A/n: Not Edited. I'm typing this in such a short amount of time, and it's probably worse than all the other chapters. I noticed the last chapter was filled with like SO MANY mistakes and this one will probably be the same.

Chapter 38b - Chelsea POV

I sat slowly, lifting the light bed sheet from Gabriel's beautiful form, crawling down the bed, careful not to wake him, placing soft kisses over his v - shaped torso, "Mhmm, love?" he mumbled his hand reaching for me, pulling me to him, his lips attacking mine. Molding, frantic, nibbling, "Morning," he says faintly against my lips, rolling us over, his body settled perfectly against mine. Large and hard above me, warming and covering me, "How long have you been awake?" he asks as he places warm kisses against my neck, biting the lobe of my ear, his lips sucking gently on my mark. Arching into him, loving where this was going, the sparks around us, yet suddenly Gabriel froze, growling.



"What happened?" I ask confused, my hand tracing down his bare muscular back, trying to bring us back to the relaxed and loose moment we were just having. Jumping from the bed he headed to our closet, his thick trunk like thighs, powerful... returning in boxers he threw shorts and a t-shirt at me.



"The Ryans' are at the gate," he muttered but my head whipped over to the clock, the red numbers blinking 9:43am. I blinked surprised that it was so late in the morning, as well as noting that Ava hadn't woken us either. "What do they want?" I asked even though I was certain it had everything to do with Kieran, and him living with us. After walking away, listening to his thoughts and the family I called out to him, letting him know that he was welcome to a room in the main house when he began contemplating going back to his cave around midnight. Sadly he came with the same bag of clothes Gabriel had given him since he couldn't walk around the island naked.



"You mean their son living here isn't a good enough reason to bother us?" Gabriel said his voice dripping in sarcasm. "Bet they didn't bother the mountain..." I muttered as I dressed heading to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face.



After pulling ourselves together Gabriel and I walked hand in hand down to meet the Ryan's who had been walked to our sitting area outside of Gabriel and my office.



"Good morning," they both said standing bowing their heads, now they care about politeness? I honestly felt like we needed to lay down some laws around here, especially where my family and those I cared about were concerned.



"We just - my wife and I Luna - wanted to discuss Kieran coming home," I just blinked when I noticed his tone. Mr. Ryan was being respectful while still having a slight attitude; he wasn't asking us, more like telling us. I knew that for them to have known where Kieran was, they had to have questioned Marlon. Reaching out to Marlon I saw that he was doing what Gabriel and I had just started to before being interrupted, quickly I pulled out from his thoughts.



"I wasn't aware that there was a discussion," I replied dryly, "Are you questioning my decision? Is that what you want to discuss?"



They looked at each other, before turning back to me, "It's just that you offering him a place makes it hard to fix what is wrong-"



"So before you can fix the attitudes of your children currently living with you, you want to bring Kieran in so they can continue to torment him while under your roof?" I clarified watching their eyes widen as they gazed at me with unsure expressions. How does the Luna know? Mrs. Ryan asked her husband. "How do we know he isn't being punished?" Mr. Ryan blurted out I had to blink. "I mean - Luna - sorry - I just mean that for what happened with Taryn Pascal..." he lowered his voice as he finished, barely able to hear him when he whispered her last name. I saw as he thought of something his oldest son Connor thought and voiced just this morning.



"Kieran isn't being punished for the altercation with Taryn Pascal. She was warned and I will be visiting with her later today to discuss her punishment privately with Marlon, not that I have to explain myself to you."



Gabriel at my side just held my hand, analyze their every thought, they just don't want to lose Kieran... he said after some time and I had to agree with him I read the same things. "I offered Kieran a place because I will be asking him to become one of my Elders Mr. and Mrs. Ryan." Their eyes widened in shock, our Kieran? An Elder? "Gabriel will be personally training him along with my little brother Ben... as I said this isn't a discussion. He will remain here to the time being, you are welcomed to visit with him, as is he with your family. Kieran isn't being held prisoner." I said being honest; I really was considering Kieran, especially because when in human form, I couldn't track him by scent. He didn't give off the scent of being a shifter. Even though I could hear his wolf and knew he had one. He would make the perfect person to send in, to evaluate a situation without alerting any other shifter of his status. Gabriel and I both agreeing on that front.



