GabriellaShe thought about it and thought about it, and no matter which way she went, it was clear that there was only one punishment that would suffice. Her uncle had to pay for his sins with his life. Gabriella didn’t know what she would do about her aunt since her wolf was going to be in incredible pain when her uncle was executed. Her aunt might just die of a broken heart for all she knew, and Gabriella didn’t want to admit it at first, but it quickly became clear that her only way out was to sentence both of them to death. Lucienne agreed that no amount of time and thinking was ever going to change the outcome and the sooner they got it over and done with, the better.Gabriella reconvened the trial and when she informed everyone of her decision, a loud roar of applause erupted. Her uncle was shouting profanities in a way that she had never seen before and her aunt had stopped crying. She just sat in her chair glaring at Gabriella. Gabriella gave the order for the gallows to be b
GabriellaGabriella was surprised to find out that there had been no sign of the rogues for a couple of weeks. She couldn’t imagine that Magnus was the kind of person who would just give up, but when Lucienne told her they went out into the unclaimed territory and found the camp but no sign of the rogues, she had no other choice but to believe it. Magnus and his pack clearly moved on. That didn’t mean they were rid of the rogues completely, but at least he wasn’t there anymore. There was one less thing to worry about. With her uncle and aunt gone and Magnus now out of the way, they could live their lives in peace.Lucienne noticed that Gabriella couldn’t seem to find inner peace and he decided that she needed a distraction from what had been happening lately. Her first couple of weeks as the official alpha of the pack had been pretty tough and he promised to support her in any way he could. He decided that they needed a date night and he quickly got her friends together to help him pl
GabriellaZion had been praying day and night for her mate to come. She knew he wasn’t in their pack since she never found any signs of him, but while she was standing in Gabriella’s office, she caught his scent. She followed it right to him. He was one of the warriors she knew well. Nobody could really explain why you could walk right past your mate the first time and miss their scent and then only realize who they were later on, but Zion didn’t care. She found him! From the look on his face, he was happy that he had found her and he didn’t wait to be given permission as he pulled her into his arms and kissed her.The moon goddess decides when you meet your mate. It could be right after you turned for the first time between the ages of fourteen and sixteen or it could be later on in life like it happened to Gabriella and Lucienne. Nobody knew until that very moment when you caught their scent for the first time or your eyes locked and you just knew. Zion trusted in the moon goddess a
ZionJake was more than Zion could ever hope for. He was sweet, and kind, and a real southern gentleman. He treated her with such respect that she felt as if she was his most prized possession, yet he never once made her feel as if she was a possession. Some wolves could get very protective over their mates to the point where they were unreasonable, but Jake was not like that. He accepted the fact that she was the pack beta and she had responsibilities to take care of. During their first days, they spent every waking moment together and made love for hours. They agreed that they wanted to start their family as soon as possible and Zion couldn’t wait to be a mother.She finally had her fairy tale, and when Gabriella announced that she was pregnant it was as if it was a sign. When Zion and Gabriella were at school together when they were still young and naïve, they wanted to find their mates at the same time, and have their children at the same time. They believed that if they did it th
GabriellaThe packs were gathered in Gabriella’s territory for over a month and there had been no sign of an attack from the king. The information from the magical homelands was that all was quiet and that information had come from various different places, which could only mean that it had to be good. On the other hand, there were the refugees who had clearly been through a lot. Gabriella couldn’t bring herself to believe that they were just making it all up.The only explanation everyone could think about was that someone was probably trying to make the king look bad. It was such a traumatic event for the refugees that it was possible that they could have been mistaken and that someone pretending to be the king could have faked this so-called war. The three alphas got together and agreed that it was probably safe enough for them to go home. Gabriella would let the refugees stay with her pack since they were the only ones who really had a place to house them. She also wanted to spend
MelodyAfter trying to find information for almost a month without success, the four friends were sitting around the table looking at each other. They all knew what had to be done, but nobody could bring themselves to actually say it. Melody had to go back home. Thankfully, she was the first one to speak up and her friends breathed audible sighs of relief after she said it that all the girls burst out laughing. The tension in the room had become almost unbearable! To try and make things a little easier for their friend, Gabriella even joked that Melody might just meet her mate in the homelands. Melody had been in the human world for far too long and it was very possible that her mate could be waiting for her in the homelands.Zion joked around saying that it was probably the reason why Melody didn’t want to go back home, and although Melody laughed about the joke, it was closer to home than Zion realized. When Melody was still a young witch in training, one of the boys four years her
MelodyIt felt really strange to be back here. Nothing much had changed really. She had been gone for goodness knew how long and everything seemed to be the same. The only difference she could feel was in the air. People seemed more nervous than when she was here before. She could feel it in the tension in the air. Then, when she spoke to people, it was as if they were hesitant to say something … Anything! She asked her parents in the car on the way home and they looked at each other for a moment before her mother came out with the entire story.It seemed as though the council had completely lost their freaking minds. People were being arrested for what seemed like no reason! Her mother explained that you could just look at something the wrong way and soldiers would appear out of nowhere and arrest you. No trials were being held that they could see, and her mother commented that she could only imagine how full the prison must be at the moment. Melody’s father made a comment that he he
GabriellaWhat Melody was telling them was the complete opposite of what everyone was hoping to hear. None of us had ever dealt much with the magical homelands but all of us thought of it as a place of peace, and from what Melody was saying, it used to be like that. Unfortunately, like with everything else in life, things seemed to have changed in that magical wonderland and it sounded more like the place where nightmares were made.It was clear that someone other than the witch councillors was in control of the council. What all of them could agree on was that it was probably the Wolf King. It was the only option that made any sense. He hadn’t been attacking territories anymore because he had his sights set on something … Someplace far greater. The only thing nobody could figure out was why, until Lucienne sighed and said it.“Power. I mean, just think about it. If you were in control of the most powerful army in our world, what would you do with that kind of power?” It was nauseatin