Chapter 0796

Pippa looks up at me with a great deal of sadness in her eyes, her hands falling from my dress as she finishes the last button. I turn towards her, concerned and sad for her sake.

“I’m really sorry,” she whispers, shaking your head. “That you didn’t get to meet that Gabriel. That you have this one instead. I think…” she bites her lip and shrugs. “I think you would have liked him.”

I frown, desperate to know more and concerned. “What happened?” I ask, stepping close, intuiting that it’s some sort of secret. “What…changed him?”

Pippa glances towards the door, anxious, clearly weighing the consequences. “Look, Ariel,” she whispers, “no one knows this, so please don’t tell, but if you’re to be his Luna you should know, and…you’re going to figure it out sooner or later.”

I nod eagerly, my wolf standing up straight, her whole body still as she waits.

“Gabriel…about five years ago he pledged himself to the God of Darkness,” Pippa whispers, looking into my eyes, her own shining. “In exchange for the power to protect this palace, and all the people in it, from the weapons and the magic of Moon Valley.”