Hours before Lori's kidnap"Alpha... Vara is waiting in the foyer with a guest."Sabine raised her eyebrows."Vara?"She said as she dropped the file she was holding. "Send her in. Immediately."Sabine barked and the woman nodded. Sabine began to smile, she knew Vara was not dead, she could feel it in her bones. That was why she didn't start looking for a replacement and she didn't inform her pack, because she knew Vara would be back. Few moments later, Vara walked in with a tattered young man next to her. "Vara..."Sabrina breathed as she stood up from her chair and threw her hands over her. "Alpha."Sabine broke away to take a look at Vara, she looked thinner, she looked like she had been through hell in the past couple of days. Her face was stark and gaunt. Visibly, she didn't seem to have any scars but Sabine could smell an injury from her. One that was sick and rotten and not healing. Vara needed medical attention. Asap. She turned to the man next to Vara. The man shivered
"I'm a friend of Lori."Vara mentioned and she could see the woman visibly stiffen."I don't know who that is."The woman said as she tried to close the door, Vara blocked it with her foot."I think I’ll come in."She said as she walked into the house."I'm going to call the police."The woman warned as she ran into the house. Vara looked around. Pretty house, the Fullers were obviously very comfortable people. She looked around as she walked down the hallway, the scent of baby powder even heavier than before But now she could smell something else. The unmistakable smell of a baby. The woman came back out a moment later with a man in a robe with wet hair. They looked petrified to see her. Vara always got that look, her scar scared people. She liked their fear, could taste in on her tongue like sugar. They had a phone in their hands."If you don't leave now! I'll call the police!"Vara tilted her head."And tell them what? I don't know what you would tell them but I have interesti
They kept her drugged up for most of the time. It had only been a day, but Lori felt like she was losing her mind. The sedatives rubbed her off the wrong way. It was hard to keep a clear head when she was being injected every now and then.She didn't have anything to eat, but they had brought in some water for her parched throat. Lori was inclined to reject it, but she had no choice. She was thirsty. She took a few gulps and saved her strength. At least for a while. She had to start thinking of a way out. The sedatives had finally worn off and she had to use her time wisely before they came back with another batch. She closed her eyes and pictured Gabriel in her mind, if... if she could reach him somehow.. if there was a way.She thought.She tried harder and felt a slight tug. Like a pull in her mind. Did it work? Lori thought to herself as she sent a word down the bond. Gabriel?! Is that you?!She asked nervously. There was no answer, for what seemed to be eternity. Till she
Lyle didn't stay home. Not even for a minute. Twice he came and just dropped supplies and left. He also recieved weird phone calls and was being elusive. Elliot was becoming suspicious of him. Whenever Elliot brought up the fact that they had to leave the city, he would make excuses and leave the apartment abruptly.Finally, Elliot got tired of him and decided to follow him one day. He had enough of his evasiveness. He wanted to know what his brother was up to. If he was at least going to run off with his brother he needed to know what he was up to. Especially when it seemed like he was hiding something. Elliot wasn't good with tracking by scent, but he managed to do it with his brother. His brother had gone straight to a building that was few blocks away, merely a walking distance and Elliot had to wait a few minutes just to be sure his brother wouldn't suspect him. When he finally reached the building itself, he had tracked his brother by scent. Purely by scent. And soon foun
"What? What is that?"Lori asked as she looked at Elliot intently. "Time's up!!!"Lyle said as he barged into the basement. "It's not."Elliot said but Lyle ignored him."Don't provoke me Elliot. I'm already doing too much for you."Elliot stood up and pointed to Lori."How could you treat her like this?! Like she's not human?"He asked and Lyle shrugged."What do you mean?""She hasn't eaten anything... she must be starving! Didn't you stop to think of that?"He asked and Lyle rolled his eyes."She's not going to be awake anyways. Why give her something to eat? We're just preparing her next dose of sedatives to give her."Eliot's eyes widened."Do you want to kill her before Gabriel gets here?! Because I wonder what he'll have to say when he sees her in this condition!""I mean she's a human being for fuck's same!"Lyle groaned, he rubbed his temple. "Oh my God!! Enough!"He bellowed.So loud that Lori flinched."You're so annoying!!! Always yapping in my ear about one thing or th
Sabine had one more thing to do. One more leverage she needed. Just one more. They still had the upper hand. They had Lori. And soon... they would have her son too. It was perfect. Everything was falling according to plan. As long as Gabriel didn't do anything stupid, everything would go splendidly well. "They've been under strict surveillance. What exactly do you want to do with them?"Vara asked as they both walked towards the Fuller's house. Sabine shrugged."I've had a lot of time to think about it... I don't think the Fullers would be of much use to me.""I'd rather have them dead."She answered.In front of the door, Sabine turned and found a neighbor from the other house staring at them. The woman was watering her garden in a robe. Nosy old thing. Sabine thought as she waved to her and faked a smile. The woman smiled uneasily. "Are you here to see the Fullers?"She asked and Sabine nodded. "Yes.""Oh wow... they've been having quite a lot of guests in the last few days.
