was what he did to Kieran and this moment. I yanked my hands away from his head panting, going over to the side as everyone looked on in confusion, “You all think that you have something on me, that if I kick you off the island you’ll be able to give away our location to the Elders,” I said nonchalantly watching their eyes go from Connor to me. He was staring around the room in total and utter confusion. “Don’t try me,” I told them turning to Connor. “Who are they?” I pointed to his mother and father and all we got back was a blank face, “I – I don’t know – who – who they are,” he said his eyes wide. “When’s your birthday?” He looked down thinking if over, “I – I’m not sure.” “Guess.” He shrugged, “May? No… January?” he asked more than he told me. “Oh… those are hard… how about some easy ones… who are you?” Connor opened his mouth to say, his name but he only leaned forward closing his mouth after each time he tried, “I – I don’t know…” his eyes welled. “Turn around, who is in that video?” “Kieran.” He said quickly. “How did he end up there?” “I hit him, he hurt my mate…” he answered. “What’s your mates name?”  I asked pointedly, once again his mouth opened only to be closed when he looked out helplessly at the audience. “Break the fingers on your left hand. Bend them back until they snap!” I gave the order, his eyes widened, he began crying, hands shaking as he fought to break the command, but he couldn’t. Each crack heard around the room, as he cried out in pain, but still followed the command until they were broken. “I don’t even need to make him break his own bones, I can do that without lifting a finger. See how easy it would be to just wipe your memories and send you back to the Elders? I don’t have time to police you all. This is your first warning. Everything after this warning is wiping all your memories. Then, I drop you on the Elders doorstep.” “Does everyone understand?” I call over Connor crying, cradling his hand. Using a gift I hadn't used in a while, I broke his wrist, ankle and tibia without so much as touching him. As he threw himself to the ground, I looked out at the audience a smirk on my face. Walking off stage – my laptop in my arms – I went right to Gabriel, leaving everyone in the auditorium.