"Leaving so soon?"
Axel snickered as he snuck up to Sabine. She jumped nervously. Surprised that he had even followed her. Even in the middle of the ongoing summit."You startled me."She murmured as she kept her distance, one eye out for her driver to bring the car around and another cautiously watching Axel. She didn't like him and for good reason too. Volatile, unpredictable, wild, they just didn't mix. She never thought they would too.She had intentionally kept him out of all her plans, she didn't need to be acquainted with him, but there he was, right in front of her.Chasing the drama presumably. He must have heard the rumors. And perhaps he was present to either confirm them for himself or he had another agenda. Whatever it was, Sabine desperately wished there was a way to wiggle out of the conversation.The night air was chilly and she was starting to feel the chilly hair on her skin. She didn't bring a coat, she had practically rushed to the Summit"How was it?!"Draco asked as they walked into the living room. The ride home had been long and exhausting and Lori had dozed off a few times. Eventually she was grateful when they finally got home. She wanted nothing more than to soak in a long hot bath and then go to bed. She barely sat down before she started tugging at her heels. Gabriel knelt to help her remove them. "It was awful."Lori answered honestly. Draco glanced at the both of them. He looked like he didn't believe them. "What happened?!"The two of them exchanged glances. "Truly horrible." She added. Gabriel stood up and sighed."Sabine came."Just those two words were enough to make Draco freeze."No way."He muttered. Lori nodded."Oh she did.""And you let her go?!"Gabriel nodded. "I had no choice but to. She's allied with Kate's father, there was at least a hundred people there... we couldn't find a proper way to corner her.""You
The Luna rites. Gabriel had proposed they moved forward with it. And while Lori agreed she was weary of his grandfather. Gabriel was already not close with his family, she suspected she would be making things worse if she didn't at least try to mend the relationship between them. "I will talk to grandfather... I called him already."Gabriel mentioned at the dining table as he served Lori her plate. Lori was holding Emilia with a bottle in her hand. She was feeding her. They had woken up early to Emilia's cries. And even though they were both thoroughly exhausted, Gabriel made breakfast while Lori changed and bathed the baby. Gabriel had started the whole Luna rites conversation, asking if Lori was comfortable enough to move forward with it. She agreed. She really was. Gabriel made scrambled eggs, sausage and toast. He even made a cup of coffee. The eggs were good, only a little bit salty and the toast was overdone. Lori made no complaints as she ate the food.
"And so you're here. Are you sure you were not followed?!"The voice was harsh, rough, something about the angry gruff tone made Astra even more annoyed. "I was not!"She snapped. She had never really seen Nic in person. They had never met. They kept in contact through calls. Calls, texts and occasionally social media. He was always so nice and encouraging. He had always told her that if she ever needed his help she could find him in New York. He even gave her the address, she had memorized it, just in case she would ever need it. She had never expected him to sound so dismissive, or harsh. It was unlike the Nic she was used to. Astra may be many things, but she wasn't inhospitable. That, she knew. And maybe she was foolish to have expected more from Nic. Of course he had probably thought she would never actually need his help. Maybe that was why he was acting that way. It was silly and annoying all the same. She had told him a lot about her, a
"And how exactly did she escape?!"Siobhan trembled at the sound of Sabine's voice. It was low, dangerous, deadly and with the look on her face, she feared for her life. Sabine had arrived unexpectedly and she had been burdened with telling her the truth. That Astor had escaped, under her own watch. It was an honest mistake on her part. She had overestimated her potion's potency and thought the after effects would last longer, but she had arrived back to the room to deliver a sedative and found the room empty. The only evidence of the escape was the tampered windowsills. At that point she was already trembling. She had alerted the rest of Sabine's wolves and they had set out to find her but they came back with nothing. She must have left hours ago.A mistake Siobhan wouldn't have made if she wasn't frolicking in the sheets with the guards. Of course she wasn't going to tell Sabine that, but Sabine really wasn't going to accept any excuse of hers. "The win
Gabriel was determined to find the witch, even though it seemed like Lori had lost all hope in finding the witch or Jack and Sabine. He had watched her be extremely hopeful on the flight to New York only to be dejected once they arrived at the empty apartments. He wished there was a way he could make her feel better but he suspected that the only thing that would make her feel better was an actual lead. A promising one.From his findings Sabine had left in a hurry leaving no personal items but her lingering scent, a few of the witch's personal items were scattered around the apartments and Gabriel suspected that if he tried hard enough he could track her by scent. There was enough of her scent in the room to master. And he spent time memorizing the scent while he looked through the little personal belongings she had left. There were some random books, all of which the writing looked incorrigible. She was probably practicing and writing down spells, that was what it looked like. Then
Lori grabbed the witch again. She was livid. "What do you mean?! Tell me what you mean?!"Gabriel had to pry her off the witch, the witch retreated to a corner, her face ridden with fear. Then slowly, Siobhan narrated her encounter with Sabine. How Sabine had offered her money for her special services. A lot of money too. And how she had jumped at the offer. How she met Astra and tested her while giving her the deadly potion that made her irrational and kill, and how she had made more to give Sabine a night before the Alpha's Summit so it could be used on Lori.Lori felt weak in the knees just listening to everything. How Sabine had come back a few hours ago and asked that Jack be tested, and gave her his blood to a werewolf to test out it's strength. And how she had fled right after. "Do you have any idea where she could be?"Siobhan shook her head."I don't know where she went to, but all I know is that some people came to pick her up. They wore black suits, they looked like the
"This letter came in for you. It's from Axel."Draco said as Gabriel raised his eyebrow. His blinked twice and saw that Draco looked every bit very serious. Axel?! Gabriel didn't think he'd hear that name so soon after the summit. In fact, he wasn't planning to hear it till the next Alpha's Summit. "I picked it up at the office."He added. Gabriel looked even more confused. Why was he in his office. What was that important that he had to deliver to him? The only interaction that they had was the little row they had at the summit. "He's inviting you to dinner, with some talk of an alliance so he can help you bring down Sabine."Gabriel scoffed as he wiped his chest. He had decided to take advantage of the fact that he was back in the pack house to run for a while. He had done so before his meeting with the Elder council. He was planning on returning home as soon as possible when Draco showed up unexpectedly. The contents of the letter was the most incredulous thing he had ever he
“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