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 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 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 76 Savenia At the conclusion of the meeting, I walked with Alec to the dining hall before we could make it to the dining hall, I was swept up into Alec’s arms. Within seconds we were in a lush little apartment on the 1st floor in the opposite direction from the dining hall. “Just what the hell do you think you are doing?” I yelled at him. Looking around the homely apartment I was surprised by the decor. It almost looked to be a woman’s apartment but by the pictures of Alec and his family hanging up I could tell that it was his place. Then my eyes landed on a large photo hanging above his mock fireplace in the corner of the room. The picture was of a younger Alec holding what to be a baby version of him on his hip. The child looked to be maybe 1 or 2 years of age. Too young to stand on his own but yet too big to be buried in a pile of blankets. Standing on the other side of the small child was a young woman. “That is the last photo we ever took as a family.

Chapter 78 MarcusI found my mate Mari during one of my first missions to the packs. My tour was to go around to the nearby packs The Black Stone, Devils Ridge, Yellow River, and Red Lake Packs. While at the packs I was to assess their warriors training and gauge the need to start up a traveling Combative and SERE’s Training program. I had wanted to head up the program since my father had started the Alpha’s Academy. Though back then it was called the warriors academy. Our goal at the time was to provide the packs with the best defensive training. Yet most packs would only send their Alpha’s. So my father renamed it the Alpha’s academy. After watching several of these so-called Alpha’s come in here and fail even the basics of maneuvers, I had seen the need for training on a deeper level. If their Alpha’s couldn’t even fight then how the hell could their warriors. Everything starts at the top. So, with my father training the Alpha’s, I had the idea that I could trav