Alpha's Innocent Doll

Some of Anna's past revealed...

Gabriel gently cradled Anna closer, her soft even breaths letting him know she was now asleep.  Her head was resting over his heart, and a peace unlike anything he had ever known filled his soul. He could feel the invisible tendrils knitting their souls together, that part where his connection to his mate had existed like a gaping wound, empty and void for so long, now filled with her, and only her. He knew in that moment that he would willingly give up his life for hers without even having to pause and think about it. He could feel the loving, gentle nature of his mate. He could also feel the intensity of her strength and devotion. It humbled him, enough so that it would have brought him to his knees had he been standing...how could he ever have thought he could live without her? How could he ever have felt that she wasn't perfect in every way?

In the short time she has been here, her influence could already be felt upon the pact, subtle, yet there, even without their acceptance of one another. Earlier today, the pack Doctor had informed him that mated females were suddenly going on "Heat" even females who had not been on "Heat" for several years. The Doctor was puzzled by this, but Gabriel finally understood, Anna, as his Mate, was bringing life and joy back into his pack, something that seemed to have faded over time, once she had disappeared. Just as it should with a true Luna and truly fated Mate, His Anna was a true miracle and blessing for this pack...

He cuddled Anna closer, snuggling the blanket around her more securely, then placing a gentle kiss upon her.  With His love and adoration shining from his eyes,  His gazed down at her with true love.  Now that he was no longer fighting himself and denying the truth of his feelings, a weight was lifted from him that had been there for so long, he almost didn't realize it was there any longer. "Sleep well my love" he whispered softly into her ear, then turned his gaze towards Dorian and James, his face turning serious, almost as if set in stone. "I believe you owe Me, or rather us an explanation" he all but snarled at Dorian while nodding towards James. "How do you know my Mate, and what exactly happened to her?"

Dorian straightened in his chair, with an exhausted sigh and looked Gabriel directly in the eyes, the approving smile from a moment before, all but a memory now. "You may call her Anna, but I have always known her as Bella, her Aunt Moira is the mate of my Uncle Thaddeus. She grew up around us, playing with the younger pack members, and Moira called her Bella...Beta James, my deepest and most sincere apologies to you and your family, We had no idea she was your missing sister Anna.  Had we known,we would have let you know where to find her. Gabriel, I am so sorry, I didn't realize until a short while ago, she is your mate, the one you have been waiting on for so long. I don't even want to begin to think about what life would be like without my Mate Lyla, even the thought of losing her or never finding her makes me want to howl in rage and grief." Dorian grasps the arms of the chair tightly, until his knuckles are white and his eyes shifting to a deep black as his wolf tries to break through to see if there is a threat to his beloved, finding none, he quietens down and watches the proceedings.

"I digress, however, as I know you wish to know what I know of Anna's situation as well as kniwinfcwhat she went through. To my understanding, my half brother Jacob, was on the Mating Journey, (the time period between Mate's acknowledging one another and traveling to a private destination where Mate's complete their mating, the journey allows the couple to become close, learn to depend on one another, as well as build the foundation of their relationship, it is during this time the mating is consummated), with his mate Veronica, a childhood friend, and so sweet and gentle, much like Bella. In fact they look quite similar. As Jacob and Roni were on their way to the house Jacob had built for his Mate a pack of rogue wolves surrounded them and attacked, drawing Jacob away from Roni, they took her, raped and beat her repetedly until Jacob found them, he and his wolf were practically insane because they could sense and feel everything Roni was going through. It was horrifying in the full scope of all that happened. When Jacob found where they were holding her, he attacked the entire pack of rogue wolves killing them all, but not before they almost killed him as well. By the time our pack arrived to help them, he was found holding her in a state of extreme shock and grief, she had died in his arms. Our father said you could see that his wolf and he were already starting to slip away, and ordered the pack doctor to sedate him by any means necessary to allow his body and mind time to heal. Jacob felt Roni die, he felt her pain, her shame and humiliation at not being able to save one of the most precious gifts a mate could give to her Mate, her virginity. In all reality, it appears she stopped fighting to live, and let go of this life to enter the next." Dorian paused and looked out the window, you could see the sheen of unshed tears in his eyes as he thought of his childhood friend. A soft whimpering cry could be heard and all eyes turned to Anna, as she cried in her sleep, feeling the sorrow around her at the story of Roni and Jacob and hearing the grief in Dorian's voice.