"Quite frankly, I believe that the time to order him around and get him acclimated with your family has passed," Gabriel said dryly picking up where I left off. "I'm not quite sure why you would come here to discuss anything, granted he is your child, no one else on the island has offered him a place to stay as they are all afraid of him or believe that he poses some potential threat. I - we - do not believe that," I nodded in agreement, everyone here had an opinion on Kieran, half thought he was a lost cause, the other half didn't but still didn't want to offer him that helping hand he needed. We had. End of.



Sighing I thought of this from their point of view, "Could we see him?" Mrs. Ryan whispered again like we were going to refuse her seeing him. Listening to his thoughts, searching his mind, we'll be back, and then we can go see Oakley - yeah, let just to get the picture - his wolf said thinking of the picture of Oakley that I made for him.



"He's not home. He went back to the mountain to get some of his things," I answered to her great disappoint, but nodding she stood while Mr. Ryan seemed to be festering over this in his mind.



Sitting down, Tony? What is wrong? She questioned when he didn't stand with her, they should check with us, ask us before they made this kind of decision, maybe they should choose Connor instead, Gabriel cocked his head to the side, oh no, he's like my father, selfish bastard. I rested back, fighting to keep my face blank; choose Connor? I almost snorted, remembering when Gabriel's brother Samuel offered to be one of my guards in California. But as my mind thought of it, I went off on a tangent, if Samuel was part of the Elders plot or Robert Delaney, why did he reject Jamie? Wouldn't it have made more sense to get closer to me by staying with Jamie?



"I'm not questioning you Luna, but do - I don't believe that Kieran is the right choice and as his parent-" his words pulled me from my thoughts but I didn't have time for this nor was I going to even give him a chance to finish his thoughts.



"I think you're mistaken about just what role you have right now. You let your son live on a mountain. You abandoned him, and he was bullied severely by your other son, the same son you think would-" I stopped before I gave way to my ability to read their minds, how does - "The same one that has teased him relentlessly and you believe would just welcome him back into your home when his mate was injured. You don't question me. About anything. Period. You can leave now." I stood nodding to Noah who was waiting at the door.



"Can you believe them?" Gabriel said as we went into his office, "the audacity of these people," shaking his head, the erratic behavior the people on this island were displaying was utterly baffling. They were going between respecting us and then pushing it, like they had right now, respecting us while still questioning what we were doing. "We'll put them in their places when the time comes," Gabriel said, pulling me on him the chair leaning us back. Mate is right, soon you will need to reveal all you can do, my third wolf agreed with Gabriel.



Resting my head against his chest he turned his computer system on, video feed came up, squinting I noticed that it was the Hotel back in California, "You're watching them? Aren't you afraid they track it?"



He scoffed, "No, I'm better," he said with no hesitation in his voice at all, "Can you believe this," he pointed to the top left, and sure enough it was Elder Caelum, "Do you think they know you own the Hotel?" I asked watching them disappear from one feed while showing up on the other. "Is this live?"



"No love, this is delayed by ten minutes," he said distracted, looking into his mind I saw that he was following some man on the third screen, on the top row, why does he look thinner? "Kai, go back to seven days ago at three pm, the basement camera," the feeds minimized bringing what he asked for, and the same man was there wearing the same black blazer and jeans. "Does he look a bit bulkier in this one?" he asked out loud but not asking me to be specific, "Kai, can you do a comparison of him, from ten minutes ago to this picture," I glanced at Gabriel from over my shoulder, his eyes focused, darted to mine, leaning forward to kiss me quickly, a smile on his lips as he pulls away, looking to the screen.



Slowly I pull my eyes from his face, and the man is on the screen, the only difference is his location. He literally has the same type of outfit on, his hair is combed and slightly parted the same and from looking and using my imagination, I can see the slight bulkiness Gabriel is talking about. "His chest seems more pronounced," I point to the one I mean, but another program is pulled and actual dimensions are created. "An inch out, on either side of his chest, Gabriel," - "Maybe its' a gun?" I say just as Kai informs us. Computer and Gabriel shut me down, "It can't be there's not indent," Gabriel explains.



