I nodded along with my brothers.
“Boys, leave us alone.” He told his sons who reluctantly left the room.
“What do you have for me?” he asked as soon as they exited. It was clear as day that he didn’t want Archer to hear our conversation. Which meant he hadn’t told his son of his plans as yet. I wished to be there when he broke the news to him, that would be an interesting day.
I dropped all of the pictures and papers Archer had given to us onto the desk. “Her name is Gabriella Sawyer and she has all of the qualities that you asked for.”
He took one look at the picture and then back at us. “Are you positive she has everything?” he asked before taking a closer look at her picture. “She looks like a soft woman, one who would break easily under pressure.”
I nodded, she was most definitely not soft in any way from what Lucas and I witnessed earlier on today. “I’m sure she’ll prove beneficial to you.”
He quirked a brow, not looking convinced at all.
“no pack?”
“no pack.” Austin answered.
“And she has both werewolf and vampire b***d in her veins?”
“Yes… We made sure of it.”
“How can I be sure that you’re telling the truth?”
I took the camera out of my pocket and handed it to him. “We met her today, here’s a video of our meeting. I think you’ll find it very interesting.”
He took it from me and played the video. for someone that often hid his emotions behind a fake smile, he looked pleasantly surprised by what he saw. In fact, he looked like he didn’t believe that the video could possibly be real.
“Did she really do this all on her own?”
“The video is there as proof.” I answered. “If you don’t believe us, you can obviously check her out yourself. I assure you, you will be impressed.”
“Alright, good. I believe you.” He said as took a seat on the white chair and leaned back. “Let’s get down to business then.”
I let out a breath I didn’t realize I had been holding. I was one step closer to getting to Eden.
“I’ll send my boys with you today.” He continued when I said nothing.
Austin and I gave each other confused looks. How did he know we already needed them?
“What?” he asked after looking at our shocked expressions. “You didn’t think that I would just send my people without doing any research? After you came here I had my men keep a watch on everything, they informed me of what happened with your mate. I already knew you would be here soon.”
People were keeping tracking of us and we had no idea?
Damn it.
“Remember the next end of the deal.” He reminded us suddenly. “Right after we help you get out of the situation with the council and Hunter, which believe me, we will. I expect Lucas back here to discuss the details of the wedding.”
I stiffened at his reminder. It was the last thing I needed to her from Gideon. I stole a glance at Lucas and immediately felt the guilt I’d been feeling return at the look on his face. My brother was giving up his happiness for my own.
I wasn’t happy about it and I sure as hell would never let him go through with it.
…………
***EDEn***
I stared at myself in the mirror. The wedding dress was old fashioned, just the way the council wanted it to be. I looked like a princess being forced into an arranged marriage. Everything was pretty much the same, just, I wasn’t exactly a princess.
Instead, I was a woman that didn’t understand why she had to be in a situation where she had to leave the man that she loved for someone that scared the hell out of her, all just to make sure that he was kept safe and away from any danger.
I loved James. I loved James even without the memories of my past. The new memories was enough to make me fall in love with him.
I shouldn’t have to choose. I should be able to be with James without worrying about anything bad happening to him.
It was the day of the wedding and I felt like I was making the worst decision of my entire life.
I couldn’t stop thinking about James and what I felt for him. Leaving him behind was so difficult for me. Then being rushed to the council without knowing exactly who they were wasn’t exactly a walk in the park either.
The council was brutal.
I hated it here.
Everything was so much more peaceful with James and his family. They were living a much better life that the people here were.
The council was dark, it felt cold here and not in a good way.
What made all of this worse was the fact that I still had absolutely no idea of my past life. I tried my best to remember any little detail. Even my parents tried their best to show me multiple pictures in hopes of me remembering.
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