Gabriel’s POVI stepped out of the shower and sighed contently. I was happy that I was finally able to wash that fucker’s blood off of me.I quickly dried myself and put on clothes.I walked downstairs and saw that all the guys were already in the kitchen. The girls weren’t here yet.Blake and Jacob were sitting down at the table, looking around the kitchen. Nick was making coffee, his back turned to me.“Where is Aria?” I asked as I sat down at the table.“Shower,” Nick said, not turning back to look at me.“Nice house, man,” Blake said. “And the protection spell is awesome.”“Thank you,” I said, with a huge grin..“Are we safe here?” Jacob asked me.Nick walked over to the table and gave Jacob and Blake their cups of coffee before walking back to the counter.“For now,” I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. “We didn’t leave just to find Patricia. We also ran away because of the hunters. But I couldn’t think of a safer place for Aria right now.”Nick sat down beside me and handed
Gabriel’s POVI watched Jacob pull Aria outside.My breathing was shallow, and I clenched my fists. What the fuck is she thinking?I stormed out of the kitchen and saw Nick pacing in the living room.He raised his head as soon as he heard me.“Where is she?” he growled.“Outside with Jacob,” I said and leaned on the doorframe.He growled and continued pacing around.“What the fuck is wrong with her?” he growled.“She is done, Nick,” I said. “No more talking to him.”“How can you be sure?” he shouted and raised his hands. “She has been talking to him for Goddess knows how long, and we never knew.”“I will block him from her phone,” I shrugged. “I will watch her. I don’t care if she gets mad. I will do what I have to.”I heard the back door open. Aria and Jacob walked back inside and continued preparing dinner.“She will be the death of me,” Nick sighed and ran his hand through his hair.“Calm down a bit,” I said. “Vampires will be here soon.”He growled and sat down on the couch. I tur
Gabriel’s POVI was driving behind Mike and Jacob. Nick was sitting beside me. Aria and Annie were in the back seat. We left my house early and we should be getting to Mike’s cabin pretty soon.With all the moving around we have done in the past couple of days, none of us had to pack much. Most of our stuff was already packed, so we managed to leave the house quickly.Aria was angry at me and Nick. She was sitting with her arms crossed over her chest, and she was hardly speaking to us.“Will you please talk to me?” I said angrily.I watched Aria through the rearview mirror. She had barely spoken to me the whole morning.“I am talking to you,” she said quietly.“That’s the longest sentence I’ve heard from you since yesterday,” I said, frowning.“What happened?” Annie interrupted. “Why are you fighting?”“We are not fighting,” Aria said, turning to look at Annie.“We found out about Ian,” Nick said, growling.Annie’s eyes snapped to Aria, but she didn’t seem surprised.I narrowed my eye
Gabriel’s POVI watched Aria and Cassie walk away.“Is she okay?” Blake asked.“Yes,” Nick sighed. “We had a small disagreement.”“We heard you growl,” Blake smirked.“Oh, that was directed at Gabriel, not her,” Nick chuckled.“What did you do?” Blake asked me and laughed.“I made a stupid suggestion,” I shrugged.Nick chuckled and shook his head.“Okay, enough about us,” I said and sat down on the couch. “We need to talk about Patricia.”“Do you have a plan?” Jake asked me.“Not really,” I sighed. “That’s why I wanted to talk to all of you. We need to find her.”“I have a suggestion,” Annie said.“Let’s hear it,” Nick said as he placed his elbows on his knees.“Well, I have been talking to Jack and Mike,” Annie explained. “Jack is an excellent tracker. He suggested that we leave and try to find Patricia while the rest of you stay here and practice magic.”“What do you mean, we?” I asked, narrowing my eyes at her.“Mike, Jack, and I,” she explained.I frowned. I was not sure I was com
Gabriel’s POVWe were sitting in the kitchen, chatting with Annie while she made dinner.Nick was frowning.“What’s wrong?” I asked and took a sip of my beer.“I don’t know,” he sighed. “My feelings are a mess.”“It is probably because of everything that is happening with Victor,” Annie said and turned to look at him.“I guess,” Nick said as he ran his hand through his hair.“Do you need help?” I asked Annie.“No,” she smiled and turned back to continue making dinner.Suddenly, Nick bolted out of his chair and his eyes went black.“Nick?” I called him quietly.“Aria,” he growled and started running upstairs.I ran after him and followed him to Cassie’s room. He opened the door and growled loudly.Aria was sitting in Jacob’s lap, his arms wrapped tightly around her. She was crying.“What the hell is going on?” I said angrily.“Get your fucking hands off of my mate,” Nick growled.Why the hell was she crying? And why was she sitting on his lap? Nick was going to kill him. He was seconds
Gabriel’s POV“Will you stop pacing around?” Annie sighed. “You are driving me crazy.”I just couldn’t calm down. I wanted to talk to Aria. Apologize and explain. But I could feel Nate was on edge and nothing good would come of my insisting on staying in the room with them.So, I went downstairs into the kitchen with the intention of helping Annie with dinner. But I couldn’t focus and ended up almost burning the sauce she was making. She almost threw me out of the kitchen.“I am just nervous,” I mumbled.“She is fine,” Annie said. “I am surprised she lasted this long.”“What do you mean?” I asked, my eyes narrowing.“I would have broken down much, much sooner,” Annie said and turned to look at me. “I am amazed at how she managed to keep it all together.”She was right. Aria’s whole life turned out to be one big, fat lie. She was in danger. She was scared. And she never complained. She never told us. She had been keeping all of that inside. Until she couldn’t anymore.“You are right,”
Gabriel’s POV“Come on, Aria, focus,” I said as I grabbed her hands in mine. “You can do it.”She sighed and closed her eyes. I could see her reaching for the source of her power. We had been practicing for the last three days and she was getting better. She could now project emotions, but she still had trouble with focusing them on a single person. She brought us all down yesterday when she projected pain.“Can you feel my aura?” I asked her. “Can you feel my warmth?”“Yes,” she mumbled with her eyes still closed.“Good,” I said. “We all have our auras. We all have different levels of warmth. You need to differentiate it. Separate us from one another and focus only on one of us. Try focusing on me. Feel me.”Her eyebrows scrunched together, and her hands squeezed mine.“Try focusing on what you feel for me,” I told her. “Don’t create an emotion. Project your own feelings. That should be easier to do.”She took a deep breath and exhaled it slowly. A few minutes passed, but I felt no e
Nick’s POV“Can we please go back?” I sighed.Gabriel had been dragging me through the forest for the past half hour, telling me about plants and potions you could make from them. I have never been more bored in my life. I still didn’t understand why he wanted to take this walk.“Why are you so cranky?” he asked me.“I don’t like Aria being alone,” I said and stopped walking.There was no way I was walking any further. We were going back. I missed her and I was not going to let him bore me to death.“She is not alone,” he said and turned to look at me.“I don’t like who she is with,” I growled.I was thankful to Jacob for helping her the other day, but that still didn’t mean I like the guy. He wanted what was mine.Gabriel rolled his eyes and sighed. “Fine. We can go back.”“Finally,” I muttered and turned around.I swear to Goddess, the way back took us even longer. Gabriel was walking so slowly that I was tempted to pick him up and run back to the house.“If you slow down a bit more