Chapter 206 - Trinity - Punishnt (VOLU 2 )
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Trinity
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With everything going on the last couple of days, I had almost forgotten what day it was, until Gabriel asked a question while we were all eating dinner together in one of the large dining rooms.
"Your Grace, what ti would you like the punishnts to begin tonight?"
My mind blanked for a few monts. Punishnts? What punishnts? Then it hit like a smack in the face. Right, today is Saturday and I said I would take care of the punishnts for Ralph and Charles tonight. How had I forgotten that?
"Let's begin at eight this evening." I told him as I looked at my watch. It was six-thirty now and we would have plenty of ti to prepare after we ate. Right?"
"That sounds fine. We will have them moved to the courtyard."
"The courtyard?" I asked, shocked.
"Yes, my lady, it will be done in the courtyard, so that all can see." He looked firm and determined with that statent.
Deep down I knew he was right. It was best if everyone could see that I was able to perform the punishnt that I had sentenced them to. If I couldn't prove that I was capable of it then it was likely that so would not believe it was possible, or that I had done it at all.
"That's fine." I finally answered after several more monts of stunned silence. "I will pass judgent on them in front of everyone and carry out their sentence for all to see." I spoke much more confidently than I felt. This was not going to be a pleasant ti for or the two being punished.
I finished my al in silence. I knew it was a delicious al because I had tasted the first half, but my taste buds seed to have stopped working mid way through. So had my ability to maintain my body heat apparently since I was feeling cold and numb after that conversation.
The ti after dinner passed in a blurring blink of the eye. One minute I was sitting at the table and eating my tasteless al and the next I was standing between Reece and Vincent while Gabriel Ghirald stood before the entire Sentinelle.
The nearly one hundred and fifty people were all standing before us. Ralph and Charles were on their knees bound with magical cords that Crawford had summoned for us. Gabriel and Ghirald had their backs to as they watched the crowd. And behind Vincent, Reece, and myself were the rest of those who had co with us, wolf and non wolf alike.
"Thank you all for gathering on such short notice." Gabriel's words rang with the authority that was granted to him by his position as their leader. "You all know of the cris that were committed here earlier this week. This is sothing that has never been seen in our midst before, but these traitors were among us all along. They simply went unseen by us."
There was a small murmur that swept through the gathered wolves as they stared at us all. Their eyes would flit from Gabriel to then to the two n bound and sitting on their knees and then back again. So of them had fear in their eyes, but most were looking at with reverence and the traitors with disgust.
"These two n never had the intention of serving the new queen and Goddess Incarnate. They simply used our power to secure themselves a much longer life. They wanted nothing more but to stay in our ranks until they could be released from their positions here and live life in another ti. They joined us for their own selfish reasons and that is unacceptable. We are a noble and honorable organization that dedicates ourselves to the service of the Goddess." Gabriel's words were ringing with truth, conviction, and anger. And I saw several people nodding along with him as he spoke.
"Our new Queen, and the new Goddess Incarnate, has n with her who have all been granted an ability by the Goddess herself. Among those n there is one that can see the true intentions of soone's heart. If they are not true to their word or honorable, he will know." Ghirald explained to the crowd. "I took her n around the entire village as you know, and only these two were found to be untrustworthy. I am beyond proud of everyone else who was proven to be honorable."
"These two did not just prove untrustworthy." Gabriel's voice beca deeper and angrier as he spoke. "They outright insulted our Queen and King. They out right refused to accept them as the Goddess chosen royals. They even dared to fight against our king, who is the only wolf to be granted a lycan form in over two thousand years. If any of you needed another confirmation as to the validity of their positions, that is yet another indicator, another proof if you will."
There seed to be no doubt in any of the eyes I could see. The crowd listened with rapt attention as the n before them spoke. But now it was my ti to take the lead.
Moving to stand between Gabriel and Ghirald, I raised my voice to address the crowd.
"These n have shown that they are no ally of ours. Mine or yours. We are all in danger as long as they know what our plans are. I do not believe their cris warrant death, but they cannot remain among us. They must be punished for their actions. For that matter, they will be stripped of their status by the Sentinelle, allowing them to age again. As no one knows what this will do to their bodies, they may have a shortened life span now." I saw genuine fear take the lead on the two faces that were looking up at . Their anger dropped and fear took over. "Furthermore." I began again. "They have expressed no desire to follow the leader of their people. The Goddess chose to be the queen not just of the wolves but of every shifter on this planet. If they choose not to follow my lead or my command, then they have no need, no right, to call themselves wolves."
Another ripple ran through the audience at my words. There was curiosity on all the faces looking at from the crowd.
"Since these n are not worthy of being wolves, I will be locking that part of them away along with all their mories of the abbey. They will no longer be able to find their way back here. They will live out the rest of their lives as humans."
"No, you can't do this!" Ralph yelled when he heard my declaration.
"No, she can't. She doesn't have that ability." Charles seed petulant as he spoke.
"I wish you would have shown at least a little remorse, Charles. But the fact that you didn't ans that I no longer feel sorry for what I must do." I gave him a look that I know was full of anger and frustration.
I moved forward, placing a hand above each of their heads as they looked at . Ralph had a face full of fear and anger but Charles only looked at with disdain and smugness. I felt my magic swelling within . The gathering felt like it did when I was training earlier in the day.
I thought of what I wanted, what I needed, to happen. I thought of their wolf forms from when they had fought against Reece the other day. Then I imagined putting those wolves into a cage. I locked the cages and sealed them with magic. After the cages were locked I covered them in a cloak of magic so strong the voices from their wolves would never be able to penetrate its barriers.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Ralph was screaming over and over again.