"Kai go back before the enlargement, where in my hotel was he and can you also run a facial recognition on this guy? I want to know who he is today and who he was ten years ago," different feeds pop up and close quickly, "Why does it matter?" I ask wondering what's the big deal. "Chelsea he was in the basement? He isn't someone that was hired I know all of them by face, and name," He points to his head, "All that's down there is the medical area and supplies, if he's a guest and down there because someone he knows was sick fine, but there had to be a reason-"



"According to inventory and data records, this man is signed in under the name Miguel Randall," Kai began, "ten years ago he was Breton Rylarde," the name made me stiffen immediately when I thought of the listen of names we could associate with the man that had Scarlet and Madeline kidnap me. "He checked into the hotel with a child Drew Randall, and he was in the hospital area of the hospital because Drew was ill and the doctor on hand would examine him. He complained of a stomach ache, and was vomiting," Kai finished.



"Kai send all this data to Remington please,"- "Yes Boss." I rolled my eyes, of course even the computer showed respect I thought as a knock came. Little taps on the keyboard and I could see that it was Remington out there, her laptop against her chest, as well as a folder. Pressing a few more keys the door opened, shutting behind her, "Oh Chelsea, you're here too this is perfect!" she smiled, her face much fuller than before.



"Yeah... what's up?"



"Well Gabriel called me in, but I also have all the data I collected for you, as well as just the condensed version in the front," she said handing me the file folder, "Behind the first section of data, I have a list where it's just their name and whatever gift/power they may have.... That they are aware of." Before I could even open the folder she handed me, Remy continued, "Also I have to say that there are more than the forty-nine people that we believed. From our old list Jason kept I realized that any children that were born here on the island have not been added to his list-" I nodded.



"Told you there was more than forty-nine people here, the voices just seemed to be too much," Gabriel gloated, as if he took time to count. I rolled my eyes not looking back at him, "How many are there total Remy?"



She smiled biting her lip at Gabriel's comment, over her computer on her lap, "there are eighty-six people here. Well technically, eighty-three since Brian Simeon, Lynn and Greg Hellmann are all dead now," - "All three?" I asked, she nodded her head grimly. I opened the file glancing over, everything.



Leland and Tina Parks - Werewolf & Fae

Lola

Vivian

REASON: Tina is a Fae; they Elders killed her family searching for the most powerful Fae.

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Carla and Tony Ryan - Werewolf

Connor

Dominic

Kieran

Tera

REASON: Kieran escaped from the facilities where they were doing tests/experiments

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Roman and Faith Clarke - Werewolf

Carmen

Romeo

Jamison

Nickolas

REASON: Faith Clarke can manipulate metals.

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OLD GAURDS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY (Elders wanted them dead)

1. Marlon and Helen Hayes - Werewolf

Justine

Anthony

Kiley

Farrah/Sage

Dayton/Bradley

2. Lux Carmine - Werewolf

3. Blaine Mabry - Werewolf

Mate: Torrie

Five Children: Kenia, Hunter, Heath, Denver and Priscilla

Parents: Ozell and Clemente Mabry

4. Theron Radar - Werewolf

Mate: Maria

Four children: Elton, Lazaro, Cleo and Shea

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Philip and Judy Pascal - Werewol

Taryn

Meadow

Jade

REASON: Philip was working for the Elders, but when he met his mate the Elders tried to kill her, so he went on the run.

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Craig and Ella Simmons - Werecat

River

Nova

Shiloh

Clover

REASON: They are rare as werecats; the Elders have a large bounty on their heads, their whole pack in South America was attacked.

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Jasmine and Brian (Deceased) Simeon - Fae and Human

Shane

Fabian

Hope & Andre (Married)

- Jenny

REASON: Jasmine is a Fae, her chamber was massacred by the Elders searching for the strongest Fae.

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Escaped from one of the Elders Facilities

Liam Spencer - Werewolf

Frances Dixon - Fae

DeAnna Murray - Werewolf

Lynne Wong - WereFox

Mack Reyes - Werewolf

Alexis Nash - Werecat

Bryant Keller - Fae

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Clay and Erica Dawson - Vampire/Werecat

Elizabeth/Claire

Chloe/Elliott

Cyrus

REASON: Clay is a werewolf. He was a kidnapped and at a facility. While there he was turned into a vampire and is mated to Erica who he met when he escaped.

