Chapter 217
3 Years Later.
Hazel’s pov
It was the triplet’s third birthday and everyone had gathered in the royal garden. Gabe carried Kane like a purse and spun him around, the two were inseparable. Kaitlyn was Kiera’s new doll, she dressed her and did her hair- not that she had a lot of it but it was growing out, and Kaitlyn adored her older sister. Kai was becoming the spitting image of his father, and he loved nothing more than sticking to his side like a shadow and following him wherever he went; Darian kept toys in every office and room of the palace now, so that even if Kai wanted to sit in on a meeting or be close to his father when he worked, he’d still play and be a kid.
Mathilda was the center of all of it, the one they all gravitated toward, and the only one who got those little Lycans into bed or to eat their food when they were being fussy.
Nora, well, she was the cool aunt. The one who played the most and laughed the hardest, the kids loved her to pieces and so did I. Nora and I were tied to the hip, forever if I had anything to say about it, and she had become my confidant regarding all things political and royal. She attended all ceremonies and meetings and took a load off my shoulders whenever I needed to take a step back, as Gabe did for Darian.
But as of today, that’s all changing.
Gabe put Kane on his feet and he wobbled after his uncle as he walked toward me.
“Don’t look so glum, my Queen, this is a celebration.”
I cocked my head and pouted.
“And a goodbye,” I said quietly so he wouldn’t hear my voice break.
“Goodbye, for now, I’ll be back before you know it,”
Gabe was going to travel through Valeria, visit the different packs to make sure that the laws and legislations were all in order, and also scout out the human territory to make sure that everything was calm. Normally someone from the Council would do these trips, it was a mandatory once-a-year precaution after what happened three years ago when they rebelled against Darian.
But the main thing he was going away for, was to find his mate. He woke up one day and said that he was tired of sitting around in the palace or walking in the same pack he had been his whole life and just hope to find her.
It was an itch that he couldn’t get rid of and he wouldn’t rest until he either found her or fell in love with someone on the way.
As a Lycan, he didn’t have a mate like we did, just like Darian- Gabe could mark any girl but only one girl, one time, and then it was sealed forever.
He wanted to find that one girl who stood by him, the one who could bring him to his knees and shatter the iron-clad walls that had shielded him all these
years.
This epiphany came to him after a night with the Bell, he said that he hated watching her leave and knowing where she was going next. He wanted the commitment, the person who would wake up with him and go to bed with him, she who would stay.
“I hope you find her,” I said and wrapped my arms around his neck.
“Oh I will, I just hope you like her,” he said and we pulled back.
“Me too, I’ll do a thorough wetting,” I winked. Whoever Gabe brought home, I’m sure I’d love her.
“Mom, it won’t stick!” Kiera whined and I looked as she tried to braid Kaitlyn’s hair in frustration.
“That’s because she doesn’t have any hair, baby. You’ll have to wait until it grows out!” I laughed.
The Alpha’s Hunt
