047 Revenge VS Punishment

Taran's POV

"You have no idea how lucky you are." I looked down at Rachel, holding up the piece of wood, "You would have died today if you had broken this."

Rachel stared at the blood-soaked wood with confusion but she didn't dare say anything.

"Who broke Willa's ribs?" I continued, but this time Crebreus calmed down. He was not looking for revenge, but proper punishment.

The girl behind Rachel burst into tears.

"What's your name?" I turned to that girl.

"Joann..." The girl murmured.

"Rachel, was Joann the one who crashed into Willa?" I asked.

"No..." Rachel was like a broken doll, mild and numb now, "It was Mike, he's her mate."

"Good." I nodded at Rachel before I turned to Kirsch, "Get him over here."

"Mike, come here." Kirsch didn't hesitate. He could feel through his mark on me that I calmed down by much.

The wolf who was pinning Willa down came limping. Kirsch kicked him good when he saved Willa.

"Rachel, you have got yourself a choice." I turned to Rachel, "Either you break Joann's ribs, or you let Mike break yours."

"Taran!" Nat shouted in horror, and I looked up at her with my lips curving.

"Yes?"

Nat shut up.

Rachel was no longer in tears. It took her only one round to learn that tears weren't going to get her out of the consequences of her action.

She turned, facing Joann with a hesitant look.

"Rach!" Joann shouted in a horrified look, staring at Rachel in disbelief. Of course Rachel would choose to hurt her. I didn't care which her choice would be. One way or another, there wouldn't be anyone who would dare to help Rachel in her evil biddings again.

Mike moved.

The wolf crashed right into Rachel's sides, and Rachel screamed before she rolled on the ground for several meters.

"Mike, shift back and talk to me," I called Mike back. Though I was no longer the Alpha, Mike didn't dare disobey when he witnessed what happened to Rachel.

"It looks like to me that Rachel is not hurt as bad as Willa, why do you think that is?" I asked Mike in a cold tone. He shivered.

"I stomped on Willa twice after I crashed into her." Mike lowered his head, "I didn't know what got into me. It felt like an okay thing to do at the moment."

"Honesty, that's admirable." I nodded, "I won't force you to hurt your mate then. You can choose either to hurt her, or let your mate hurt you."

"Thanks, Alpha. I choose to let Joann hurt me." Mike bared his neck at me, "I was Rachel's friend first. Joann only joined our group after I turned 18 and found that she was my mate."

"Why were YOU in on this?" I asked.

"I had a crush on Rachel before I turned 18." Mike was very honest, "It was only small jokes in the beginning, but then we got bolder because no one ever dared go against us. That's why Rachel hates Willa so much. Willa was the first to challenge her."

"Go ask your mate." I nodded at Mike. It took him a while to calm Joann down and persuaded her to shift and crashed into him.

"Rachel," I called Rachel again. She was still lying on the ground.

"Taran, please--" Nat came forward and I grabbed her by her neck before she could say anything else. My patience with her was running out.

"I'm teaching Rachel the lesson that you ought to have taught her a long time ago," I narrowed my eyes at Nat, "you defy me one more time, and I WILL deal with you first."

Nat's lips shivered as her body stiffed in fear. I guess it WAS long since I turned rogue. She never dared to defy me like this when I was still the Alpha.

"Yes, Alpha." Nat bared her neck at me, lowering her head and backing down. This time she didn't dare to even look up. Rachel was lying on the ground when Nat came up to me, and now she stood up and walked to me slowly with her hand pressed on her injured waist.

She knew Nat couldn't save her this time.

"Alpha," Rachel mumbled after she came to me. She didn't dare look into my eyes. Alphas won't allow that kind of challenge.

"Though only three month away, you are still underage. I spoiled you, and that's the consequences I have to live with." I held out my right arm, locking my eyes on Rachel as I called, "Kirsch, you know what to do."

Kirsch hesitated for a second but then he stepped up and grabbed my wrist before he broke my forearm's bone in half.

Rachel gasped in horror at the cracking sound, covering her mouth with her own hands, and tears fell down her cheeks. Unlike her usual sobbing, this time it was genuine tears out of fear and sadness instead of an act.

I guess there was hope in her after all.

"Alpha Kirsch, it's all yours." I gripped my forearm with my left hand, frowning in pain as sweat fell.

Bone healing was the worst because the fractured pieces moves in your flesh when they got back into their original location, which was what Willa was going through right now. Luckily she was out cold, or it would be much worse.

I couldn't suffer the pain on Willa's behalf, at least I could suffer WITH her.

Kirsch knew what I wanted him to say--

"So long as you are in my pack, I will be responsible for you. You are protected, but you are also bounded by my rules. Your actions have consequences, and you alone will live with that."

Rachel bared her neck at Kirsch before she went and hide behind Nat.

To be frank, the punishments I gave out today weren't too severe, considering they all had their wolves. They could heal within hours, or at most, a few days. Willa couldn't. What they did to her was much worse still than what I did to them.

I would have killed today if it wasn't for Willa's gift.

I took Willa into my arms and headed to the pack. Pain burst out the second Willa's weight fell on my broken arm, but I didn't want anyone else to touch her.

She was mine.

"Alpha," Kirsch called me before he bowed, and the rest of the wolves followed him.

"I'm not the Alpha, you are." I turned around, "But yes, I AM back."