Chapter 235

“Let’s go back…” I said and both men nodded, looking at all the men, stopping on Gabriel then back to me when Gabriel came next to me, reaching for my hand. “First, he is my mate,” their eyes widened before focusing back to me, “You all know who I am but I’m still confused here…” Marlon nodded. “I’ve already introduced myself, this is Leland Parks; our families are on this island. Jason – is he – joining…” he tapered off when my expression saddened. I shook my head, “Uhm… Leo… he attacked Jason when he was alone earlier in the year…” the two men growled, their wolves showing in their eyes, the anger right on the surface. Gabriel pulled me against him, and instantly “Sorry Luna,” both men grumbled, “We would never hurt her,” they said again with the worship like voice. Apologize to the Luna! Their wolves demanded. Nodding slowly, I got back to topic, “We – I have no idea – came to see if we could hide here-” “Sorry to interrupt but this is your island Luna, we’ve all been waiting for you,” this time I took a step closer to Gabriel, unsure of how to take this behavior. “Would you like us to show you to your house?” the one named Leland asked. “I have a house here?” the confusion in my voice, puzzling Marlon and Leland. “There are many free houses here, all connected underground, but you have a house here, designed by your father, but built by us,” hmm. “How many of you are here?” “Forty-nine of us – your father has been offering us shelter and safety on this island for nearly twenty years,” Marlon Answered. Should have known something was wrong when he hadn’t come around for so long… “Safety?” “Yes, we are all shifters, with gifts that the Elders sought out, on the run, your father found us – me first – and brought me here. He would come often, we were searching for Elder Bellamy, but then you became his main focus,” Elder Bellamy? Shaking my head, Gabriel what do you think? Are they for real?  He questioned. Yeah, their thoughts are all the same… they won’t hurt me… Ask for some of our guys to go exploring freely in wolf form, “While we speak, can some of our men explore the island freely, in wolf form?” Does she think we mean her harm? Leland asked Marlon. “Luna, did Jason now tell you about this place?” the concern in Marlon voice genuine. I shook my head, “Well, we were being hunted, Jason helped us escape here until we could find the Chosen One, which is you. When he found you, we learned of the condition you were in and he decided to hold off, but have still been bringing shifters here every once in a while.” Explore, I told everyone, but Jack, Gabriel and Logan stayed with me, “So all forty-nine of you never leave this island? How do you get supplies?” “The last supplies brought was in January, Jason didn’t stay but he brought enough to last for a while, in case the next time he is able to come isn’t for a while; plus we have gardens here, animals for milk, eggs, we fish…” “You’ve been on this island for twenty years?” I questioned in shock when I began understanding. “Why don’t we go see your house while I fill you in Luna,” Marlon offered kindly, it was weird, unexpected. His kindness, in thoughts and actions were unsettling, because you were expecting to fight for your island? Aria asked me I just rolled my eyes internally. Following Marlon, remove the order for weapons Chelsea Gabriel reminds me, but with less of us in the group now I only remove it from Jack, Logan and Gabriel. Walking up the beach, we trailed behind Marlon, into the bush, seeing worn out paths easy to follow, but as we went he pointed out traps we should avoid. When we got to ‘my house,’ I was not too surprised that it was actually the same as the house that was blown up – minus two or three bedrooms. Sitting in the kitchen Marlon and Leland began telling me what was going on, “Some of us are here because the Elders actually turned us and want our ability, while some are here because they’ve escaped from one of the research facilities the Elders have-” Luna doesn’t know any of this… Marlon thought in shock. “Facilities?”