SWNOVELS Chapter Chapter twenty-nine: punishments
Once I am sure that the bear pack is gone, I launch at the boys, ready to strike, but before I can even get a chance to strike, I am pulled back by hazyn.
“don't, it's not worth it”, Hazyn whispers in my ear
“They deserve it", I growl
"Yes, they do, but that's not up to us to decide what The punishment is meant to be”, Hazyn Responds. I roll my eyes bit agree anyway I know he’s right. Just after everything he's put me through and put this pack, though, I want to be the one to do the punishment even though it's not up for me. I just wish the moon goddess was here to punish him appropriately so that I don’t have to sit around and try to get her to because I have a feeling she won't want to listen to us about what he needs to happen to him; hell I'm surprised she hasn't punished him already.
I hear a voice in my head and start to listen closely, realising that because I'm so distracted by my own thoughts, I can’t pick up on the signal very well.
* I have been watching. I've been thinking of the right punishment, but I've also been waiting for the right time. Now is the right time. I will be delivering my punishment soon; if you want to stick around and watch, you can, but if you're going to be gone, you probably want to leave by tonight; Erika, I understand that this pack and Matthew when all his friends haven't been the nicest to you and while I would love to deliver a punishment to the whole pack I can't while it's in my powers it's not in the best interest of their futures well those boys might not have a very good future ahead of them the people in this pack who do and the only way I could punish everyone is to disband the pack, and that would ruin some of these people's futures you have to understand that I'm in a tough situation here. They've done a lot of bad things not only to you but to other people, but their innocent people within this pack who need this pack to grow into the people they need to be everyone will get the punishment they deserve in good time, but for now, you are right Matthew and his friends need to be punished and now is the time for me to do it" I realise that it was the moon goddess talking to me I look around in shock I knew she could hear what we were thinking and saying and everything else but her to talk to me personally outside of us requesting for Hayes. My mateship is insane, and I feel truly honoured to have heard from her.
I snap out of my thoughts and quickly head inside the packhouse ignoring everyone else.
“What are you doing” Hazyn questions catching up to me outside our room.
“Packing to leave”, I snap before grabbing all of the things we had laid out for our stay. We were originally meant to stay for a few days to a week, but I don't want to stick around for the punishment to be blamed on me.
“why?” I stare at hazyn in shock that he can't guess why I would want to leave early.
“The moon goddess reached out to me. She will be punishing Matthew, and I don't want to be blamed for it”, I state
“Didn't she already punish him?” hazyn questions.
“Yes, but I don't know what she did other than the fact the woman he is with is a total bitch and is
probably only using him, but she is going to punish all the Boys for what they did to that pack”, I
state
"We can't just leave Erika; not only is it disrespectful, but il dont know what is up with you, but whenever we leave here, you are the strongest woman I know, but the minute we enter this pack, you become weak, and I feel like you sticking around to see these punishments take place will bring you a lot of closure” Hazyn respond making me glare at him before my blood feels like it starts to boil
“I'm not weak”, I growl at Hazyn before pulling my fist back and hitting him in the nose before immediately recalling and grabbing my nose
“Bloody mate bond”, I hiss, making Hazyn laugh
“And it didn't even hurt me”, he laughs harder making me glare daggers at him. Bloody karma being a bitch I think to myself before laughing
"Fine, we can stay, but if shit hits the fan, I want to leave immediately deal”, I question making Hazyn stick his hand out for me to grab
“Deal”, he smiles.
A few hours pass, and while Hazyn is in the kitchen talking to the pack members, I sit in our room watching as the rain pools outside the window as I await the moon goddess to deal her punishment to the boys. I don't know what she decided would be a good punishment, and I don't know when she will deliver the punishment, but Hazyn did make a good point that this would be good closure. I know he had a good point before I hit him, and I know that while I wouldn't call myself weak, I do act like a different person while here, and I think I have some unresolved trauma from my time here and while I have grown as a person and act stronger, then I am whenever I am here I lose all the strength I do have to prend and instead fall back into being the useless pup I was before I left this pack, being a rouge did teach me how to act stronger then I am and did give me some strength that I never had before, but if I do show any about of weakness now it will be too late, so I have to keep the act up until the lie becomes the truth.
I hear a scream outside and turn back to the outside world instead of being stuck in my head and notice Craig standing outside in the rain screaming
"What is going on” I hear the alpha roar joining him outside
"Derek, he's dead”, Craig cries louder making me jump out of the window seat and rush outside "How?" I question, making Craig turn to me and mutter a few words that make me want to smile “The punishments begin.”
I turn towards Hazyn, who I notice has joined us outside
"What does that mean?” Alpha questions before a little girl no older than five walkout
“Don't alarm yourselves. I have come to place punishments on those who deserve it, this young girl is a prophet I have chosen to speak through, but she will not be harmed and won't even remember me talking through her. Derek's punishment was death after he caused many deaths, Craig you shall be punished by being exiled never to join any form of pack again, Matthew, all your lies recently will be made to be confessed from your very lips, and everyone else who had a part in the kids’ murder will be demoted throughout your ranks to omega only to serve the pack for the rest of your lives however they seem fit, now as I leave I put these into motion; oh and Erika things will get better for you very soon” the minute the words leave her lips everything fades away as the little girl regains her own consciousness. Within seconds of the moon goddess leaving Craig starts running to the border knowing what happens when rouges cross the boarder
I also notice the other boys hanging there heads low in shame of their new position knowing there is nothing they can do about this punishment because going against the moon goddess is a death sentence and they are just glad to not have a worse punishment; it will be interesting to see what the pack makes them do or if they treat them nicely because of there old position but that is something I also don't want to stick around and see. Everyone turns to Matthew waiting to hear what he will confess.
“I'm not going to do it" he growls but it is bluntly obvious he is fighting his wolf from taking control because his wolf can't Resist a moon goddess orders but Matthew soon loses his battle with his wolf and starts to blurt everything out.
“I cheated on my girl and knocked up the woman I was sleeping with. I have raped four pack members and been spilling pack secrets to everyone I can. I have even been tuning out my wolf so he can't stop me” Matthews wolf speaks as if he was Matthew himself. I watch as the pack stares at him in shock at all the confessions that he admitted too, I doubt that was nearly all of them but the moon goddess did say the recent ones had to be admitted to the pack so who knows what else he has done.
“Son you are a terrible person and I can no longer look at you the same way ever again, leave this pack now and never return or you will be killed” Matthews father yells making the alpha nod his head.
"You are hereby exiled” the alpha chimes up, making me turn to Hazyn and nod that it's time to leave the pack and return home. I have seen more than enough and I want to make sure Ben hasn't destroyed the pack in our absence.