LOGIN~Elvira~~Elvira~"NO!"A piercing scream tore through the now silent courtyard….Vanessa threw her body forward but two guards pushed in grabbing her arms and tackling her back to the ground before she could reach Derek’s body…."No! You evil witch!" she yelled at me.Val stood over his limp body… then stared down at the blood staining her own white paws…she stepped back as moment memories of Aria flooded our mind in rapid painful flashes….I pictured her touring me through the great hall in pack mansion on my very first day in Silverblade…remembered her bringing me food with that gentle smile on her face….remembered squinting with her through the laundry room window watching the Senior Warriors complete their morning drills while Gabriel stood tall and commanding before them…I pictured her talking as she helped me pick out my clothes…her sitting on the grass during our picnic with Neolla gossiping about pack drama under the afternoon sun…I remembered her giving me the metal box Selene
~Elvira~"Fuck no!" Vanessa shrieked from her corner."Elvira!" Gabriel yelled at the same time in shock.He grabbed my arm, turned me to face him. "Take that back!" Gabriel commanded…his eyes searched mine frantically."No!" I replied meeting his gaze without flinching. "I mean it, and I mean it now!""I don't want you to get hurt," he whispered... "He's a superior in rank!…a long-time pack warrior!"I looked into his eyes… trying to bury the agony eating away at my heart.. "You should have faith in me, Gabriel. Truly."He stared at me for some long seconds...sighed harshly… then turned his head toward the guard standing near the cell door and motioned with his chin."Remove Derek's chains," he ordered. The guard hesitated a bit bur quickly came forward with the keys. Derek watched me…his expression turned cold and calculating as the iron cuffs unlocked and dropped to the ground."You don't have to fight her, Derek!" Vanessa yelled with fear as she stared at her mate. "Just i
~Elvira~"So it's true? I can smell it on her now. To think she was a hybrid all along, and we never smelled her witch part all this while," a maid whispered near the kitchen counter as I sobbed into Gabriel's body…his muscular arms wrapped around my back, absorbing every tremor wracking mine."What I find shocking is that she was his fated mate all this while," another maid replied in a hushed whisper i almost missed it... "Why then did he make her his mistress?""Do you think he plans on rejecting her?"I froze then against his chest…"Poor Aria," the second maid added dropping her voice even lower... "She lost her life because of all this mess!"Gabriel growled."Go back to your duties and stop gossiping here!" Silas yelled with a stern voice.I pulled away from Gabriel's body…wiped away my tears while he watched me... he had heard every single word the servants whispered, but apart from that deep growl of anger he made no move to react... His full attention remained on me.They
~Elvira~His eyes snapped to mine so fast but he didn't say anything right away until several seconds later…"You should take a shower first, eat, and rest. Let me make you dinner," he said walking towards me.I stepped away from the counter putting space between us as he rolled the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows…revealing his thick hairy forearms…he turned on the tap to wash his hands under the running water.I swallowed hard forcing my eyes away from his arms to look at his face instead…Seriously, this short stay wouldn't be easy, I can see that now."No, I want to go now. If I take a shower and eat, I may sleep off. I have made her worried enough," I replied, turning my back on him to head for the front door.The tap went off behind me…I noticed my shoes were neatly arranged on the floor right beside the entrance mat... As I bent down to put my feet on them his footsteps walking toward me made me stop and turn around."Aria is dead, Elvira," he said quietly.I looked him up
~Elvira~ I turned back to my dad. He opened his mouth, wanting to say something to stop me, but I shook my head at him before he could speak. "I will be back; let me handle this." "If he touches you or stops you from coming back, call me!" my dad said, his eyes fixed dead on Gabriel. I nodded. "He won't hurt me, at least not physically, but I will call you." "Good!" As I tried to step away into the car he reached out and pulled me back to hug him. "I am going to miss you so much. I wonder why you are his mate. You know you can reject him, right?" my dad asked softly into my ear… before I could reply. A violent growl tore between us…Gabriel dragged me away from my his grip glaring at my dad as he pushed me into the back seat of his car. "My things... I didn't get..." I started, looking back at the estate. He slammed the door shut cutting off my voice. Through the dark tinted glass I heard him call back his men…the warriors lowered their guns and retreated toward the oth
~Elvira~ How did he know about the pup? Had Miranda told him? "You know about my pregnancy? When?!" I demanded glaring at him as my throat tightened. "Dr. Miranda told me when you escaped. Said you were almost losing the pregnancy and you needed medical attention, Elvira. Why did you keep this pregnancy from me? You should have told me the moment you found out! You should have let me know I was going to have a child, to be a father. Why did you hide it from me?" he asked in a small voice…and it broke me. I blinked fast trying to hold back the tears that his questions had brought up…all the hurt..,the pain I was trying so hard to let go of came crashing back to the surface. A teardrop fell down my cheek as I turned my face away forcing myself to look anywhere else but at him. "It doesn't matter anymore, Gabriel." I stepped back shaking my head. "What are you saying? Of course it matters! That's my pup, my heir, the next Alpha of Silverblade, my responsibility! Of cours
~Elvira~ As I stepped out of the bathroom then put on my clothes Gabriel bagged into my room, why was he here now? Had he sensed something? I wondered "What went wrong?" he demanded. "I... I don’t know what you mean," I stammered. I tried to look away, terrified that he would see the silver sw
~Elvira~ I walked toward the enrollment desk, my heart beating rapidly out of anticipation, the building was modern with glass walls and shiny floors, and it was full of recruits. There were tall, muscular men in athletic gear from other territories and Silverblade youths looking like they were s
~Elvira~ The walk to the mansion was silent. I kept my eyes down, but noticed high sensory cameras tucked into the oak branches, their red lights blinking. Silverblade had a massive security network. The pack house was a large mansion of marble and white stone, beautiful but intimidating.
~Elvira~ ~Present~ The cell door hissed shut behind me, the locking mechanism echoing down all the way down, after the chill of the cell, I felt completely weak, my muscles trembling, my legs buckled, so I dropped my hands to my knees to keep from fainting. "What do you think you're doing?" a







