Twisting Her Fate
Chapter 64

As Gabriel and Maggie walk towards the entrance, Gabriel starts noticing the chatter around them, fro "Have you seen Alpha Storm's date?"

"How could I not? I could hardly take my eyes off her"

"She is a thing of beauty, that is for sure"

Another man interjects.

"Don't you know who that is?"

"Who? Who is?"

"Alpha storm's date?"

"What? She is not just some pretty girl? Some arm candy that alpha Storm managed to attract?"

"No, you have no idea. It is L"

"L? As in the girl from the elite squad?"

"Is there any other?"

"I've heard a lot about her. Are you sure that is her?"

slightly as he listens in.

"Positive, she came to our pack, she obviously wasn't dressed the same way, she looked just as good anyway, but it is definitely her. She could not be mistaken for anyone else" "How did Alpha Storm end up with L?"

"I heard the elite squad are working on his uncle's case"

"He managed to get a date from his cousin's disappearance?"

"I would make my own cousin disappear if it meant I had a chance with L"

"I would make my wife, girlfriend and mistress disappear if it meant I had a chance with L"

Laughter rises from the three men. Gabriel frowns heavily as he continues walking on. There are a lot

"Yes, that is what I heard, she is far too beautiful to hold any value"

"You wouldn't dare say that if you'd seen her at work"

"So the rumors are true?"

ds but not much meaning to them.

"Absolutely, I didn't believe it at first, but she leads that group and all those boys are fiercely protective of her, but with good reason. She is amazing at what she does"

"So she's far from being some gold digger that managed to latch on to the stormy pack while it's on the rise?"

"If anything, she'll make a worthy partner of Alpha Storm or maybe his overreaching a bit. Whatever happens if those two end up together, it'll be untold how far the stormy pack can go. They might just become the most powerful pairing" Gabriel just has to tune it out. Every word is grinding. His already aching head just pounds more. He tries to stretch his neck, trying to fight the uncomfortable feeling that just keeps plaguing him.

Maggie does not have as good hearing as Gabriel, so she cannot hear the words as well as he can, but it matters little because she is not paying a speck of attention to anything but the looks she is receiving.

But the fact of the matter is that she is not receiving as many looks as usual. Everyone seems to be deep in conversation instead of focused on her.

"What is going on?"

Gabriel's only urge is to throw the stupid woman to the ground. Instead just snapping at her.

"How am I meant to know? We would know if you weren't so late"

"Why are you so angry??"

Gabriel's actually stunned, starting to hope that she does do something wrong. Just so he has an excuse to kill her. Has she seriously not noticed that he is angry until this point? How did he end up with a woman so wrapped up in herself that she doesn't even take basic cues from anyone? The fact that the woman has survived for this long is a miracle. Natural selection should have knocked her off years ago.

If he wasn't worried about her messing up and embarrassing the pack, he would tell her that it is because he has a dumb b*tch on his arm and he is going into a room full of qualified lunas with a joke of a luna. But since it'll get him nowhere and he has somehow hung onto a shred of his sanity, he can only mumble.

"I'm not"

Maggie stops worrying as they enter the door.

Giving her most radiant smile. Her hips swing as she sashays into the venue. Looking as glamorous as she's ever looked in her life. She waits for the adoring gazes. She waits for the round of applause. She waits for the spotlight to shine on her. None of the things that she imagines happen. None of the attention that they usually receive either. It is like they are invisible. As if they are nothing but ordinary citizens.

How can no one notice the situation as it is, the most beautiful woman has entered the room and no one even cares? What is this?

Gabriel doesn't mind as everyone as in the depths of celebration. Why would they notice a couple of late comers? Most would assume that everyone who is going to be in attendance is already in attendance. No one would be looking for latecomers and it's hardly like the half moon pack is that important these days. As much as he hates to say it, looking around at the faces, it is time to face reality.

Maggie looks around at all the faces not aimed at her with a deep frown on her pretty face and her fiery red lips pouted heavily. Everyone seems to be focused on the dance floor. She grips Gabriel's arm. "Lets go dance"

She starts to walk toward the dance floor but the body beside her doesn't move at all, acting like an anchor. Maggie's hand is sitting just in the fold of Gabriel's arm, the arm flexes and Maggie's hand starts to feel the pressure. Maggie looks at Gabriel as her bones start to flex. Maggie manages to remove her hand before it breaks, but it is still incredibly painful. Maggie frowns as she looks from her red hand to the man that caused her such pain.

Gabriel just stands glued to the spot, he hasn't moved out of the doorway, just standing half in half out of the ballroom.

His eyes completely fixed on the dance floor as a couple dances. All others have moved away just to watch the two, they are magical, like everything else just fades away around them and it is only the exceedingly handsome man and the stunningly beautiful woman on the dancefloor.

The woman has a silver dress that shimmers under the light, adding an endless dimension to the whole scene. Her entire back is revealed, only covered by a large hand that has its fingers spread wide in a sign of possession. The back is beautiful, the figure is glorious, but the thing that really gets Gabriel is the white blonde hair.

Gabriel has to pinch himself to make sure he is not hallucinating.

His whole body starts to shake, he can't feel the mate bond as he is so loaded up on serum that it is not possible but just staring at that white blonde hair. Maggie's voice brings him out of his reverie.

"Is that Connor?"

Maggie frowns as she watches the couple. Unlike Gabriel, her entire focus is on the man, but she does notice the girl's dress that outshines her own and the girls body is amazing. She frowns tightly the ideas of a short, pudgy, ugly girl flying out the window. Gabriel stares at the man as he dances smoothly over the floor. The two are so graceful they look more like they are floating.

Connor has a smile on his face as he looks down at the girl like she is his whole world. His steel gray eyes are full of pleasure as he looks down at the girl who is looking up at him. He has held her a lot closer than a normal waltz as he wants to feel her body against his.

Once he started dancing, he can't get enough, her proximity and the fact that he feels like his mother is smiling down at him. The ever decreasing link with his family, sometimes he forgets so much. But then something like this happens and he realizes that they will always be with him. Small things can bring back memories that have not come to him for many years.

"They are here babe"

"I know"

Leilani has tracked their movement of lack-there-of, but she just wanted to enjoy this last peaceful moment with her man, just take a moment to look at his gorgeous face, to see that soft smile, to see the tenderness in those eyes. All that combined leads to an increased calm that is needed to face the battle that is descending.

"Are you sure you don't want me to just whisk you out of here, get a hotel room and show you all the pleasure that you can handle?"

Leilani raises her hand, stroking his cheek as they spin faster and faster, never once missing a step.

"I want this done. I keep thinking about the after, but for the after we need to get past the now"

Connor moves his lips to kiss the tip of her thumb and the ladies surrounding all swoon.

"I like the sound of that. Well, that is if I am involved in your after. If not, I will rather fight a battle with the two unworthy for a lifetime"

Leilani grabs the back of his neck and he naturally moves down to meet her waiting lips.

"You are included"

Gabriel watches the two kiss like there is no one else in the room. If love was explained in a single still moment, a photo could be taken of this very thing and love would be immortalized. The doctors words come to mind.

"Maybe they are in love with each other?"