"No, how could you? You can't do this to . Give my wolf back you bitch." Charles scread at with venom dripping from his words.
"Pay heed to how you address my wife." Reece snarled at him.
"Fuck you and your wife!" Charles yelled back to Reece. "Give my damn wolf back. I can't hear him. Did you kill my wolf? You bitch, you murdered my wolf!" Charles began to thrash on the ground yelling while Ralph began to sob with his head bent toward the ground.
"My wolf." Ralph moan. "My wolf."
"You bitch. You will never rule. I will see to it that you never rule our people."
There was a rush of movent as six n rushed past all at once. Frustrated by Charles' constant berating and foul language, Reece, Dietrich, and all the guards had moved in unison. Not paying attention to the actions of the others and focusing on their own task, they all six landed a kick on him at the sa ti. Their feet all landed in various points from his head, abdon, groin (that one was Vincent) and legs. Charles' ranting and raving ended abruptly with a very painful sounding cry.
"I told you to watch your mouth asshole." Reece snarled as he walked back to and put his hand around my waist.
"I'm not done yet Reece, I need to lock their mories." I told him, causing him to retract his hand from my waist and instead settle it on my shoulder.
Shane and David violently pulled Charles back up so that he was sitting on his knees again. He was still glaring at with angry eyes, but this ti they were filled with tears and rimd in red. Was he crying because of his wolf or the pain of six kicks?
Ignoring his look I placed my hand over his head again. Doing the sa to Ralph's as he still sat there sobbing. I thought of the abbey. I thought of the na of the village, the closest airport, the roads we took to get here, the scenery I had seen. I thought of everything to do with the abbey that I could.
Then, as I was certain I had gathered as much information as I knew of, I felt the link to others in their minds. I followed those links, pulling more mories to the bundle I was gathering in their heads. Once I was certain that I had them all, I imagined placing all these mories inside of an incinerator. These weren't just going to be locked away, they were going to be destroyed. They will never again be able to recall these mories.
I was montarily saddened by that thought. But then I saw the anger on Charles' face and that feeling instantly lted away. They would be a danger to us if I didn't do this. It was for the best.
With all of their mories burned from their minds, my job was done. I took my hands away and the mont I did, they lost consciousness. The two of them slumped to the ground, not moving but still clearly breathing. I had hoped that this would happen. I didn't need them seeing the abbey after the mories were destroyed.
"Don't worry, they are rely sleeping." I told everyone looking on who had gasped when the n fell over. "I require so volunteers. I want these two n removed from the village and taken sowhere safe. Leave them money and any of their belongings that does not ntion the abbey. They will wake in twelve hours." I felt the ripple of magic that ant the sleep spell would last just that long. "They need to be far enough away that they will not even rember what country the abbey is in."
"I will go, your grace." A buff looking man about six feet tall with a head full of thick brown curls and bright yellow orange eyes that looked like the sunset, stepped forward.
"Thank you Nick." Reece nodded to him.
"As will I." Another man stepped forward. This man was maybe an inch taller than Nick with ashy blond hair and grass green eyes, he was also equally buff and powerful looking.
"Much appreciated Lucas." Oh, he was the man training everyone.
"I'll go." This man was the sa height as Nick with black hair and gray eyes. He wasn't as burly and buff looking but he still looked strong. I couldn't help but notice his eyes, they looked so familiar. Just like Shawn and Shane's eyes. And the more I looked at him the more similarities I saw.
"We are thankful for the help, Grant." Reece thanked this man as well.
"I will go, Trinity." David spoke up. "We can use your private plane to get them out of the county. That will be the easiest way to do this."
"Thank you David." I was happy that I could thank soone by na like Reece had. "Take Shane, Shawn, and Dietrich please. I don't want any mishaps to occur."
"Understood." With that the seven n converged on the two sleeping n.
"I will gather their things." Ghirald moved forward.
"And I will help." Perkins, the man I had seen before ca forward. Perkins was a definite contrast to Ghirald. He was a little taller with graying hair and bright orange eyes.
They all left the courtyard with the unconscious n. After they left the crowd dispersed. I was now alone in the courtyard with Reece and Gabriel.
"You did wonderful." Reece leaned down and kissed the top of my head.
"Indeed you did." Gabriel turned and smiled at . "You have proven yourself once again. But I suggest that you rest now. You have had a busy day."
"I think you're right." I smiled weakly. "I feel so tired."
"Co on Little Bunny." Reece scooped up into his arms. "I will carry you to our room."
"Hmm." I just agreed with a nod and a murmur.
I wasn't ready to fall right to sleep, but I was content to let him carry off to the room. When we got to the room we took another bath together. The hot water was relieving so of the stress I was feeling from the day, and night.
Reece's firm, strong hands, powerful arms, and warm embrace helped to ground so that I didn't feel like I was the worst person ever. I needed that comfort, that reassurance.
Slowly, and thodically, we got ready for bed. There wasn't much talking, just him helping to get ready. But once we were in bed we started to talk a little.
"Are you alright?" He asked , worry clearly present in his voice.
"I'm alright, just a little numb really."
"You did the right thing, you know that right Little Bunny?"
"I know. But that doesn't make feel any better about it." I snuggled in closer to his chest and he kissed my head gently. "Plus, I'm so tired. Tired down to my core. It was a long day even before dinner."
"Just rest, baby, I'm here for you" He pulled in tighter and held close.
Right as I was on the verge of sleep, I felt that pull from the Goddess. I had felt it before, when I had spoken to Nehalennia in my dreams. It was happening again. But this ti,it was stronger, more powerful. I didn't even close my eyes, it was like I couldn't move enough to even do that.
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