Rejecting, Your Broken Promises
Chapter 28

Gabi’s POV

Ever Green

I have seen improvement all week from both Peyton and Sloan. They have both done surprisingly well these last 4 days, and we are pushing them hard. They need to learn to protect themselves for their own safety and for their mate’s peace of mind. I love them both, but seeing how Peyton looked, almost starved, and unable to eat a regular meal, brought back some really bad memories for me on a personal level. I hated that she thought that she had done something to upset me, but just seeing how badly she was treated, makes me want to go to B***d Claw and give that Alpha the same treatment that he gave her.

We allowed them to see if they would like the option to learn how to use weapons, and they had both been very leery of learning, but they both had decided to give it a try. I think having Elena there to help them learn really helped as well. She let them know that she had been shooting since she was little and that they would both be fine. Gun safety was a big part of it. They were both good at it, but you could tell that Sloan was more worried about it than Peyton was. I could tell that Peyton was looking at it as a real option if someone were going to try to take her away from there. She was not going to allow it. I couldn’t blame her for it after hearing about some of what she had to go through. It would have killed a normal wolf. I am so proud of her strength and willpower. She doesn’t give up though, she powers through.

We will be leaving here in three days, but a special visitor is coming to Ever Green today. He was actually going to be coming with Sloan back to the B***d Rose pack when we left here this Sunday. We were only able to stay a week, and then we had to go back and catch up on our paperwork. I have enjoyed getting to spend time with both girls. The Goddess chose well, and I could not be more proud of the women that she selected for my boys. I am actually really looking forward to seeing Sloan start growing in confidence as well. She was very timid and unsure of herself, but that is understandable. She hasn’t been loved like she should have been. It was only her brother Rob who was there for her after her grandmother died. That had to have been hard being hidden away like you were a shameful secret.

I look over and see my boys trying not to be obvious about looking at their mates and failing miserably. I was still disappointed in Percy, I still wanted to clear the air between us, as he knew how disappointed we both were. I knew why he did it, but he had been told over and over again why sleeping with a pack member was a bad idea. It was like he went crazy as soon as he came here and got out from under us. I know teenagers do that, but he was going to be the Alpha of this pack. He didn’t realize that he couldn’t be doing that, especially in front of the pack. He knew better and still fell into her trap. She didn’t love or care for him, she just wanted to be Luna.

I saw Heath waving me over and I went with him to the front of the packhouse to meet our new guest. Peyton had called her father and he had reached out to his friend, Vincent Ash, to come and help train Sloan. I have to say that I was interested in seeing her be trained. I had not had a lot of dealings with witches, but Aria, my mother-in-law, had a really good friend who was a witch, and she was very nice. She has even helped us through the years with spells and protection for our pack. I am going to enjoy seeing Sloan grow and become more confident as she learns to use her magic.

Heath and I watched as a sleek black sports car pulls up and a very handsome man gets out of his car. He is tall, about 6’3” with a sharp nose, black hair, sparkling blue eyes, and a strong chin. He looks about 30 years old, but I know how witches and warlocks age, and he is not going to be 30. He is probably closer to 200 or more. I stepped forward with Heath to introduce myself and I saw Von coming from the packhouse to welcome him. Tanner is coming from the training field where he was helping to train the girls with Elena. I see all three girls trailing behind him and the twins waiting for them to get to where they are standing to walk the girls in. Everyone knew who had arrived and I know Dawson was a little jealous about it. He didn’t want any man to be near his mate.

I saw him grab Sloan’s hand and her smile up at him as they approached the front of the packhouse. When I saw Dawson do a doubletake at Vincent and then growl low in his throat, I had to stop myself from laughing at him, but he was serious. He pulls Sloan back a little and the meaning is clear. He doesn’t want her around the warlock.

“Pup, you can calm down. I am old enough to be her great grandfather, plus I have my own mate. She is safe with me”, Vincent tells Dawson, with a smile on his face.

Peyton pulls free of Percy’s hand and comes up to hug Vincent, which causes Percy to growl himself. Vincent laughed again and said, “Young love. It is a beautiful thing. How are you doing now, Peyton? I heard what happened to you and I will be going with your father when he goes to carry out the sentence on the B***d Claw pack at the end of the month.”

Peyton stepped back and said,” I am doing better. I wanted to thank you for putting the extra clause into the spell. That was what helped to get me out of there. I would like you to meet my friend. She is the one who needs help learning how to use her magic”.

