My mates came to stand beside me as one of the council members stepped forward. "We were wrong about you Queen Isabella and we are truly sorry for any pain we have caused," he said as he looked at me apologetically.
Another member stepped up beside him and the rest followed suit. "We would like to offer our assistance whenever you need it and know from this day forward that you will never be threatened or hunted by us again," she said sincerely as she looked between me and my mates.
I nodded my head and dismissed them, not planning on making a call for help to them any time soon. They all nodded and turned to walk away when I heard Andrew's annoying voice.
"What?! That's it?" he yelled out angrily as his face turned beet red. "After everything, she's done, and everyone she's killed...you're giving in and it's over just like that?!"
Before anyone could react, Luke stepped forward and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, roughly bring him towards his face as his eyes started to glow slightly as everyone went silent.
"I've been waiting to come face to face with you for a while now. I wanted to see what kind of piece of shit alpha rejects his mate and then attacks her without cause." Luke sneered at Andrew, making his eyes go wide as shocked gasps rang out through the crowd.
"Oh yes... Isabella told us everything that happened to her in the fucking pack. Had she not stopped us, we would've burnt it to the ground the second she told us what happened so instead of running your mouth, why not try thanking her." he growled through clenched teeth.
"Thank her, because it is because of her that I'm not ripping your heart out with my bare hands right now. It is because of her that most everyone here is still alive and breathing, not to mention the fact that she is your queen. Though.....as her king..." Luke said as a menacing from grew across his face.
"Thanks to you, by the way, I hereby strip you of all power and of your place in your pack. From here on you will be a rouge and exiled from all pack lands. If I see you again after today, my brother and I will not hesitate to rip your head from your body" he growled angrily before looking towards Tyler who was growling himself and staring daggers at Andrew while he tried to conceal the claws that we're digging into his clenched fists.
Luke dropped Andrew to the ground, brushing his hand-off before walking back over to me. "You have 24 hours to gather your things and be off pack lands. I would start moving if I was you." Tyler sneered as Andrew scrambled to his feet and took off in the direction of his packhouse.
I smiled up at luke and grabbed his chin, bringing him down so I could kiss him. "Thank you," I said genuinely as I leaned my head into his chest. He gently strokes my hair before kissing me on the top of my head "Anytime, my queen."
I pulled back and grinned at him opening my mouth to say something when someone tackled ms to the ground. I heard my mate's growl and I growled out as well before roughly flipping them over. As I was rearing back to attack I froze and my breath caught in my throat.
Laying pinned under me was my adoptive dad Richard. "Dad?" I whispered shocked as I dropped my arms. He smiled from ear to ear beaming up at me "It's me, little one. I finally found you." he said as he gently pushed me off and wrapped me in a hug.
I sobbed against him squeezing him as hard as I could when I heard a feminine voice grunt. I looked back to see a woman push through the crowd as well, stumbling as she did. She almost fell right into us before Tyler's hand shot out, catching her around the waist.
I gasped when I caught sight of her face. "Mom!" I yelled out and jumped up, grabbing her out of Tyler's grip as I crushed her into a hug. She cried and hugged me back as tears streamed down her face. "Oh, my baby girl. I've missed you so much and I'm so proud of you" she cooed as she rubbed my back as I hugged onto her tightly while crying.
Once I calmed down I pulled back and her hands came up to gently wiping my tears away as she smiled at me lovingly. I smiled back but froze when I saw the armor she was wearing. "That's where you've been all this time? At shadow moon?" I said as I started to get angry.
She looked down at her armor before looking back up at me tenderly. "When we were separated from you, we were taken to the shadow moon pack to be interrogated by their alpha," she said calmly as my father walked over and wrapped an arm around her waist. In the corner of my eye, I could see the alpha of the shadow moon pack shifting nervously as he slowly tried to push his way further into the group of Alphas.
"Once the beta and his group returned without finding you it enraged him and he demanded us tell him who you were. When we refused he used an alpha command to forbid us from leaving the premises before he had us separated." my mother said sadly as she looked up at my father before leaning into his chest.
He leaned down and kissed her gently on the head before looking back up at me. "He forced us into becoming a part of his pack and said we would be separated until we told him who you were because he knew how much pain it caused to be away from your mate and figured it would break us. We have been separated ever since until we both signed up to be a part of the warriors to face Torah because we knew it could lead us back to you" he said tenderly as he hugged my mother tighter to his chest.
