Chapter 71

• GABRIEL
• My mother's appearance excruciated me and damaged me terribly that I scaled back from all the works and my responsibilities as the Alpha. How did she find me? Why did the people I rule open the gate for her? Did she manipulate them the way she did with my dad with fake love? Where did she get the courage to show up at my house and ask me to take her and my brother in after all these years. After all the pain and torture I went through. Does she expect me to welcome her with open hands? A knock on the door yanked me to present. I lingered my eyes on the door with the thought of that person knocking being my mother's ally. Even my pack is against me. If they weren't, why would they let her in? Someone's persistence on the door distraught me. I gritted my teeth, frustrated and swatted out of the chair, and marched over to the door. Whoever it is must be tired of his or her life to come derange me.
• I opened the door and furiously grabbed whoever it was that dared to define my orders by the neck. My wolf tried to talk to me, and I tried to block the connection, but he overpowered me. You need to calm down. It's our mate. He said, but my mind was telling me he just wanted to ease me down by using my mate because he knows she's the only one I want to see now. You're going to kill your own mate. I ceased when her voice belled in my ears.