“My name is Vincent. May I ask your name and where you are from? I have never seen you before, but I can feel your power. You are indeed a strong witch. Who are your parents?” Vincent tells Sloan and reaches out to shake her hand.

Sloan shakes his hand and Vincent seems surprised by something and then grabs her hand again. Dawson doesn’t try to hold in his growl this time, but Vincent is ignoring him and intently looking at Sloan’s hand. I saw a glow coming from where their hands connected and Vincent speaking in a low tone that none of us could hear.

“You have been bound. This is not good work, but someone has attempted to bind your power. I can feel it. You are very strong, I can break this spell quickly, but I need to know if you know who in your family was a witch?” Vincent asked her in a low tone.

“My grandmother on my father’s side. Her name was Seraphina and,” Sloane stopped speaking because of Vincent’s gasp. He quickly pulls her into a hug, and we all see tears in his eyes. Dawson is growling and stepping forward and it was apparent that he was going to pull her away, but Vincent wasn’t hugging her in a s****l way. There was something more happening here, and I put my hand on his arm to stop him.

“Vincent, is there a problem? What is going on?” Heath asked him in a careful tone.

“Seraphina was my granddaughter. I guess I was right when I said that I was old enough to be a great-grandfather. I never knew she had any children, let alone grandchildren. I thought she had died with her mate years ago. I am so glad Peyton asked me to help. I would never have met my own family member if I had not agreed to come. I need my mate here. Give me a few minutes to have her get ready and come here too. She will not want to miss this”, Vincent said and stepped away to contact his mate telepathically.

Everyone was stunned and we stood there looking at each other. No one knew what to do. This was a huge turn of events. I know that this has worked out well for Sloan, and I can tell that she will be fully welcomed into his family simply by how he reacted when he found out her grandmother’s name. I could feel his excitement at having her in his arms, he was so glad to have found her.

Vincent went to the end of his vehicle for less than 4 minutes and then came back to hug Sloan again and tell her that his wife and one of her cousins were coming right now. I was wondering if he was being literal or not when he stepped back towards his trunk again and then there was a glow of magical energy around him as two people suddenly appeared there. They each had a suitcase with them and immediately turned towards our group and dropped their suitcases to hurry over to Sloan.

I would have wondered how they knew which one it was, but clearly, the purple eyes are a tip-off. Sloan seems overwhelmed by all the attention that she is getting, and new family members that she never realized that she had.

“Oh, child, you are absolutely gorgeous. What is your name, what is your favorite power? I am so happy to meet you. I have a thousand questions for you, but I am Lilibeth. I am Vincent’s wife. You can call me Beth if you would like, but the grandchildren all usually call me Lala” The older of the two was beautiful with her long dark hair, with an inch-wide white streak running down the front of the right side of her face. It ran from root to end and seemed like it was how her hair grew. She had the purple eyes that I was expecting and a curvy figure. The younger of the two was also just as excited about meeting her and had light pink hair, purple eyes, and a giant smile on her face.

“I am Moira, I am your cousin. I am so excited to hear about you. Everyone else was out when he let Lala know that Seraphina had children and grandchildren. I can’t wait to learn all about you. You are going to be the biggest thing to happen to our family in the last 100 years. I can’t wait to introduce you to everyone” Moira said, and she could barely contain her excitement.

Dawson gave a growl, and they seemed to notice him then, with his arm protectively around Sloan. They frowned at him for a minute, trying to decide if he was a threat when Vincent stepped up and said, “Sloan is mated with a wolf. She is both a witch and a wolf. She has been getting trained on her wolf and human side. I was called in to help train her for the witch side of it. Now that you two are here, you can help as well. We will be here for the next few days, before moving to her pack where one day she will be the Luna”.

“Oh, I am so happy for you. You have a mate, and he clearly loves you. It is rare, but it does happen and did happen to your grandmother as well. I miss her so much. You are just as beautiful as she was. We will be glad to go with you to your pack. I want to make sure that we get plenty of protection for both this pack and your pack. We will teach you all about protection spells”, Lilibeth said to Sloan.

Moira said, “Girl you lucked out, he is hot” and checked both Dawson and Percy out. I smiled as I saw Sloan step in front of Dawson, and Peyton frowned and then hugged Percy around his waist. I had to smile to myself. This magical training was going to be very interesting indeed.