Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 33

She wants to mess with his mind.

Leilani walks past Gabriel's table, close enough that she should be able to draw his attention, yet not too close that he will be able to see her, she needs the illusion but not a full viewing. If he sees her, doesn't that just cut out half the fun? She can feel Gabriel's eyes locked onto her and she nearly does a victory dance. She was not sure that it would work at all.

As she exits the back door, a hand goes over her mouth and an arm around her waist tugs her firmly into a warm hard chest, a hoarse and seductive low voice sounds in her ear. "Have I told you I have a thing for shabby looking, dirty, cleaning ladies?"

Leilani turns in his arms with a large smile on her face.

"Well Alpha, I am about to make all your fantasies come true"

Connor has also drenched himself in the masking spray, it is a strange experience for the two to hold each other with no scent. But Connor can't risk Gabriel replaceing out that he was here.

Connor has no intention of revealing himself, he doesn't want Gabriel turning up on his doorstep, not because he is scared of Gabriel, not in the slightest, now that he actually has something worth fighting for, he will in a heartbeat. There will be no elite squad negotiations this time, there would be no delaying, just alpha wolf against alpha wolf in the fight for Leilani.

The reason he doesn't want Gabriel to know is that as soon as the game is up, then there is a chance that Leilani will leave and he still has a lot of convincing to do. He is not ready for Leilani to leave so soon. He knows that Leilani feels the chemistry and he even knows that she has some feelings for him, but translating those feelings into convincing her to stay with him for a lifetime? There is still a long hard journey ahead.

"Baby, how do you look so beautiful even when you are dressing badly on purpose?"

"You were the one that was seduced by my messy appearance when I walked into your office"

"Baby, if I remember correctly, you seduced me a long time before that, the approach, this hand"

Connor grabs Leilani's small hand and brings it to his lips.

"This hand on my body and I was done. You ruined me"

Leilani smiles as she bites his bottom lip, releasing her hand from his as he presses her against the wall.

"This is all it took?"

Her hand slides up and over on the same path it did that night. Connor kisses Leilani roughly. Leilani strokes him through his pants and it isn't long before they are tangled. Connor rolls their bodies out of sight as Gabriel bursts through the rear door. Connor doesn't stop his motions as he covers Leilani's mouth, capturing her moan as he thr*sts deeply.

Gabriel walks back inside, leaving the two alone, but the door open. They hear the tell-tale screams from Maggie. Leilani trails kisses down Connor's strong jaw.

"You know I shouldn't enjoy hearing her scream, knowing we caused it, but I do"

Connor grunts as he bites her earlobe.

"I just don't know how anything that feels this good could cause anyone pain"

Gabriel finally scoops Maggie into his arms under the worried gaze of her parents, marching straight outside and dumping Maggie in the back seat in an undignifified matter, not caring that her head hits the door and then the seat. Gabriel gets in the car, slamming his own door heavily and driving back toward the half moon pack. Simon and Astrid look at each other before getting in their vehicle and following.

By the time they get back to the pack house, the pain in Maggie has stopped and she just lays weakly on the back seat. Gabriel looks in the revision mirror sighing heavily.

This was meant to be his time. The time when he finally takes his powerful Luna and the half moon starts a new era, a one that he has chosen instead of the one that has been fated. But as he looks at the pale, near lifeless Maggie, he just wants to throw her out of the car instead of comforting her gently.

Simon and Astrid pull in not far after the two and, as Gabriel carries Maggie inside, the two question him straight away. Gabriel only dumps Maggie on the couch and then walks to the bar, grabbing a bottle of whisky and drinking straight out of the bottle. "What was that?"

It is absolutely not normal for a werewolf just to collapse in pain like that. Even for a werewolf to feel that much pain, but for it to be without a source is unheard of.

