Victor’s POVI was standing behind the tree looking at the house where she was hiding.If she thinks she could hide from me, she was really stupid. Luckily, I didn’t need her brains. I needed her power.“Do you think the boy will succeed, boss?” Rick asked.“If he doesn’t want to see his girlfriend dead, he will have to succeed,” I said, not taking my eyes away from the house.“Do you think she knows where Calvin is?” he asked again.I rolled my eyes and looked at him. “Stop talking or you will be sleeping in the dungeons tonight.”Rick bowed his head at me and looked away.I sure hoped this bitch knew what happened to him. I knew he was dead. I was not stupid. Calvin would always pick up the phone. Always. I was sure the bastard didn’t even know how to type. I wanted to hear it from her. I wanted her to tell me what they did to him. He was an annoying fucker, but I could always rely on him. He was one of my best men, and now I had to put up with Rick.Not that Rick wasn’t good. But h
Gabriel’s POVI was lying on my bed, going through my phone, when I heard someone knocking on the bedroom door next to mine. It was Jacob’s room.The knocking was loud and impatient.I stood up and walked over to the door. I opened the door and saw a very nervous Nick standing in front of Jacob’s room.“What’s wrong?” I asked him.“I can’t find Aria,” he growled and knocked on Jacob’s door again.Before I could ask him anything, Jacob opened the door.“Where is she?” Nick growled and pushed him out of the way to enter his room.I followed behind him.Jacob’s eyes widened. “Who?”“Aria,” Nick growled.“She didn’t come back?” Jacob asked, surprised. “I came into my room half an hour ago. She said she would grab a glass of water and come back up.”“She is probably with Cassie,” I said and walked out of Jacob’s room.Nick and Jacob followed me.Nick banged on Cassie’s door. “Aria?!”“Easy, man,” I said and grabbed his arm. “You are going to break the door down.”He looked at me, and the f
Gabriel’s POVI couldn’t breathe.Images of her being tortured and killed kept replaying in my mind.He was going to use her and kill her.I can’t let that happen. I have to find her.“NICK!” I yelled. “Trace her scent!”I could hear him walking behind me. Anger was rolling off of him in waves.He ran past me into the forest, picking up her scent and following it. Jacob was next to me, and I could see how tense he was.I think this was the hardest on him. Blake was his friend. And as much as I hate to admit it, Jacob was in love with Aria. Blake’s betrayal hit him the hardest.We have been running for a while now, and I could see the road ahead of us. My heart tugged painfully. If they left in a car, there was no fucking way we would be able to track them down.Nick stopped by the end of the road and sniffed the air.A loud growl pierced the silence.“I lost it,” he muttered. “I can’t smell her anymore.”“They left in a car,” Jacob said, rubbing a hand over his face.“FUCK!” Nick grow
Gabriel’s POVI kept my hand on Nick’s shoulder, trying to convince him and myself that we would find her, that she would be okay.I was in as much pain as he was, but I needed to keep myself calm. We wouldn’t be able to find her if both of us freaked out and lost it.“Where the fuck is Blake?” Nick growled, his nostrils flaring.“Downstairs with a broken nose,” Jacob said.Nick’s eyes widened. “Who broke his nose?”“Jacob did,” I said. “I wanted to do it myself, but he beat me to it.”Nick looked at Jacob and raised his eyebrows in disbelief. “You did it?”“Yes,” Jacob nodded. “He took her from me. He let her go. He had to pay for what he did.”Nick’s fists clenched when Jacob said that Blake had taken Aria from him. I rolled my eyes and sighed. Jacob really had a death wish.“He took her from all of us,” I said and grabbed Nick’s arm. “But we are done fighting. We have to find her. We can’t waste time hitting each other.”Nick growled. “I am beating the shit out of him once she is b
Gabriel’s POV“You are an idiot, Blake,” Mike said angrily.“I know,” Blake sighed. “I will do everything I can to bring her back.”Annie was sitting on the couch crying silently. I took her hand in mine and she looked up at me.“We will bring her back home,” I said to her,She nodded and rested her head on my shoulder.“What do we do now?” Jack asked.I could see how worried he was. He really liked her.Everybody did. She left such a strong impact on all of us. She was kind, loving, and understanding. She changed my life. I don’t know how I managed to live without her. Now that she was in my life, I couldn’t imagine not having her beside me. She changed me. She changed Nick. She gave us a purpose. She gave me another chance at a family. I loved her with everything I have. And I couldn’t lose her. Losing my grandma was hard, and it took away a piece of my heart. Losing Aria would be much, much worse. I didn’t think there would be anything left of me.“We were hoping you and Mike could
Gabriel’s POVI stared at Annie’s laptop. My whole body was trembling.He hit her. He touched her.Nick was shaking next to me. I don’t think he realized, but he hasn’t stopped growling since the moment Annie played the video.“Why did you insist we watch this?” Jacob asked, his voice trembling.“Because she told us where she is,” Cassie said with a small smile.My eyes snapped to her.“What?” Nick, Jacob, and I asked at the same time.Cassie took the laptop and played the video again. It was the part where Victor was asking her who killed Calvin.“You are protecting someone, little witch,” he said. “I am not a fool. I will break you.”“You can try,” Aria said defiantly. “I thrive where others barely survive. I won’t break down that easily.”Cassie hit a pause and looked at us. “I thrive where others barely survive. Curious choice of words, don’t you think?”I furrowed my eyebrows.“Get to the point,” Nick snapped at her.I grabbed his arm. “Calm down, Nick.”He sighed and ran his han
