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Chapter 156
Ella
My heart cscreeching to a stop in my chest.
The locket. Lilith’s family heirloom.
I'd thought it was ruined beyond repair at the auction.
“He asked you to pick up my locket?” | blurted out. “I thought it was broken.”
Gabriel's jaw tightened, and he admitted quietly, “Alexander toldto have it repaired,”
| couldn’t believe it. Alexander had told Gabriel to take the broken locket, the trinket I'd thought he didn’t care
about, and have it repaired.
Something warm bloomed in my chest at the thoughtfulness of Alexander's actions. He must have wanted to
make up for what Sophia had done. Maybe Alexander actually-
“Don’t get your hopes up,” Gabriel muttered, apparently reading the expression on my face.” It wasn’t out of
love.”
The warmth in my chest immediately turned to ice. “What do you mean?”
Gabriel's eyes flashed with something that looked an awful lot like that twisted sense of satisfaction I'd grown to
know so well.
“Alexander realized the locket was valuable,” he said with a one-shouldered shrug, as if it were nothing to him.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Antique silver, probably worth a small fortune given its age and craftsmanship. He wanted it appraised and
repaired so it could be added to the Alpha Collection.”
Lilith stiffened beside me, and my stomach dropped. The Alpha Collection was Ashclaw’s finest and most
expensive collection of artifacts: ewels, artwork, trinkets, even bars of solid gold. It existed deep beneath the
estate, locked behind a solid iron door that only Alexander and Gabriel knew the code to.
So Alexander wanted to take Lilith’s locket and lock it away in the vault like it was a trophy to him. He actually
thought he had a right to keep it just because it was valuable.
“And the reason why | didn’t want to go to the jeweler,” Gabriel continued, “is because | already picked it up
yesterday and put it in the safe. Forgot to mention it to Alexander with everything that happened at the hospital,
and obviously | couldn't tell him with you standing right there.”
No wonder Gabriel had wantedto leave the room earlier. He was probably intending to tell Alexander that
their precious necklace was safely locked away, but they knew I would freak out if | found out.
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And rightfully so. That locket belonged to Lilith’s family. | had to get it back for her.
But how? Gabriel had already made it clear that as far as he was concerned, the locket now belonged to the
pack’s collection. Alexander would probably be thrilled when he found out it was already safely stored away.
But my wolf was back. | was marked and mated and stronger than I'd ever been. | wouldn't let them take this
from me.
“Takehome,” | said quietly.
Gabriel raised an eyebrow. “Done shopping?”
“Yes. Takehome. Now.”
Gabriel, oblivious, nodded with satisfaction and pulled out of the parking lot. Lilith, who had been quiet
throughout the entire exchange, shota wary look. | simply reached over and squeezed her hand-a silent
promise.
She had been the mother I'd never gotten to have. She was the only one who was truly there forwhen | was
ill. Hell, if it hadn't been for her, | wouldn't have survived that rogue kidnapping.
| was going to get that locket back for her.
When we pulled into the driveway, | was out of the car before Gabriel had even turned off the engine. He jogged
to catch up withas | strode toward the front door.
“Luna, perhaps you should rest. You've had quite a week with the hospital and-"
“Gabriel.” | stopped walking and turned to face him. The Beta skidded to a halt. “I need you to taketo the
safe.”
“I'm sorry, what?”
“The safe. Under the estate. Where you put my locket.” | folded my arms across my chest and fixed him with a
withering glare. “I want to see it Now.”
Gabriel's face paled. “Luna, | don’t think that’s appropriate. The Alpha collection is Alexander's private domain. |
can't just
“You can and you will.” With a breath, tter that familiar authority slip into my voice. | wasn't afraid of using it
anymore, and now that my wolf had returned, all it took was the slightest change in timbre and suddenly Gabriel
was tilting his neck like a green pup who had been caught red handed.
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