By the time he finished I was absolutely furious, my head snapped in the direction of Alpha Thomas in time to see him try to run back into the group of alphas as his beta stormed angrily towards me.
"You killed my son you fucking bitch!" he roared as he got closer. I narrowed my eyes at him and stuck my hand out using my power to yank him into my grasp. I brought him close to my days as I snarled at him "That was his fault when he was warned about attacking me. Everyone at blood brood that day was sent a message. He chose to ignore it and pursue me anyway so he died, now I'm thinking you should join him. I growled angrily.
I stuck my head up higher and spotted Thomas as he started printing away from the group. I focuses on him and snapped my fingers, making him appear in front of me. He froze and looked around in circles surprised before he spotted me and gulped, taking a few steps back.
I nodded towards Luke and he snatched Thomas off of the ground by the scruff of his neck and held him for me while I dealt with the trash in front of me. I narrowed my eyes towards the beta and brought him closer to me as I whispered in his ear "if you ever talk to me like that again I will rip your tongue out and beat you to death with it, understood?"
He vigorously nodded his head as I pulled back, making me laugh. "Good, now run along. I don't want to catch you in my sights again. I said coldly as I dropped him to the ground and narrowed my eyes at Alpha thmoas.
An evil smile spread across my face as I thought of something. "Mother!" I called out and waited for her to walk over to me. As she came to a stop beside me, I turned to her and smirked.
"Since the crimes he committed were against you guys, I figured I would let you issue the punishment." I stated mischievously and watched as a smile grew across her face.
She stepped up to where Luke was standing, and nodded to him. Luke released Thomas allowing him to fall to the ground. As he stood back up, my mother hauled off and sucker punched him in the face sending him crumpling back to the ground.
"I've wanted to that for years" she sneered as dusted off her hands and took a step back before she nodded to Luke once more having him grab Thomas again. She narrowed her eyes at him and cleared her throat " Now. I won't have my lovely daughter here exile you like she did with Andrew but demand to be released from your pack immediately" she growled at him angrily.
I smirked and stepped forward conjuring my dagger. I head a few people in the crowd around us gaps in surprise as they recognized it which made me chuckle. "Give me your hands and I can take care of it right now" I said defiantly as I motioned to her and my father.
They held their hands out to me and I made a slash across each of their palms before doing the same to my own and clasping hands. We said the chant for the blood bond and the same pulsing sensation spread through us pushing everyone back a few steps.
"There" I said beaming at her proudly. "Now you are both official members of the Golden Moon Royals." my mother grinned from ear to ear before she turned back towards Thomas.
"Also...my husband and lovely son-in-laws here are going to beat your ass until you pass out and when you wake up, they are going to do it again and again until I'm satisfied that you've learned not to separate mates for petty reasons or force people to join your pack" she sneered at him spitefully as my mates and father started to drag him to the woods while he flailed against them.
I stepped forward and addressed everyone still around us drawing their attention away from them " everything's over, you are free to return to your packs. By now your wounded should be fixed up and be ready to have visitors. I'm truly sorry for the loss anyone has faced today." I said genuinely as I looked out at the crowd of faces around me.
"I thank you all for your help today and If you should need anything, feel free to contact me at my pack and I will see if there's anything I can do to help. It's the dawn of a new day" I said warmly as the crowd broke out in cheers and murmurs as they started to disperse.
I turned back towards my mother and hooked her arm in mine as I drug her towards my friends. "Mom I would like you to meet everyone. Everyone, this is my mother Maria and that was my father Richard" I said pointing off to where we could now hear grunts and yelling coming from.
"Mom...this is Emma, Lisa, Avery, Seth, Ryan, and Zayn" I said as I pointed everyone out, introducing them as they smiled and waved at her. "And of course you already know my mates, Luke and Tyler" I said as they came back to stand beside me followed by my father who was dragging an unconscious alpha Thomas.
"It's nice to meet everyone" my mother and father said in unison before they stared at each other and burst out in laughter making me smile from ear to ear.
I wrapped my arms around my mates and smiled lovingly at everyone around me. "Let's go home guys."