Let The Alpha Fall 90

*****The Alpha Summit****
She had chosen correctly after all. A black satin dress, a low neckline covered with light mesh and rhinestone beading, it
had a corseted bodice with a silver bone belt and the entire chest was covered in intricate tiny rhinestones beading that
caught the light. The satin and the mesh fabric worked perfectly together, the mesh making up the sleeves and parts of
the skirt, while the satin holding the bodice.
The sleeves were long and light, almost like a cape, they were light and featherless, made of the soft black mesh material.
The back of the dress was opened, just like Myra had advised, it was low enough to accommodate her wings and the skirt
of the dress was full and heavy.
Lori liked the way the dress made her feel. Ethereal, unreal and magical. The dress looked better in the day but it shone
best when worn at night.
At night, it reminded her of the night sky, glittering and starry. Even though she was nervous, something about the dress
had boosted her confidence way more than she thought it would.
Her hair and makeup had been taken care of by a stylist. The woman and Myra argued about her hairstyle for a whole.
Myra wanted her hair up and the woman wanted her hair down, Lori had to settle for half and half to placate them. Her
hair was done half up and half down, the first of it it held by a glittering silver headpiece, while the rest cascaded like a
pool of ink down her back.
They had dusted her hair lightly with silver powdery glitter, to give that same shimmery effect her gown had.
Her makeup was light, more of her appeal was on her dress, she didn’t have to do too much for makeup. Her eyes were
ringed with the blackest of ink, furthermore accentuating her hazel eyes, her cheeks dusted with the tiniest hint of rouge
and her lips lined and glossed over with lipgloss.
There was really no need for accessories, the dress spoke well enough on its own but Gabriel had taken it upon himself to
gift her diamond earrings for the occasion and Lori found herself itching to wear them.
They were perfect. Oval shaped and large, they were quite hard to miss and Lori admired them more on her ears.
Everything was ready, she was ready. She had slipped on comfortable pair of heels, since Myra her she would be standing
for a while, besides her dress was long enough and would cover her heels.
Finally she was ready and Myra went over the basics with her again.
Etiquette, rules, advice and tips to deal around alphas. The more mysterious you are the better, Myra had warned.
Do not reveal anything about yourself to them. Keep your answers short, sweet and slightly vague.
It was at that moment Gabriel emerged from the room wearing a black tuxedo. Lori had seen him earlier but seeing him
again had her chest doing flip flops. She smiled at him and he smiled at her. His eyes solely on her.
They had been communicating all day in their minds. As if Gabriel could sense her fear, he had tried to calm her down
several times by attempting to tell funny jokes through their mind link.
Most of his jokes weren’t funny but she had laughed anyways. She remembered when she first laughed and Myra had
been confused when she was helping her with her dress, luckily she quickly caught on.
“You will be the most beautiful Luna at the Summit tonight.”
He declared and Lori’s cheek reddened.
“Oh stop…”
Gabriel shrugged.
“I’m serious. Nobody would rival you. You look like something out of paradise.”
He sounded so taken with her, so smitten.
Lori reached for his hand, she was slightly trembling.
“And you look ravishing in that tux. I just hope the ladies won’t be shamelessly ogling you tonight.”
Gabriel rolled his eyes.
“I wouldn’t have eyes for any other lady but you.”
“My only fear is that other men might be looking too.”
He murmured and Myra coughed.
Lori and Gabriel broke their gaze to glance at her.
Myra smirked.
“I’m done with dressing her. I think you’re both ready to go.”
Lori nodded.
“Thank you Myra.”
“Yes. Not so fast though. Draco will be arriving soon to take Emilia to the safe house.”
“The safe house?”
Lori murmured in confusion. She was under the impression that Grace would be watching her.
“Yes. Don’t want Sabine getting any funny ideas.”
He muttered and Lori felt an uneasy feeling in her stomach.
How could she forget Sabine.
“Do you think she’d make an appearance?”
Lori asked and Gabriel sighed.
“She’d be stupid to. But I wouldn’t put it past her. That woman’s crazy…”
“And she might have something up her sleeves.”
Gabriel reached into his pocket and brought out a necklace.
“What’s that?”
Lori asked and Gabriel showed it to her.
It was a small necklace, the pendant was a cross and it looked like it was dripping wet.
“An amulet of protection. Draco said they work well against dark objects. You should wear it.”
“And will it work?”
Gabriel nodded.
