She heaved a sigh of relief when Axel loosened his grip and let her go. Lori walked to Gabriel's side. He must have snuck up to them. That would explain how they didn't notice him.There was an unreadable expression on Gabriel's face, while Axel seemed to be smiling. "Relax. We were just having a chat.""Really? Didn't sound like one."Axel raised his eyebrow. "Oh you were listening in? Interesting.""I was just curious about your beautiful mate here. I've never met an actual nephilim before...""She told you to let her go and you didn't. I'd advise you to steer clear of her next time."Axel chuckled."Or what?! Are you threatening me?""Interpret it however you like. But if you lay one finger on her again I'll have your entire hand dislocated from your body.”Lori placed a hand on Gabriel's shoulder, silently pleading for him to let it go, people were starting to look. Axel looked around and started laughing loudly.

And for a long time Gabriel didn't even know if she could see what he was dreaming about. If she could see the glimpses of what he imagined of their future. Until he felt her breaking away from his tight embrace. Slowly till she was untangled from him. He opened his eyes slowly and saw that her wings were retracting, her features slowly went back to normal and her eyes went from the fearful glowing white to their familiar hazel color. He reached out and caressed her face gently, his finger catching the single tear that dropped on her cheek. "You dream of marrying me?"Lori whispered.Gabriel smiled. So she had seen it then. "I dream of the day you're truly and fully mine. As my mate, Luna and of course, my wife."Lori covered her mouth to stop the sob that threatened to escape her lips. She had seen everything. The glimpse into his head where he had imagined a quiet life for them. Not even a life as an alpha or a Luna. But a simple life real

"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

"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

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