تسجيل الدخول~Elvira~A team of warriors went to retrieve them while the crowd waited in dead silence… The space in front of the Council hall was vast opening down all the way into the central training fields...three elders from the Silverblade pack stood at the front podium alongside Cole, Sefa, Manson, and Kelvin…The two High Council elders had brought their bodyguards as well…I noticed their guards holding walking sticks by their sides…which felt strange given that these men were young, muscular men in full combat wear... I wondered if those sticks concealed swords or something… though I had never witnessed a formal Council execution before…just a witch coven council…. Gabriel squeezed my hand tight as the Silverblade warriors dragged out the prisoners in silver cuffs. Multiple warriors had stationed themselves everywhere…guarding the crowd with rifles held ready…Alpha Roland of Rivermoon was dragged out first, followed by the others….my stepfather came next, shivering in terror followed
~Elvira~He opened his mouth to speak, but no words came out…then pushed himself up off the bed and walked out to the living room without saying another word. I released the breath I had been holding in my chest the when I told him to leave…feeling a little guilty…It felt like I had been far too rude to him…this was his house, after all, yet the way he walked out of the bedroom without arguing…just like I had asked…made me feel torn inside. How was I supposed to keep hating him when he looked at me with those intense eyes and said things like “make it up to me”? How was that even fair to me? I could see the real change in his gaze…the careful, gentle way he handled me now…What if he had really decided to give in to the mating bond between us? What if he was actually serious about making things right this time?I shook my head…snuggled deeper into the oversized bed and pulled the blanket up to my chin. The old Gabriel I knew would have insisted on staying…he would have raised hi
~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’m Lisa, and that handsome giant over there is my brother, Carson," Lisa said, her voice sounded bright and eager. She pointed toward the door where a tall, blonde guy stood. He was 6'1", with lean, functional muscle. He gave me a sheepish smile, his bright blue eyes filled with a
~Elvira~ ~Flashback: Two Weeks Ago~ I ran. I had been moving for over an hour, the damp earth of the forest floor cold against my paws. Every joint throbbed and my muscles burned from exhaustion, but the terror of being caught kept me moving. I had to escape that house and the man who ha
~Elvira~ I was still reeling from the realization that the man in front of me was my fated mate, chosen by the Moon Goddess. He was the leader of Silverblade, the country’s deadliest pack, known for its weapons manufacturing, high-tech security, and elite warrior-training system. It felt comp
~Elvira~ The road was still hot from the day’s sun when my friends, Carson and Lisa, drove away. I stood there alone as the thick Pennsylvania woods closed in around me. My paws still throbbed, a leftover sensation from the miles I’d spent running in my wolf form. I looked toward the trees wh







