Gabi’s POV

Ever Green Pack

I am focused on the task at hand as we head out of Ever Green, heading to B***d Claw. We are heading out early, so we will get there first thing in the morning. Tanner is driving and Heath is in the front passenger seat. I am in the middle of the SUV with Percy, and Peyton is in the back row by herself. She wanted to ride back there. I was going to take the last row in case they wanted to hold hands, but I think she is more stressed at going back to B***d Claw than she has admitted.

Her parents, brothers, and Amanda are in the SUV behind us, with their driver. There are two SUVs in front of us from Ever Green, and two behind us from the Royal Pack. We are also having 10 more warriors from B***d Rose, and another 10 from Black Night Pack meeting us there at 7 am. They were already on the road when we left because they had further to drive than we did. King Sebastian said that after we got there, but before we went onto B***d Claw packland, he would pull the men from the perimeter as an additional backup for us, just in case. With Alpha James having been pardoned because of Peyton, none of us think that there would be any problems at B***d Claw anymore.

I glanced back at Peyton, and she was lying back in her seat, with her eyes closed, and I could see her breathing was faster than it normally was. I know she is stressed, I have been in a similar situation, and going back to the place that almost broke you really is a hard thing to do. Since I experienced it, I knew I needed to say something, but I didn’t know exactly what to say to her. She was going to have to deal with it in her own way, and there was really no comfort that I could give her in this. I reached back and took her hand in mine and gave it a little squeeze for her to know that she wasn’t alone anymore. She will never be alone again, she has all of us, and she doesn’t have to worry, or fear being hurt again, as we will be with her from now on. I watch her eyes flutter open and look at me, I see the fear shining in her eyes, and I already know what I needed to say to her.

“Peyton, you are not that girl anymore. You are not alone honey, your parents will be with you every step of the way, and so will Percy. I am telling you now, nothing is going to happen to you there. We will always have your back while we are there at B***d Claw. Remember, Percy, Tanner, Heath, your family, and I, we will not let anyone touch you while we are there. Do not forget your own strength, look how far you have come. You are not defenseless anymore, you are strong, and you can fight pretty well to be able to defend yourself. You actually don’t even have to get out of the SUV if you don’t want to honey. Heath can bring Alpha James to the SUV for him to apologize to you, or he can just yell his apology to you from the gate. A small team is what is needed to go in to take care of Fallon, you don’t even need to see her again if you don’t want to. This is all about your comfort level, and what YOU need for closure. Not about them, or what they want or need. The fact that you are even coming back to B***d Claw, was more than enough for how you were treated. You are amazing in your strength, and I am so proud of how far you have come since I met you. I don’t know many people brave enough to come back to the “scene of the crime” and didn’t have doubts and fear creeping up on them. You just remember that we all love you, and we are all going to take care of you. I feel I can speak for your family when I say that Alpha James is on thin ice, and one wrong move and your dad will end him today, even with you getting his death sentence overturned” I told her and watched a smile roll across her face at my last comment.

“Thank you, Gabi, I appreciate you bringing me out of myself. I was getting more anxious with each mile we drove, and I didn’t know how to make it stop. I am so glad that we can just get this done, and over with. I don’t ever want to go back there again, but I understand what kind of pain Alpha James was in. He loved Luna Tori so much and losing her made him snap. I know it was Fallon that led him to abuse me like he did. She was doing it WAY before he started it, but with him being an Alpha, it hurt a lot worse coming from him. Fallon didn’t train and was weak, so it was a lot easier to accept punishment coming from her. She was also very jealous of Timothy liking me more than her. I cannot believe that she did all this just to try to become the Luna of B***d Claw. Why didn’t she just try to find her own mate? Instead of trying to take mine? I actually will just stay outside of B***d Claw, I really don’t need to see Fallon. I am good just knowing that her punishment gets carried out, I don’t need to see it done” Peyton tells me, and I agree. She has been through enough, her father will take care of this, and then we can go.

Peyton relaxes in her seat now, and her breathing has calmed down, She is feeling better and that was all that I was worried about. Percy is looking at his phone with an angry look on his face. I can see he is looking at some texts, but I have no idea who is texting him. I heard a low growl come from him and I put my hand on his arm, and when he looked at me, I arched my eyebrow at him, questioning him as to what was going on. I could tell that he was upset.

“It is Timothy. He has been calling and texting me several times a day since he found out that Peyton was with me at Ever Green. I have ignored his calls, but the texts have progressively gotten worse. Today he crossed a line. He told me that as soon as King Sebastian lifts the protection on their pack, he is coming to Ever Green to claim Peyton, as his rightful Luna, and take her back to B***d Claw” Percy tells us. Heath and Tanner both growl in response to what he said & Peyton looked fearful again.

“He can’t do that right? Percy and I are mates now, we are marked and engaged, Timothy rejected me, he can’t be able to try to claim me back, can he? I don’t want Timothy, and I don’t want to have to go back to B***d Claw either” Peyton said, and I could almost smack Percy for getting her scared again.

