Chapter 107

• **Gabe's POV**
• “I do trust you, Evelina,” I said softly. “More than anything in this world.” I finally reached out, pulling her off the stool she’d been sitting on and folding her into my arms. “Goddess, you’re going to be an amazing luna…and an even better Coven Head,” I admitted.
• Immediately, I felt her stiffen at the last part of my sentence. I felt her trepidation and fear through our bond. Fear of not being enough. Is this what she’d been running from? She told me she’d never loved Robert. Everything was finally making sense. This beautiful magnificent woman in my arms had crammed herself into a lifestyle she thought she wanted. All because she was afraid of leading her people. Afraid because she didn’t think she deserved it. Because Joel’s spiteful words had made her grow up thinking she wasn’t enough. She was more than enough. Any fool could see it.