A Ripple in the forest

Chapter eleven

Song: Back to Black by Amy winehouse
(The woman in the photo is Katlyn)

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30th June, 2017
Alpha Gabriel's territory

He led me down numerous hallways, the tension between us thick enough to be cut. I could feel his eyes on my face every few minutes, making me tense as he does. He stopped in front of a sturdy wooden door, much like the fashion of every other door in the Palace. The normality ends at the two large men standing at attention on their side, their eyes never wavering from the wall directly in front of them. 

"Max. Leo." Gabriel nods in their direction.

"Alpha." They reply with respective acknowledgment.

He opens the door and gives an expectant look for me to enter. I walk through the entryway and take in the office. There is a dark wooden desk in the middle of the room, the walls are made of bookshelves filled to the brim and on the far side of the room is a sitting area with a marble table. Books are scattered around the table along with a half-empty glass of amber liquid. I hear the click of the door closing and turn to Gabriel.

"Please, sit" Gabriel offers as he pulls one of the chairs out next to his desk.

I do as he says and sit on the cushioned chair, the tension in the room never ceasing. He sits on the opposite side of the desk and relaxes into it. We stare at each other for a moment before he sighs.

"I cannot express how sorry I am Serephina. To imagine how scared you must have been, it was wrong of me to keep you in that room. The day I left you I could not keep the fear away, your species was extinct and... and the thought of others coming after you sent me into an act of desperation. I do not think you understand how special you are, not only to me but to my kind. You were but a myth for so long, a bedtime story told to children. But know that you are here, alive and in front of me, the dangers that come with your title have also never been so real. I left the Palace and went to the Lunar Temple, trying to learn everything I could about the children of the moon. I was coming back the day you tried to escape, if I came only minutes later you would have been... I am so so sorry," Gabriel says with conviction.

His eyes show how desperate he is for my forgiveness and my heart clenches. I can't forgive him, he could have handled this differently, but he didn't, and he is going to have to live with that.

"Tell me what you found," I ask, moving away from the answer he wants.

He leans back into his chair and rests his hands on the arms of it.

"I could not read all of the books but from what I found, it repeatedly spoke of the powers the Children of the Moon possess and how it was given to them by the Goddess for protection. It did not go into detail as to what that power is but I believe we saw a glimpse of it when you tried to escape, although something tells me that there is more to it then we know. It also stated that you have an extraordinarily strong connection with the Goddess. It hinted that you have the power of communicating with the Goddess but went no further than that. The Children of the Moon always have a mate in this world, their connection with their mate is one of the reasons they can move between your homeworld and mine, without it, our Priestesses believe that it wouldn't be possible. It also stated that... that when the mates connect, their children will be superior to others. Their hybrid genes giving them greater strength than other Lycanthropes, due to this every unmated male in the land will try to claim you as his, but I will not let that happen, this I promise," his loyal words coax my ears as I listen to his even voice.

The thought of other men claiming me sends a shiver down my spine. I can barely handle one, let alone an entire nation. Determination covers my soul, I won't let that happen, I will find my way home. First, I need to deal with that man that has already 'claimed' me.