Chapter 68 Celeste “Levi, Lucy, and Roman you are up? I do not know who would like to start or how you would like to go about anything you have to talk about but you have the floor and our undivided attention” Gabi rambled. It was obvious she was not used to this type of attention on her. Standing up, Roman took control. “Thank you Gabi. I will allow my mate Lucy to take the floor” he explained, taking Lucy’s hand and pulling the poor deer up to her feet and squeezing her hand in support. I knew what was about to be discussed but even I could not handle the information that was about to be spewed. “Hello everyone. For those that do not know me, my name is Lucy. Former witch of the White Coven. My mother is Amethyst, sitting over there by Gabriel and Celeste. I am a former breeder of the Breeding dens. My father handed me over to the alpha and we were forced to service those that had paid money to conceive an heir. Many of them bein
Chapter 69 LeviAfter Roman had lost his damn mind, reasonably so, Gabi had adjourned the meeting till 6am the next morning. The emotions were high after hearing the admissions of Lucy and Gabriel on behalf of Luce. While I too felt the anger and rejection that Romeo had felt I was a bit more understanding. Lucy had not rejected us because of anything we had done but because she was dealt a losing hand and had lost herself. Once we were excused I thanked my father before wrapping my arm around Lucy’s shoulder and began to guide her towards our room. Lucy was slowly falling apart at the seams. I could feel her anxiety falling off of her. I knew with the guilt and the pain that was rolling off of her that I would need to work extra hard to soothe her pains. Drawing her a warm bath I added lavender and jasmine essential oils into the bath. I followed the essential oils up with some lavender infused epsom salt before adding her favorite lavender bubble bath and turned on
Chapter 70 Adrik After Roman had been removed it was several moments before many but not all had returned back to the conference room. Only to have Gabi tell everyone to go. I was happy that I had the time to spend with Celeste but furious at the mirage of information that was gathered here in such a short period of time. Both Celeste and I looked at one another before both looking back to Gabi. It was obvious by her posture and pacing that she was irritated, upset, angry or all the above. Taking Celeste's hand I led her away from the conference room and back to my place. I really, really wanted to flash us there but the fear of having her put through the agony that she had been through before had me hesitating. “You can do your snapie thing. I can handle it, Prince Adrik. I wasn’t prepared before but I think I can manage it this time.” She said in all of her innocent glory. Clenching her hand a little bit tighter I hesitated before I flashed us
Chapter 71 Adrik Fighting through her magick I stalked towards her as her hand again began to spark. “WOMAN, I HAVE. NEVER. USED. MY. POWERS. ON. YOU.” I hissed out. “Yet you repeatedly have used them against me. I have been around long enough to know exactly what power can and will do to lesser men. I have punished those lesser men for centuries now. And never once have I ever put a hand to a woman, man or child that could not defend themselves or who had not harmed me or my family first. Do you understand me? Now, I understand that this is all new to you and you do not fully understand how to cope with this information but you will not continue to abuse your power with me, Celeste! I can tolerate a lot from you but I will not continue to allow you to use me as your man hating punching bag. You have issues with men, Fine. We will go down to the fucking gym and we can fight in whatever form you want.” I continued to state in a commanding tone while stalking t
Chapter 72 Celeste “How fucking dare you?” I yelled at him once in was safely in the confines of my office. “Drop the spell, Celeste” he said almost on a whimper. The sight of the pain that he was willing to endure just to see me had my heart breaking. “If it hurts you so much, mayyyyybe you should LEAVE!” I tell him a little louder than necessary. I may feel for him and the fact that he was willing to endure so much pain made me coon with happiness, I would not forget what he had said. I was no trophy and would not be treated like a toy. I was the last descendant of the mother of all witches. Alone I held immense power. “It's not that it hurts as much as I am fighting really hard right now to cage the beast. IF you know anything of my kind it is that we have a dark beast within us and when they feel threatened they come out. Right now he is raging and he will not tolerate this for much longer. NOW DROP THE FUCKING SPELL.” He said an
Chapter 73 Gabi I was surprised at the admissions of Roman. I had always just taken him for such a hard ass and soulless wonder. But looking at how he looks at Levi and Lucy I could understand. He wasn’t soulless, just extremely hardened. He had been hurt one too many times to trust that when something good came into his life that it was his to prosper from. He was always just waiting for the other shoe to drop. I felt sorry for him. It was no real way to live. Having left the cells with Sam and the large family at our back I was starting to understand the pack life. They were essentially just a very large family. Sam, his beta, and gamma were not born of the same mother and father but having grown up close to one another they were more than just pack mates, or friends they were as close as I was with my brothers. If not closer in some weird and bromancing type of way. Heading towards the conference room the guys stand to the back joking with one another a
Chapter 74 Gabi By just asking the room what we were going to do about the Breeder Dens had the room going eerily quiet with angered filled expressions. Everyone here wanted to voice their outrage and contempt. “Okay, I think it is safe to say that no one here wants any part of those damn low lifes to continue functioning in any sort of capacity. Soooo, I say we dismantle the program and then dismantle them” I say. Everyone is thinking it but no one is wanting to say it. Everyone sitting at the table wants to continue this professionalism decorum. But I will not have it. We are all family here and we need to be able to sit comfortably with one another. We can be both professional and familiar. “Come on guys, drop the damn act. Everyone at this damn table is in some way or another related to each other. There is no reason that we all cannot sit here together and discuss openly what is on our minds. “Mine I see re
Chapter 75 LucyI knew I had been given a huge responsibility and it had almost felt like Gabi had just given me back a part of myself. I couldn’t explain it though. For once I did not feel weak or the pitied one, I was a strong warrior given a difficult mission. A mission that was of utmost importance. I had to infiltrate the asshats that had taken me prisoner and deliver a blow right to where it hurt them the most. Their wallets. I would say their balls but many of these assholes had none. That is why they prayed on those that couldn’t defend themselves. And now, Gabi was giving me the in that I desperately needed to gain back my confidence and strength. Until sweet Roman opened his fat mouth.“ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS?!?!?!” He roared out in anger. What many couldn’t hear was the panting that told everyone that he was seconds from shifting and letting the beast out. “Sam, are you serious right now? What if this was your mate huh? What if this was any one of your mates? Huh? Would y