“I was told it repels dark object, whatever that means, it’s been blessed by a priest of the Light Order and submerged in
Holy water. If the rumors are true then this should protect you against any form of dark objects that Sabine may send
your way.”
“I know it’s a bit too much but I can’t help but shake the feeling that she’s up to something…”
Gabriel explained as he helped Lori put on the necklace.
While they had been relatively happy and safe in the past few days, Lori couldn’t deny that Sabine had hung at the back
of her mind, like a feeling she couldn’t shake away. Like a past she couldn’t quite get rid of.
The woman hung like a bad omen around them, tainting their joy. They would never be completely happy until the
damage she had caused was undone. And now if she was trying to cause even more damage…. Lori just knew it would be
directed at her.
Gabriel’s hands lingered on Lori’s creamy smooth neck long after he had put on the necklace for her.
“You know I can hear your heartbeat…”
He whispered and Lori gulped.
“I know.”
She murmured.
“And right now… your heart is beating dangerously fast.”
His mouth was inches away from her ear, his hot breath tickled her skin, making the tiny hairs on her back rise deliciously.
“Just a little nervous.”
She managed to get out.
Gabriel nodded.
“I know. Which is why I won’t be mad if you decided not to go.”
“I have to go.”
She protested and Gabriel shrugged.
“You don’t owe anybody shit. You don’t have to.”
Lori sighed as she turned back to face him, something about the lighting in the room made his blue eyes more piercing,
the stuck out of his face like mini glaciers. He had styled all his hair back and something about that made his facial
features much more prominent. High cheekbones, his long straight nose, his sharp jawline, his recently trimmed and
shaped beard and his lips.
“I want to.”
She finally answered as she pressed a gentle kiss on his lips, weary of her makeup.
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Axel Walker hated the Summits. They did little for him, they did little to help his pack. Just a bunch of alphas coming
together to find out which one of them was better. And then there was the charade, the pretense, the false respect they
pretended to have for each other when in real life they wanted to tear each other apart.
But this year promised to be fruitful. Interesting.
He had not had much to do with Gabriel Caine, but news flying around was that his mate was a nephilim. Other rumors
also claimed that this said nephilim had attacked Sabine and her pack.
The first news he could believe. The second he couldn’t really. Sabine was an exhausting woman and her obsession with
Gabriel Caine was well known by most alphas. And his rejection had hurt her deep and she had never been able to
forgive him ever since then.
Not that Axel saw what she saw in the bloke though. Gabriel was a rich snooty pretty boy who unfortunately did not have
an easy rise to becoming alpha. Every other thing in his life had been handed to him on a silver platter, Axel was glad that
he had at least had the balls to fight to be alphas of his pack.
They were cordial with each other. But nothing more. Their packs were far away enough in territory to never warrant a meeting, or an unnecessary meetup. And Gabriel was too proud to ever fraternize with the likes of him.
Axel was well aware of his reputation with the other alphas. And he liked it.
At least it made him untouchable.
Many of them were too scared to even talk to him.
He had come to the summit early, like he always liked to, to scout the area and keep his ears peeled for gossip.
The unremarkable alphas always seemed to arrive first, scrabbling for small talk and any piece of gossip they could get
their hands on. This year delegates from the Invito were invited and Axel ignored them.
He had gotten to well enough problems with them during the year to even deign to have an audience with them.
George Caddel had arrived with his daughter on his arm and Axel’s eyes met with hers briefly. He gave her his most
charming smile and she looked away quickly.
He wouldn’t mind making someone like her his luna. With her father’s powerful backing and his pack, he would even be more stronger.
Alpha Imani and Odina arrived hand in hand, too caught up in their own selves to be bothered by him staring at her.
So far so good, everyone who needed to arrive had arrived and everyone was going around the large ballroom making
small talk.
Axel liked the location of the Summit this year. It was an old large chateau owned by one of the alphas. It had the perfect
location for the summit and it was big enough to accommodate everyone.
To make it even better, the spiral large sprawling staircase Axel was on gave him a better view of the whole ballroom and
everyone inside it.
His sharp eyes missed nothing.
Especially the arrival of Gabriel Caine, Alpha of the Moon Fang pack and his would be Luna.
Dear goddess, he thought as his jaw dropped.
The woman had come with her wings.
Everyone in the room went silent as they shamelessly gawked at her.
Her starry dress, the pool of black hair, the glowing eyes, the cascade of ink black hair and finally the wings.
A prize.
A true prize.
In that moment, Axel knew that he wanted nothing more, nothing more from life than her.