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Tom and Scoria Rykos - Werewolf

Theo

Walter

Claudia

REASON: The Elders tracked their name, but it was Lyla Rykos, who is actually Nora. She had the violins but was using the Rykos last name.

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Haddie Maddox - Human

Maisy Maddox

Vince Maddox

REASON: Ran away from a cult.

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Greg (Deceased) and Teresa Hellmann - Werewolf

Jenny/Jax

Lynn (Deceased)

Hector

Owen

REASON: Greg took money from the Elders so he could buy his daughter a new heart.

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As I flipped through the condensed version of the file Gabriel began speaking, "Remy I want a hard and deep-" I snorted interrupting him, his arms tightened around me, but he didn't make an attempt to comment. "Find all you can on Miguel Randall and Breton Rylarde, I had Kai send you all the data that was found as well as his picture, run that as well," he instructed. I'll show you hard and deep later, he finished in my mind, Promise? He growled his already tight grip flexing around me. I couldn't understand what was going on; lately it felt like I needed Gabriel all the time, even his innocent touches felt like heaven to me. You're starting to go into heat Chelsea, Aria commented. The explanation actually calming me, easing the worry that something was wrong with me, or that I was becoming much too needy.



"Not to interrupt your research, but can you give me your take on the different individuals? I mean anyone that jumped out at you?" I asked placing the file in front of me on the table; she looked up from her laptop, nodding, "Uhm... well Clay and Erica Dawson, Lynne Wong, and Justine Hayes, Kieran Ryan, Clover Simmons and Philip Pascal..." she said hurriedly, "actually, Philip Pascal I think we - I mean you guys - not that I'm - what-" my head snapped up to meet her face again, "Hey relax, what do you think we need to do?" I asked the question exactly how I meant it. Remington did amazing work; if she was showing initiative not to overstep but to help and make things easier I wasn't going to stop her.



Swallowing and gathering herself she started over, "Well since you forced... commanded," she changed the term after I laughed, "them to tell me why they were really on targets for the Elders, he, Philip Pascal, well he said that he was a recruit for the Elders. I took down what he said, but I think that there is so much more information that he's holding on too," her red hair making her wide eyes pop, impossibly more.



"Philip Pascal?" I couldn't help but laugh again, she gazed at me curiously, Gabriel snorted behind me but said nothing more, "His daughters are Taryn, Meadow and Jade," I said knowingly, she nodded.



"We were going over to her house to punish her for attacking Kieran," Remy's small mouth popped open, shutting audibly. She tilted her head to the side, "Well you can always punish her and command Philip to tell me everything he knows," she nodded, "Exactly." Gabriel approved behind me. "But I don't think you'll have that problem because I got the feeling that he wanted to tell me more but he just didn't want such a large audience."



Going back to the file, I could see why she named the ones she had, but then Clover Simmons? She was only ten years old, "Why Clover?" I went to the document for gifts noting that she wrote, 'Clover is Awesome!' - Early Werecat Shifter, I threw my head back laughing. Gabriel put his chin on my shoulder, "What's so funny?" he asked his breath against my ear sent shivers down my back and instantly stopped my laughing.



I just swallowed, my voice caught and mouth dry, closing my eyes, and I concentrated, focusing my mind on the documents instead.



"She shifted early?"



Remy nodded, still working at her laptop but answering, "River her older sibling is the only one that has, Nova and Shiloh have not shifted yet. They aren't sure why exactly," I nodded, closing the file as Remy gasped. "Oh no, Gabriel this isn't even his child!" she said in disbelief and worry. She turned her computer to us, standing, showing us that while the intake said Drew Randall, 13 years old, and the picture was grabbed from the video feed of the hotel, the picture of the child on the opposite side was of a school child named Matthew Linley. In a few short minutes she had managed to find a Facebook account belonging to a sister, as well as many family pictures that did not have Miguel Randall in any of them.



"I don't understand... this man took a child? Is - has he been reported missing?" I asked horrified that they may have killed this child. "I'll check and report back to you two," Remy said taking her laptop and leaving. I sighed when she left the room, "What's wrong? Well ... besides the obvious?" Gabriel questioned. "I keep meaning to speak to her about... you know... how she's doing but I just can't seem to find a moment of peace where I'm not being pulling in a million different directions you know?" she understands, young Remy is very strong child, my third wolf said.



