Gabe's Destiny (Alien Mates Book Three)
By
Serena Simpson
Alien Mates, Book Three
I want to take the time to say thank you to the people in my life that have that I love. My daughter has been with me all the way even though our journey has been hard lately. Sweetheart I love you. I also want to thanks to my mom, who encourages me and my friends who simply believe I can do it.
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Gabe walked out of the bed and breakfast. He had only been back for a few days and already he wanted to leave. It was painful as well as joyful to watch Rylan with his family. His twin was certainly the family man. He could see how much he loved Aviana and Mckayla. It made his chest ache to have something like that.
He took on patrol even though it was only mid-day. It had been eerily quiet lately; even Victor was on edge. Victor was in charge of their ever expanding group on earth and if he was on edge that was a bad sign because that male was good at keeping his cool.
Gabe looked up to see Cal and Paige coming out of the bed and breakfast. Cal was Victor’s brother and Paige was his soul-bonded. Everyone was paired up now except for him and Joaquin—not that he could ever see him with a mate. A fleeting smile rushed across his face as he acknowledged that he couldn’t see himself with a mate either. He spent too much time growing up trying to rescue his brother. He could practically feel the darkness eating his soul.
He stopped and waited for them to catch up to him.
“Hi Gabe, we didn’t know you were out here.”
“Hi Paige, good to see both of you. If I had realized you were coming out I would have waited for you. Where are you off to?”
“We’re just going for a walk. I know summer is almost here but I am still in the ‘I’m so glad winter is gone mode.’ Paige on the other hand loves all the snow.” Cal leaned over and gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
“That’s because I was born in Cali; I never saw snow. I still think it’s a gift.”
Gabe and Cal shivered and laughed.
“All right you can both stop.”
“Sorry, beautiful.”
“That’s better.” She shot a grin at him. “Where are you going, Gabe?”
“Just patrolling, I don’t like how quiet it’s been around here.”
“None of us like it. We haven’t heard a peep out of Zuhun but he’s still around. I catch glimpses but he stays far away.”
“Do you think he’s decided to leave us alone?”
“No, I think he’s coming to terms with the ones he can’t touch, but the rest of us—he’s making plans to make our lives miserable,” Cal said taking a look around him.
“I agree. We may not see him but he’s watching, waiting. The fact that he’s not made a move in the last couple of months tells me whatever he’s planning won’t be nice.” Gabe grabbed his hair and secured it with a leather tie at the nape of his neck.
“Are you planning on staying for a while?” Paige asked him.
Was he staying? He was already restless; the desire to walk and not stop was weighing his shoulders down. It almost felt like an urge to run, to be free and never look back.
“I think I’ll stick around for a while.” His mouth spoke while his mind screamed no. “I’m going to head toward town and leave you to the beauty of the fields.
“Thanks, I think we can put them to good use,” Cal grinned at him.
Gabe laughed when Paige playfully hit Cal on the arm.
“Later,” Gabe turned and walked off.
“Gabe?”
He gave a sigh. Of course Rylan was checking on him, he could feel something was wrong. Trying to hide his feelings from his twin wasn’t working.
“Gabe is not here; please leave a message at the sound of the beep. Beeeep!”
“You aren’t funny, Gabe.”
“Yes I am, Rylan; you’re just too caught up in your family to realize it.”
“They’re your family too.”
“I know. That’s not what I meant. I’m glad you have them, Ry. It’s just right now they are the ones you need to worry about, not me. I’ll be fine.”
“I’d be a piss poor brother if I forgot about you, Gabe. You’re my family and I take care of you just like I take care of Aviana and Mckayla.”
“I know, but right now I’m good. Taking a walk to town. It’s daylight, what can happen to me?”
“Just take care.”
“Always, kiss my niece for me.”
“Will do.”
Gabe broke the connection and drew in a deep breath. Rylan could feel him spinning out of control.
Everyone was out. It was a beautiful Saturday and the people of the town were taking advantage of it. They were in the streets calling out to friends and it made him feel lonely and somehow unappreciated.
“Gabe!” The sound of that voice had him stopping cold in his tracks and looking for a place to hide at the same time.
“Melissa,” he said to the little shifter crossing the street.
“I am so glad I ran into you. Do you have any plans?”
“Not really,” he sighed.
Why couldn’t he be attracted to her? Maybe it was the hint of evil in her. Most of the shifters he knew were honorable. He was a shifter even if his other form wasn’t native to the Earth. Melissa was a wolf, but there was a vibe he got from her that let him know she was off, different. He suspected more than once that she was working with Zuhun, but that would be crazy. She would be a snack to him.
“Do you want to get a bite to eat with me?” She looked him over like he was prey and she was figuring out the best way to bring him down.
“No, I think I’m going to walk over to the gallery. Victor is supposed to be there.”
“Another time maybe.”
“Maybe.”
He watched her walk away and slowly his stomach unknotted. There was a time when casual would have been okay with him. The last couple of months he couldn’t stand it. Casual with Melissa was something he didn’t think he would live through and he meant every word of that.
Finally feeling safe, he walked toward the gallery that Victor and Cal shared.
*~*~*~*
Someone was watching her. Stopping, she bent over and tied her tennis shoe and started jogging. This was the first day of Taya’s exercise program, the last thing she needed was some creep following her. She already felt like everybody was watching her, judging her. No matter how hard she tried, she didn’t seem to be able to drop the extra weight. Her doctor told her that forty pounds needed to go.
She had tried to tell her doctor she was in good shape. That went over like a lead balloon. Her doctor was so thin she actually made Taya nervous. So she skipped lunch and went for a run instead. She’d eat a green salad later instead of the chicken salad she was dreaming of.
She shrugged her shoulders. The middle of her back was burning like someone couldn’t keep their eyes off her. She took a detour on the trail she was using. It was a new path, one she had never paid attention to before. She walked almost every day in the summer but now she was running—doctor’s orders.
The path seemed to be taking her deeper into the woods and the feeling of being watched was going away. She stopped, out of breath, doctor or no doctor she was walking. It was beautiful down here. Why hadn’t she ever explored this far before?
Because your alone and it’s dangerous down this far.
Her inner voice warned her and it was right. She turned around feeling a nervous flutter in her stomach while catching a shadow out of the corner of her eyes.
“Hello?” she called out. No one answered; she shrugged and started walking the way she came.
A branch from a tree swung making a noise; she looked around for an animal. Seeing nothing, she walked faster.
Footsteps sounded behind her. “This isn’t funny, show yourself!” she shouted.
Nothing happened. She picked up the pace turning it into a small jog. Dark clouds rolled in overhead making the woods scary and diminishing some of her vision. The path wasn’t paved and now she wasn’t sure she was still on it.
She ran, panting hard each breath filling her lungs until they burned. She had to get out of there ran through her mind followed by a gruesome news story of a woman found dead in the woods. She was the woman. Some poor hiker would discover her body and be traumatized for life but she would be dead. Her foot caught on something protruding from the ground and she fell, knocking all the air from her lungs. She made a strangled sound of pain as laughter seemed to surround her.
“Help,” she cried out. The only help she would get would be from herself. Pushing herself up, she realized her hands and her knees were skinned. She did the best she could do wiping them off and then started looking for the path again. She was definitely off of it.
No running, she told herself. She would miss the path and maybe even fall again. She took off at a brisk pace acting like she was a speed walker. ‘You’ll be all right, Taya.’ She spoke to herself. If she made it out of this alive, she was finding a new doctor as well as a new place to live.
She didn’t have a choice on the new place to live but she’d find somewhere she assured herself.
“I’m coming for you.” An eerie voice came through the trees.
