Flora’s feet skidded on the gravel as Gabriel’s shadow loomed over her.
"Where are you going?" he demanded, taking a step forward. "I disappeared from the mansion for one hour and you decided to step out of here!"
"It’s not like that, Your Highness. I-I..." Flora stuttered, her breath hitching as Gabriel’s hand suddenly clawed her neck. He didn’t squeeze, but the heat from his skin and the sheer power in his grip made her blood run cold.
"Are you an idiot? If you want to die this eagerly, then tell me. I will put an end to you myself!" Gabriel’s roar echoed through the mansion’a grounds.
"Let her go," Casaio interjected, placing a firm hand on his brother’s shoulder.
"Say it—say that you want to die," Gabriel persisted, his thumb pressing firmly against the pulse point in her neck. "If not for Amelie, I wouldn’t have given you a second chance. What is wrong with your head? First, you hid Alex’s presence from me. Now, you’re running straight to him, aren’t you?"
Casaio stepped in more forcefully, prying Gabriel’s hand away. Flora collapsed onto the dry ground, her body racked with sobs as she clutched her throat.
"You’re scaring her. She’s already distressed," Casaio whispered, trying to pull Gabriel back from the edge of his wolf’s temper.
Gabriel ignored him, looming over the weeping girl. "Tell Alex to meet you at the Rosey Church," he ordered, his eyes glowing with a terrifying intensity. "Since you want to play the hero and seek death so badly, then fine. We will use you as the bait."
Flora kept her head bowed, her tears hitting the dirt, until Gabriel barked at her again.
"Have you lost your hearing?" This time, his inner wolf surfaced, his growl ripping through his chest that made the very air vibrate with menace.
Zander and others came running there. Upon seeing the confrontation, Zander rushed forward and pulled up Flora.
"Call Alex. Tell him to meet you at Rosey Church," Gabriel commanded. His voice was far more terrifying than his previous shouting.
"Your Highness, please don’t—" Zander began to protest, but Gabriel’s violet eyes flared with a dominant light that forced Zander to lower his eyes.
"Stay quiet and stay away from this. I will handle this the way I want," Gabriel pronounced. The sheer weight of his Alpha command forced Zander to bow his head in submission.
With trembling hands, Flora pulled the phone from her jacket pocket. She dialed the number, her breath hitching as the line connected.
"Meet me at Rosey Church in an hour," she said, her voice brittle.
"Not there. Let’s meet at the Forest of Death," Alex suggested.
Flora looked up at Gabriel, who gave her nod.
"Okay," Flora whispered. She was about to end the call when Alex’s voice sharpened.
"You won’t tell anyone a single word about this, Flora. If I see a single wolf except you, Amelie dies."
"I wouldn’t have called you if I wanted to tell them," Flora answered, suppressing a sob with a strength she didn’t know she possessed. The line went dead.
"Cas, go to the palace and stay close to Amelie and Noah. Remove Ashna from her sight," Gabriel commanded.
"Why?" Casaio frowned, his eyes searching his brother’s face for an explanation.
"Because I can’t trust her either. You’ll stay with Amelie and Noah all the time. Don’t move your gaze away from them even for a second. I’ll put an end to Alex here," Gabriel stated. The suspicion regarding Ashna had been simmering, and he would not leave his mate and son vulnerable to a potential double-cross while he was occupied in the woods.



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