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Chapter 7: The Trial Of The Cursed
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2026-05-19 14:52:00Gina’s POV
The council hall smelled like fear.
Not mine.
Theirs.
I felt it the moment Gabriel led me through the massive wooden doors while whispers exploded around us. Elders sat in a half-circle beneath silver moon symbols carved into stone walls, their faces tense as hundreds of villagers crowded behind them.
Watching me.
Judging me.
Waiting.
I had entered this hall only twice in my life before tonight.
The first time was after Rowan died.
The second was after the fifth man.
Both times ended the same way.
People screaming for my death.
Gabriel’s hand remained wrapped around mine as we walked forward, steady and warm against my cold fingers.
The entire room noticed.
Murmurs spread instantly.
“He’s still touching her…”
“How is he alive?”
“This isn’t normal…”
No.
None of this was normal anymore.
I tried pulling my hand away quietly, but Gabriel only tightened his grip slightly without even looking at me.
A warning.
Stay still.
I hated how that single gesture made something in my chest settle… just a little.
“Alpha Gabriel,” one of the elders began carefully, “we appreciate your presence tonight, but this matter concerns Moonridge Pack.”
Gabriel’s expression remained calm.
“And the creature in your forest concerns mine.”
Silence followed.
The elder shifted uncomfortably.
Fair.
Nobody liked challenging Gabriel Knight directly.
Especially not after rumors spread that he survived my curse.
I looked around the hall slowly.
Hatred stared back at me from almost every face.
Some looked afraid. Others disgusted.
A few looked excited.
Like they had waited years for this moment.
My stomach tightened painfully.
Priestess Selene stood near the center platform in silver robes, calm and unreadable while moonlight spilled through the tall windows behind her.
She looked almost beautiful.
If beauty could freeze blood.
“The council gathered tonight,” Selene announced clearly, “to determine whether Gina Vale remains a danger to this pack.”
Danger.
The word echoed through the room immediately.
A man from the crowd stood first.
“She’s always been dangerous.”
Several villagers agreed loudly.
“My cousin died after touching her!”
“She brings death everywhere she goes!”
“She summoned that creature!”
“I did not,” I whispered.
Nobody heard me.
Or maybe they simply didn’t care.
Fear moved through the crowd like wildfire.
I lowered my eyes briefly, trying to steady my breathing.
This was exactly why I stayed isolated.
People didn’t want truth.
They wanted someone to blame.
Selene raised one hand slowly, silencing the room.
“Gina Vale,” she said coldly, “do you deny multiple deaths followed contact with you?”
My throat tightened.
“No.”
The hall erupted instantly.
“She admitted it!”
“She’s cursed!”
“Kill her before more people die!”
Gabriel stepped forward slightly beside me.
“Enough.”
The single word silenced everyone immediately.
Even the elders looked uneasy.
One older council member cleared his throat nervously.
“Alpha Gabriel… with respect… surely even you understand our concern.”
Gabriel’s silver eyes swept across the room.
“I understand fear.”
His voice lowered dangerously.
“But fear does not justify murder.”
The tension sharpened.
An elder frowned deeply.
“You would defend her even after witnessing what surrounds her?”
“Yes.”
No hesitation.
No uncertainty.
Just yes.
The answer hit me harder than I expected.
Why?
Why was he doing this?
He barely knew me.
Yet he stood before an entire pack defending me like I mattered.
My chest tightened strangely.
Selene watched Gabriel carefully.
“You touched her twice now,” she said. “And survived.”
“I did.”
“That alone defies divine law.”
A shift moved through the room.
Divine law.
Even the villagers looked uneasy now.
Gabriel’s expression darkened slightly.
“Then perhaps your understanding of divine law is incomplete.”
A dangerous statement.
Several elders exchanged nervous looks.
Selene remained calm, but I noticed the slight tightening in her jaw.
“You speak boldly for someone standing against the Moon Goddess herself,” she replied quietly.
Gabriel took another step forward.
“Am I?”
Silence.
“Or am I questioning why an innocent woman was abandoned by her own people?”
My breath caught.
The room went still.
No one had ever called me innocent before.
Not once.
That word didn’t belong to me.
It never had.
Selene’s eyes finally moved toward me again.
“There are things you do not understand, Alpha.”
“Then explain them.”
Her silence lasted too long.
And suddenly something inside me went cold.
She knew more than she was saying.
Gabriel noticed too.
His gaze sharpened instantly.
Before either of them could continue, Brennan pushed through the crowd again.
His face was pale with grief and rage.
“My brother is dead because of her!”
The room stirred.
Brennan pointed directly at me.
“Every death started when she was born!”
Pain twisted in my chest.
Because part of me still wondered if he was right.
Gabriel’s voice remained calm.
“The creature killed Elias.”
“And why was it there?” Brennan shouted. “Why now?”
Nobody answered.
Because nobody knew.
Not even me.
Suddenly
The torches around the hall exploded.
Flames burst violently against the walls before dying instantly, plunging the room into darkness for one terrifying second.
Gasps erupted everywhere.
Then moonlight returned through the windows.
Panic spread instantly.
“The curse!”
“She did it!”
“Moon Goddess protect us!”
“No,” I whispered, shaken.
But I didn’t sound convincing.
Because the whispers had returned.
Wake her.
Pain slammed into my skull so violently I stumbled.
Gabriel caught me instantly, his grip steady at my waist.
The whispers faded slightly.
Just enough for me to breathe.
His eyes sharpened.
“What’s happening?”
“I don’t know.”
But I did know one thing.
The fire had reacted to me.
That realization terrified me more than anything else.
Selene stepped forward again, eyes narrowing.
“The seal weakens.”
The words froze me.
Gabriel turned sharply.
“What seal?”
Selene hesitated.
Too late.
She had already spoken too much.
The room went silent again.
My pulse hammered violently.
Seal?
Before anyone could push further
A scream echoed outside the hall.
Another followed.
Closer.
Terrified.
The doors burst open as a bloodied warrior stumbled inside.
“Alpha!”
He collapsed.
“Creatures… in the forest…”
Fear exploded through the hall.
“How many?” Gabriel demanded instantly.
The warrior’s voice shook.
“H-hundreds.”
Silence.
Cold.
Heavy.
Impossible.
Then his eyes lifted slowly… and landed on me.
His lips trembled.
“They’re all…”
A pause.
Then the words that shattered the entire hall:
“They’re calling her name.”
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