“No honey, you do not have to worry. Timothy will not be taking you anywhere, ever again. Percy is your mate now because Timothy rejected you, and you accepted it. He has no claim on you any longer Peyton, there is nothing that he can do. Percy will protect you, you do not have to worry at all about Timothy. I have seen Timothy spar with Percy when we were at an Alpha training event. Percy almost literally wiped the floor with Timothy, and that is not a mother bragging about their child. Timothy cannot beat Percy, in any possible way. I am guessing from the sound of it as soon as Timothy gets notified that you are there at the gate, I am quite sure he will be there as soon as he can be. He will most likely try it anyway, but he has already condemned himself by rejecting you in the first place. Do not worry, he may want you back, but that would require you agreeing to it, and that is not going to happen. I would suggest completing the mating process soon with Percy, as I am sure that Timothy will not be letting this go. That way your bond will be totally complete. Oh, and while we are there, use your actual name to accept his rejection. I learned that the hard way. It may be why he is so wound up still wanting you as you accepted with the wrong name” I told her, and I caught Tanner’s eyes in the rearview mirror. He is smiling, because he and my brother Stone figured that one out for me but it helped get Derek to stop obsessing over me.

I am going to have to speak to Percy. He needs to be more attentive to Peyton and her emotions. She was scared and he never reached out to comfort her. I know why, he is totally focused on protecting Peyton from everyone at B***d Claw, especially Timothy. I know he will not hesitate to do so as he is in battle mode, but he could start mentally preparing for that when we get closer to B***d Claw. Right now, he needs to take care of Peyton and help her calm her nerves. He needs to hold her hand or say something comforting to her. I go to mention it to him but I see him unhook his seat belt and then slide to the back row to sit with Peyton. His large frame was not fitting well back there, but he did it on his own, and I am so happy that he realized that she needed him to be with her.

“You are going to be fine, Peyton. I will not allow him to put one finger on you. You are my mate, and if he makes the really bad mistake of trying to touch you, I will take care of it. He will learn today that whatever hope he was holding on to for you to come back to him, will never be happening. I am not as good with my words as Dawson is, but I love you, Peyton, with everything in me. I will spend my life protecting you. You are perfection in my eyes and everything that I ever wanted my mate to be. I just can’t imagine my life without you in it. I already thank the Goddess every day, for giving me you as my mate” I heard Percy tell Peyton in a low tone to try to keep what he said between them, I can’t help but glance back at them and I see Peyton’s eyes filled with tears. I am so proud of him for listening to the mate bond and going to her to let her know how much she means to him.

Peyton snuggles into Percy’s side for the rest of the trip and remains calm, even when we pulled up to the gates at B***d Claw. I believe that this trip will go smoothly, as they know that it isn’t just Ever Green involved with this now. It is the Royal Knight pack with King Sebastian and Queen Deanna, Tanner and me at B***d Rose, and Jason and Liz at Black Night as well. They would have to be insane to even think about challenging us, or making us mad while we are here. But people have still done things we never expected, so I learned a long time ago to be prepared for the unexpected. I got out of the SUV and Heath heads over to the gate to announce that we have arrived to Alpha James. We are the first ones here so far. All six SUVs are parked side by side in the parking area outside the gate. I hear more coming and turned to see 5 more SUVs pulling up. I see former Alpha Wells Black, from the Black Night pack, get out of the passenger seat of the first SUV and head over to give Tanner, Heath, and me a hug. Former Alpha Black was the Alpha of the Black Night pack for a number of years and Von and Liz are his daughters. He dotes on me and the kids and I shouldn’t have been surprised to see him arrive to help us out with this.

Everyone else has stayed in the SUVs and with the tint on them, you cannot see who is inside them right now. I see more men coming up to us as an additional layer of backup as they had been called in from the perimeter surrounding the pack to keep everyone inside of B***d Claw, and not able to escape. It was an excellent idea, as the king and his family are here, and they needed the additional security. We made small talk as we waited about 5 minutes for Alpha James to come to the gate, it was breakfast, so I know we interrupted them, that was the plan, as we do not want to be hanging out here all day. We wanted to get what we needed to do complete and then go back to the safety of our pack.

I see two SUVs heading towards the gate and wondered why they needed two of them, as it should have just been Alpha James, and his security detail, but we all knew that Timothy would be coming too, to try to get Peyton back. That will not be happening. He screwed up, and now he will have to live with it. The vehicles parked and Timothy was driving the first one with his father in the passenger seat. There were four warriors with them, exiting the SUV as well. The second vehicle was driven by the Beta, Arthur Mitchell, and his Beta female, Avery. I knew them both from a few recent Alpha training events. Alpha James couldn’t attend, so he sent them to go in his place. I knew why now, he couldn’t get over the loss of his Luna.

“Thank you for coming here for me to apologize to Peyton. I would like to do that, and then I am prepared for my sentence to be carried out” Alpha James called out.

“It seems that you are in luck today, Alpha James. My daughter decided to reach out to the council and spoke on your behalf. They have never overturned a verdict before, and frankly, I am against their new decision, but Peyton got them to change your death sentence. You will not be put to death for what happened. Fallon on the other hand will be getting put to death today” King Sebastian said as he approached the gates.

“Is she here? Can I please apologize to her? I am truly sorry for what I did to her. I would like to tell her to her face, but I can understand why she wouldn’t want to come back to B***d Claw” Alpha James said, and I could tell he was upset. He really did want to tell her how sorry he was, but I was with Percy and King Sebastian on this, no amount of sorry fixes what he did to her. She is just a wonderfully kind person, with a great deal of empathy. She will indeed be a great Luna.

“I am here,” Peyton said as she exits our SUV. I see Timothy light up upon seeing her, and then start yelling, “Why are YOU here?” at Percy as he exits the SUV behind her. I guess we will be getting to see what all Timothy has cooked up, while we are here, and I stepped back to allow them to get closer to the gate. This will not be going the way Timothy wants it to, but we all have a front-row seat to watch the show. From the looks of it, it is going to be a good one.

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