Gabriel’s POVFive days.Five fucking days and we still didn’t know a fucking thing.We had been scouting the area but still didn't come up with anything still. We haven’t found the entrance. There were no people lurking around. Nothing. Fucking nothing.I hadn’t been sleeping or eating. I was drowning in anger, despair, and fear. I was going crazy without her. I have been irritable, and I snap easily. Yesterday, Jack and I got into a fight. I don’t even know why. He said something that made me angry, and I couldn’t hold back. I knocked him to the ground, and he fought back. Both of us now have a black eye, split lips, and bruises on our faces. We were not a pretty sight to see. But I didn’t fucking care.The others weren’t doing much better either. None of us were eating or sleeping much. Jacob lost control over his magic a couple of times. Luckily, no one got hurt. The girls were a crying mess most of the time. They were trying to keep it together, and they were completely dedicated
Gabriel’s POVNick and I were driving back from the forest.I was gripping the wheel tightly. We found nothing. Again.Nick was staring through the window. His body was rigid, and he was clenching his jaw. He looked like he was in pain.I tried to loosen my grip on the wheel. I would pull it out if I continued like this.I sighed and ran a hand through my hair.This whole thing was killing me. I had no fucking idea how I will continue like this. I needed something. I needed some fucking clue that will bring me closer to my sister.I parked in the driveway and turned the engine off. Neither I nor Nick made a move to exit the car.I saw the front door opening and Jacob running toward my car.He looked excited.What the fuck happened? Why was he excited all of a sudden?He ripped my door open, and I raised my eyebrows at him. “What the fuck, man?”“There is someone inside who wants to talk to you,” he said impatiently.I was surprised. Who the hell even knew we were here?Nick leaned for
Gabriel’s POV“Aria!” I yelled.Where the hell is, she? We are going to be late.I heard footsteps coming into the kitchen. Aria walked in wearing a dress and white sneakers. Her hair was up in a ponytail, and she had a little makeup on.“Why are you in such a hurry?” she asked. “Nick is not even here yet.”“I promised Zack we would come a little earlier so I could help him hang the sign,” I explained.“We will be there on time,” she smiled. “Don’t worry.”There was a knock on the door, and Nick walked inside. His eyes immediately went to Aria, and he gave her a small smile. That guy was totally whipped.“Are you ready?” he asked us, reaching his hand to Aria.“Yes,” she smiled and took his hand in hers.We walked outside, and I locked the front door. We got into my car and started driving to Jake and Cassie’s house.We didn’t really need to drive there, considering it was only a five-minute walk, but the sign was too big to carry, so I had to put it in my car.“Does Cassie know anyth
Gabriel’s POVI woke up in my bed and sighed constantly. It was December 12th, and it was our birthday. I smiled and opened my eyes.It was the first of many birthdays my sister and I will share.I wished this wasn’t the first one. I wished we had shared our birthdays since the first one, like we were supposed to do.But I can’t change the past. I can only be thankful that I have her here with me now. And I didn’t intend to let her go ever again.I was thankful I waited that long for a haircut.I was thankful I slept in that day and had to go to the salon later.I was thankful I opened the door just in time for her to run into me.I was thankful that she bumped into me that day.I was thankful that Nick managed to convince me to go to one more hotel.I was thankful that Mrs. Black was out that day working in the garden. I was thankful she approached Aria, talked to her, and told me about it.I was thankful for each and every decision that led me to my sister.I got out of bed and look
Gabriel’s POVIt’s been a few days since the battle.Patricia, Mike, and Jack went to Victor’s headquarters to end the inquisition. They should come back in a few days. Mike had been keeping me updated. Patricia didn’t try to take Victor’s position. For now. They were shutting his whole operation down. It wasn’t going as smoothly as we had hoped it would, but they were making progress. They were having trouble with some of Victor’s most loyal followers. They didn’t believe he was dead, and they wanted to continue with the inquisition.I trusted that Mike, Jack, and Patricia would be able to deal with them.The rest of us were packing to go home tomorrow. We stayed so Aria could take care of Zack. And she did an amazing job. Zack was up on his feet, and he was doing well. He got tired easily and he still spends most of his time in bed, but his wound healed miraculously well, and his fever was completely gone.Things around here were a little bit tense.There was something going on betw