Maggie sits up weakly without even looking at Gabriel, who is busy seeing how fast he can drink an entire bottle of spirits, the dull ache in his chest is starting to resurface and his wolf feels strange, a certain level of disconnect that he hasn't felt since the day that Leilani left the pack.

"I found my fated mate and that was him just sleeping with someone else"

Astrid stands up, she rarely shows many emotions, but her indifferent yet beautiful face is twisted in anger.

"What? How could he do that to you? Who is he? I am going to give him a piece of my mind"

Maggie twists her hands nervously. She hadn't planned on revealing anything to her mother, she knows that her father will be on her side but her mother is different. She knows how much her mother believes in fated mates. "Umm it is alpha storm of the stormy pack"

The usually soft-spoken Astrid is furious.

"He thinks because he is an alpha he can do whatever he wants? That he can treat you like this?"

Astrid grabs her bag and storms toward the door. Gabriel finally puts the bottle down as he glares at Maggie.

"Are you just going to let her leave? Haven't you caused enough problems? How will this reflect on the half moon pack if you send your mother over raving mad about something like that? Haven't you embarrassed me enough today?" Simon just watches the proceedings with a frown on his face and a scheming look in his eyes.

"Mum stop"

Maggie knows that Gabriel is right, while she wants Connor punished for putting her through that, she is mostly at fault and her mother isn't the right one to do it. She is soon to be Luna of the half moon pack. How would it look for her to send her mother into battle for her?

"I was the one that refused him. It has been months and it is not like Gabriel and I haven't been going at it all the time"

Astrid stops at the door frame, one hand on the frame, her shoulders heaving as she looks at the ground, her pale blue eyes that are usually dull and lifeless are now filled with so much sadness, red hot tears seep from her eyes and fall to the ground. She doesn't look back as she walks straight outside.

Her anger turned to grief as she walks to the car and puts herself in the passenger seat, curling into a small ball. She doesn't make a sound as her tears continue to fall. Simon doesn't chase her at all, just staring at Maggie.

"Did you say the alpha of the stormy pack?"

"Yes I did"

Simon scratches his chin, he has heard a lot of murmurs about the stormy pack but nothing concrete. He needs to do some checking. Simon bids the two farewell before walking outside to the waiting vehicle and stepping gracefully inside. His indifferent facade crumbles as he looks at the sobbing mess of his Luna. He grips her chin roughly.

"Are you still thinking about him?"

Astrid tries desperately to pull herself together but she is really struggling.

"I am trying"

"It has been twenty-two f*cking years Astrid. Try harder"

Astrid nods not daring to look in her mates pitch black eyes, her hand moves to rub her shoulder where two marks sit, one is long faded, it can hardly be seen anymore, but it will always be more important in her heart. Astrid tries hard to keep the lid on the missing of two of the most important people in her life, two taken from her.

Inside, Gabriel picks up the bottle once more, throwing the liquid back like it is water, rubbing his heart every so often to try and ease the discomfort.

"You embarrassed me today Maggie"

"What am I meant to do? It hurts"

"Put a f*cking lid on it, do you think Connor was collapsing to the ground every couple of hours while you were with me?"

"He is an alpha wolf. He has a stronger pain threshold. You cannot hold me to the same standards"

"Aren't you an alpha wolf Maggie? What type of excuse is that?"

"Umm of course I am"

"And were you really going to send your mother to the stormy pack? What if it got out that the Luna of the half moon needs her mummy to fight her battles? If you have a problem with what Connor is doing, deal with it yourself, that was just f*cking weak Maggie, it was so f*cking weak" Gabriel leans over the counter, grabbing a bottle of Tequila in one hand and Vodka in the other, he storms into his study and slams the door so hard that the panes on the windows of the whole house rattle.

Maggie sits in the empty living room alone. She clenches her fists as she stares at the floor. Maybe if she went to the stormy pack, if she seduced Connor a little, then he will become infatuated and then wouldn't dare to sleep with another until she can reject him properly and get Gabriel's mark.