"I keep tabs on her, she knows you're under pressure. They - Victor and her - they aren't having an easy go of things right now, their loss, it's still fresh and they're working together for Jeremy's sake but... he feels like he has abandoned his daughter, and lost one as well, but he can't go to her as his mate. He feels like he's suffering alone and doesn't blame her, but he also can't talk about Mylene when to Remy that child brought her pain. Remy knows he feels that way but she just can't reach out to him to comfort him especially when she knows it's about Mylene. They have two different perspectives on that Mylene. He sleeps on the couch, they don't fight, but-" he stopped abruptly shrugging his shoulder, I stared at him blankly. "When did my mate become such a gossip?" I teased him, lifting a brow. He just scoffs, standing abruptly, pulling me up with him, before I can even reach out to brace myself in case he drops me, I'm being lifted bridal style. Safe in his steady, safe and strong arms.



I blink and in that moment, we are no longer in his office, but in front of a one story house, "Where are we?" Philip Pascal house, Gabriel answered letting me down and knocking on the door. In the forest surrounding the house, a slight breeze throws a few scents my way, Noah, Nonno, Lukas and James. When I glance at Gabriel, he simply shrugs, in case he runs.



To where exactly? He doesn't answer and Philip answers the door, his eyes wary, come clean, I need to come clean, he glances behind us before standing to the side to let us in.



"Luna, Alpha, what can I do for you?"



"Cut the shit." His eyes widen, they figured it out, they know... he thought worriedly his heart began to race, and his three daughters and mate came from the hall, "Luna, Alpha," his mate said politely with a tight smile.



"We came for two reasons, the first; Taryn, you maliciously attacked someone ignoring their rights and as such, unless given permission by the Luna or myself, you will not shift into your wolf for two months-" she tries to open her mouth, and interrupt Gabriel but before she can even finish a word, "If you interrupt me I'll take away your ability to even so much as speak!"



"What about Kieran, what's his punishment?" Jade barked, flinching when I growled under my breath at her disrespect. "Your sister attacked him. He was protecting himself-"



"She wasn't trying to hurt him!"



"Hush," Judy Pascal muttered with authority under her breath, I was surprised but outwardly I kept my face neutral.



"It's not up for discussion, your family seems to believe that you are here because you are owed it, but that is not the case. You were all told to stay away from Kieran, because he mauled you doesn't mean you get to go unpunished. Specifically, when you do not see the error of your decisions. If you were able to decide to attack him, invade his personal space, you should be more than able to admit to your wrong doings. Even after what you suffered you decided to play the victim. You aren't the wronged here, when you can understand that, only then will you be allowed to shift." I snapped.



"We won't be repeating ourselves," I eyed them all, before turning to Philip, "You were told to reveal to Remington why would you were on the radar of the Elders. You seem to be holding back, forcing us to come to your home to get information that should have been already given." Protect my family, he thought, opening his mouth, "Whatever I reveal I would like to know that my-"



"Stop! I don't care what you want, you aren't in the position to-"



"I know the inner workings of the Elders structure, I believe that I am holding the car-"



He really didn't understand who Gabriel was, because before he could finish his last word, Gabriel had pulled out his Glock and shot Judy in the foot, I just shook my head when the girls began shrieking. "Okay - Okay! Stop!" Philip roared over all the noise.



"I was an Unseen! I was an Unseen!" he says going to stand in front of the front of Gabriel's piece. Gabriel lowered the gun, "An Unseen?"



"Help your mom," Philip barked an order to his children, turning right back to Gabriel, "The Unseen are the people that live planted where the Elders want, you - you can't have a mate if you're a shifter. You have to give them up, you find Recruits if possible, you live the life they want you too. You marry, kill, and do whatever you're told, are who they want you to be. You can spend your whole life pretending to be who they want you to be," he said frantically, swallowing, eyes wild, "I found my mate, Judy was the daughter of an Alpha, the pull was too strong - I couldn't - I couldn't give up my mate for them!" From the kitchen and behind us, Noah, Nonno, Lukas and James all come in guns pointed at Philip, Marlon behind them as I stared at Philip with wide eyes.

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Sorry I have to study so I just stopped here I'll post soon.

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