Gabriel’s POV“What happens now?” Annie asked while we were eating.I raised my head to look at her. “Now we go home.”I took Aria’s hand in mine. We will finally be at peace. We will finally be able to live like a normal family.“It seems surreal,” Aria mumbled, looking down at her plate.“What does?” I asked her.She put down her fork and looked up at me. “Everything. Are we sure that this is over? It sounds too good to be true. What about the prophecy? What about his threat?”“He is dead, baby,” Nick spoke before I could. “He is gone forever and this whole story is over. Not all prophecies come true.”She sighed and looked back down at her plate. “I guess.”I placed my hand on her back and rubbed small circles soothingly. “Don’t worry, love. It is over.”She looked up at me and gave me a small smile. She didn’t look convinced. I sighed internally. I would make sure she felt safe. I would make sure she believed that this was over.Because it was.It had to be.Nick watched him burn
Nick’s POVI watched Gabriel walking away with my mate in his arms.My heart clenched painfully.I wanted to go with her. I needed to go with her. She was hurt and I was supposed to be with her.But I couldn’t.I had to make sure the fucker was dead. I had to stay behind and watch his body turn to ash.What he said about the prophecy not being fulfilled made my stomach twist. I had to make sure that he was gone.I watched my mate until I couldn’t see her anymore.I sighed and turned back around. Mike was standing next to me, his arms crossed over his chest, glaring at the fire. Patricia was on the other side. Her eyes were filled with tears.I glanced around the field. Someone was missing.Petra.Fuck.She took Cora’s power. She has so much dark magic right now. She could be dangerous.My eyes darted around the field. I couldn’t find her anywhere.We were so focused on Victor, that we completely forgot about her.“Where the fuck is Petra?” I growled.“Gone,” Patricia mumbled.I looked
Gabriel’s POVThe way he looked at Aria made me furious. I will kill the fucker and dance around his dead fucking body.I gathered my magic and I blasted it toward Victor.He was fast. He pulled up a shield and his eyes snapped toward me.“YOU LITTLE PIECE OF SHIT!” he screamed. “I CAN’T WAIT TO TAKE AWAY YOUR MAGIC AND KILL YOU!”I smirked and fired up my magic again. Victor expected it and sent a blast my way. Aria put up a shield in front of us.At this point, everybody started fighting. Annie and Mike ran toward Petra to help her with Cora. Nick, Jake, Aria, and I focused on Victor.He was strong, stronger than I thought he would be. I glanced over at Aria and gave her a little nod. She was panting hard, trying to hold up her shield.I focused on projecting an image of a cliff toward Victor. Aria focused on projecting pain. As soon as our spells hit him, he staggered back. His magic lost its intensity and his attack stopped.I was relieved. I took a deep breath and focused on keep
Gabriel’s POVAria was next to me the entire time. I held her hand in mine and refused to let go of it, even for a second. I will not lose her again. He was not taking her away from me. She won’t get hurt.My ears were ringing from the constant noise coming from the forest. There were dead bodies lying around us. We tried not to kill, we truly did. But sometimes we didn’t have a choice.I could hear growls all around us. Aria’s eyes were on Nick the entire time. He was merciless. He was bringing other wolves down like it was nothing. He was fueled by anger, and that made him even more dangerous.“Aria!” I yelled, bringing her focus back on our task.There was a man running toward her with a knife in his hands. She snapped her eyes at him, and he was down in a second. He was screaming in pain.“Fuck,” I mumbled.That was close.Zack ran toward us. He took the knife from the man and knocked him unconscious.I looked over at the group fighting with Mike and Jack. I focused on them and pr
Gabriel’s POVIt had been four days since we called Victor. I started to think our plan wasn’t going to work.“What are you doing?” I heard a voice behind me.I turned around and saw Annie leaning on the door frame.I had been sitting in my room for the past hour, staring through my window at the backyard, trying to come up with strategies on how to defeat the fucker. We were done with practice for the day, so I decided to spend some alone time.“Thinking,” I answered, turning back to look through the window.“About?” Annie asked and walked toward me.“Battle plans,” I answered, not looking at her.I heard her sigh. She sat down in the chair next to me. I could feel her gaze on me.“Are you okay?” she asked quietly.I glanced at her before returning my gaze to the window in front of us.Was I okay? Not really. I was tense, pissed off and afraid. I would like to glue Aria to myself, but I knew that I couldn’t. I was terrified he would take her away from me. But I can’t tell her that. I
Gabriel’s POVI gripped Aria’s hand tighter and turned to Nick.“Do you have the phone here?” I asked.Nick reached into his pocket and pulled out Calvin’s phone. He placed it down on the table and looked up at me. My friends sat down at the table and nervously glanced at the phone.I looked at my sister. “Are you ready?”She took a deep breath and nodded slowly.I wish we didn’t have to do this. I wish there was another way. I was against her being here and listening to this. Others thought she had a right to know. Looking at her right now, I regret not fighting against them harder.“We are here for you, okay?” Jake said, reaching over the table for Aria’s hand.She let go of me and took his hand in hers. “Thank you, Jake.”I pulled her hand from Jake and put it back in mine. Jake glared at me, and I gave him a ‘don’t fuck with me right now’ look.Nick reached for the phone, but Patricia stopped him. “Hold on a second.”We looked at her with confused expressions on our faces.“He is