The first time Lori ever felt powerful, she was four years old. Four years old and she had been playing with a Barbie doll. Local charity organizations were always donating toys to her orphanage and she had her eyes set on the Barbie doll. The long golden hair, the pretty white dress and heels, Lori wanted it so bad it hurt. She grabbed it first. Playing with it, enthralled with it. She ran around the yard with it. Then a big bully called Billy had come over and dragged it from her. Naturally she cried for him to give it back but he just laughed and tore the head of the Barbie from its body. The rage Lori had felt, she had never felt it before... She stood up and walked up to him and slapped him. She was only four, he was seven and weighed at least twenty five pounds more than her, but her slap had sent him flying across the yard and hitting the wall. He had to get eight stitches. One of the workers showed her Billy before he left for the hospital. The woman practically shoved Bi
"He's alive... The Fullers kept that knowledge away from you."No. Lori could not believe her ears. Could not believe the lies the woman in front of her was spewing. She was lying. It was a blatant bold faced lie. Why would she lie about something like that?! Sabine saw that Lori didn’t look convinced and she brought out her phone. "I have a picture of him with the Fullers. Maybe this will make you believe."She said as she showed Lori her phone. Lori took cautious steps towards her. Walking closer to her but staying at a respectful distance in case it was a trap.She froze. Her hands shaking slightly as she looked at the family portrait. Was it another baby?Could he really be her son?"You know why he didn't die?"Lori looked up to Sabine.Confusion etched in her blood splattered face."He didn't die because he's just like you. He is half nephilim but he still inherited your powers. Super fast healing... among other abilities..."Sabine said as she ran her eyes all over Lori a
Gabriel's POV. Six months later. I want to marry Lori. I've been thinking about it for months, I've bought the perfect ring. The type I know she will like. A classic, oval cut diamond I’ve caught her admiring at least three times on separate occasions and I’ve been waiting for the perfect time. But something keeps coming up. Lori’s too busy. She has way too much on her plate and sometimes I think adding wedding plans to the mix would be a little thoughtless of me. We just celebrated Jack and Emilia's first year birthday a few weeks ago and the planning drained her. Physically and mentally drained her. She wanted a big party, I didn't mind a small one but we ended up going all out anyways and thankfully it didn't turn into a complete mess. And after the party I thought we'd be getting more alone time since we finally have a new nanny but that's not really the case. Lori has decided to apply for college and while I'm finally happy that she's getting to d
Lori's POVIt's been three months. Three long months but they have been full of more bliss than I've ever had in my life. More peace, more tranquility than ever before. After the issue with Sabine and all that nonsense, Gabriel and I were finally glad and happy that things were back to normal. In our lives and in our children's lives. We could finally live the life we always wanted to live. No, not the whole white picket fence suburban kind of house that Gabriel wanted, but picture something larger, grander, with more rooms and more space for kids to play in.We did move to the old mansion. It was just honestly so much better than the penthouse and for me it held a lot of fond memories. And knowing that Sabine would never step her feet in them again gave me a sense of comfort and relief like never before. It made me happy. And there were so many things to be happy about. I had completed the Luna rites two months ago and I was officially Gabriel's Luna. In were
It all went by in a blur, but every punch, she remembered. For herself, for Gabriel, for her son and most especially, for Elliot, who didn't make it. How could she let her go, how could she let her live after all the pain and harm she caused her?! No, she would not.She didn't plan on letting her walk free. no, she didn't plan on letting her stay alive. She vaguely remembered punching Sabine, then she saw someone pulling her up. The hands around her arms pulling her away with superhuman strength. She fought against it but it was futile, the hands were much stronger than hers. "Loretta. Loretta!!!"The voice called out. Lori snatched her hands away from her mother. "Don't call me that."She murmured as she tried crawling back to Sabine. Her face was bloodied and battered beyond recognition, she was barely breathing but Lori knew that the bitch was still alive. She was like a cockroach. She wouldn't die so easily. "Trust me you do not wa
Even though they had gone over the plan multiple times, Lori still felt jittery and nervous. The anxiety was eating at her, fast and quick. It didn't help that her clothes were still slightly wet and she was uncomfortable and cold. The nephilim guards Ione had got had managed to do a sweep of the area. They estimated the number of wolves around to be at fifteen, all scattered strategically around the mansion. The nephilim guards promised to handle all the guards, just as long as Lori and Gabriel went inside first, they promised to handle everything else. They would block all exits, so no one got out, that way anyone in the house would be unable to escape. Gabriel assured her that it would all be fine, and she tried to stay calm at the thought that it would, they were so close now, closer than they had ever been. Her son was just a few metres away from her. The nephilim guards went in first, and then chaos ensued. The whole party erupted in chaos, Gabriel ushere
Lori transformed. The full transformation and the cabin suddenly felt small and stuffy. Two huge men came to her side, one ways holding a book. Lori didn't know what it was or what it was for, but it looked important enough. "We have created a bath, you have to stay submerged in it to drown out our voices and movements."Lori looked around, they pointed to the end of the hallway. She wondered if whatever bathtub they had prepared would fit her wings. "Will this work?! You look unsure."She noted as she got a sense of her mother's emotions now that she was fully nephilim. She could smell her worry, also laced with fear.She wondered if the ritual was safe. "It will. It can take several hours though."Ione answered. Lori decided at this point she needed to alert Gabriel. Just in case anything that wasn't supposed to happen, happened. Come now. As fast as she had sent the message, she heard footsteps on the front porch, the door opened
"Hello?""Who is this?!"Lori asked as she rolled on the floor. Oh Myra had kicked her ass during training. In fact, she could barely feel her legs. Her muscles had been out of use for a while. It had only been about a week or two since she was out of training yet it felt like it had been years. "Loretta? Am I speaking to Loretta?"Lori sat up. Something about the voice was oddly familiar. "Yes?! Who is this?""This is Ione."Ione. Ione. Where had she heard that name before? She could have sworn it was familiar. "Ione what? From who?!""Ione Verstrynge. A friend of yours gave me your number. Her name is Astra."That was when it clicked. Astra had told her. That her mother was named Ione. And that she had heard of her. Lori couldn't believe her ears!She couldn't believe that she was talking to her birth mother. As shocked as she was, she also felt overwhelmingly angry. It had been years, what reason did the
Lori was late. She had promised to start training again and was well on her way there when Grace called and canceled due to a family emergency. Lori couldn’t blame her, but she also had to go to training and needed someone to watch the baby, so she had stayed home till Gabriel came back to take over. She had hurried out of the penthouse, in nothing but sweats and slacks, her gym bag over her shoulder with a pair of socks almost falling out. She stopped at the lobby to stuff it in. One of Gabriel's men was waiting at the parking lot to driver her to the training ground. She was late already and she was also sure that he must have been waiting a while. In her hurry, she bumped into someone and her whole bag came tumbling down again. She muttered a string of apologies as she picked up her bag, not even glancing at the person before turning away. The person touched her hand and she turned, alarmed and confused. Her eyes narrowed as she saw who it was. Axel Walker. She loo
Ione Verstrynge had stared at the contents of the letter ever since it arrived. The words were even starting to replay in her head. Alongside with a past she had fought hard to forget. She had sent for Graham, her right hand man, confused and angry, he was the only one she could trust in her state and the only one she had entrusted the information with the minute she got the letter. If it was true she had a grandson, then her daughter must be alive and in danger. She had lost her for years. Years of running and running had made her paranoid she she had run without looking back. The only problem was that she had left her daughter behind. With no time to look back. For the first few years she visited at least twice. She found out the orphanage had named her Loretta. And that she was a spitting image of her father. That had hurt more deeply than anything and so she had left again. The last time she went back, she didn't find her, too bad, she had wanted to at least see h
“Hello?!”Lori answered the phone, knowing fully well who the caller was. She had been expecting Sabine’s call ever since they launched their series of coordinated attacks on her. It had taken at least five days before she finally deigned to call her. She knew the woman would call once she found out the extent she was willing to go to. And Sabine did not disappoint.“Lori.”She answered in a clipped tone.“How have you been Sabine?”She asked and Sabine didn’t reply for a few seconds. “I’ve been better.”She grunted and Lori resisted the urge to chuckle. She was itching to gloat. “Must have been a pretty hard week…”“I’ve had better…”Sabine murmured. Lori examined her nails as she smiled to Myra who was sitting next to her and listening to every bit of the conversation. Myra had come to ask her when she would resume practice, Lori had avoided all talks of practice and told Myra about what she was up to instead, Sabi