My Second Chance Alpha Mate
Chapter 37

(Gabriel)

It’s Friday and everyone is busy getting everything ready for Tristan’s birthday party. Everyone in the pack is helping and glad that they can take time off from training. For the past few days, we have been training twice a day. The training that Edwin, Drake, Marcel, and my mate have been giving us is tough. And here I thought my training was tough. I couldn’t believe this was the type of training the hunters were making my mate do. With her MMA background, her hunting skills, and being a high priestess makes her dangerous, but knowing she’s going to be fighting not just for her pack, family, and me, but for our children makes her lethal. I feel sorry for whoever gets in her way.

Two days ago, Andy turned Joel. I’ve never seen a transformation go so fast. It usually lasts a few hours but within an hour Joel finished his transformation. Yesterday, Blair showed up with a small coven of ten warlocks and witches. They were all young, I would say late teens, early twenties. They were Ana’s coven, and they have been hiding ever since Ana went missing and now they are here, which means they are my mate’s new coven. We had to replace places for them, but I was glad to know that six of them were mated to my pack members. They also pledge their loyalty to my mate and me.

“Alpha, the shield is ready” Soledad, one of the witches, informs me. They suggested putting up a shield so that there wouldn’t be any trouble from the rogues.

“Thank you Soledad” I told her, and she bowed her head in respect. The warlocks and witches have also been training with us and Blair.

“Have you seen my mate?” I asked her as I looked around.

“Yes Alpha, she’s by the pack clinic with Blair, Edwin, Drake, and Marcel” she tells me.

“Thanks” I said and made my way to the pack clinic. As I get closer, I hear screams and howls.

“Please Luna, don’t stop… I can feel… him” Drake says. I walk closer to my mate as her hands go out and this light blue, silver, pink, and purple-ish glow comes out of her hands and wraps around her. Her nails and teeth grew longer and sharper. Next thing I know, the light blue, silver, pink, and purple-ish glow travels from my mate to Drake, Edwin, and Marcel. I heard bones break, followed by screams and I knew their wolves had awoken. I stood next to my mate as she brought her hands down. Her teeth and nails go back to normal, but her eyes are still those of her priestess. The three wolves stood on wobbly legs and walked towards my mate and me. My mate doesn’t move and neither do I. That’s when the three wolves bow their heads in submission.

“I’m happy that we were able to get your wolves back. I apologize I had to put you and your humans through so much pain, but it was necessary so you could come forward. Now shift back. We have a party to enjoy” my mate said, her voice full of authority and it turned me on, but I had to wait until later. I put my arm around my mate’s shoulder as we headed back to the side of the pack house. Her eyes light up as soon as she sees how everything came out.

“Gabriel, Yashira”, Sara called, making us turn. Sara was grinning from ear to ear and so was Rhonda.

“Did you get it?” my mate asks.

“We sure did” Rhonda giggled.

“Perfect” my mate clapped as a squeal left her lips, making me chuckle. Joel comes out holding Raguel and Andy close by him. Lita was holding one of Tristan’s hands while my mom was holding the other one while walking behind Andy and Joel. He knew we were going to celebrate his birthday, but he never knew when. As soon as Joel and Andy stepped aside…

“SURPRISE!!!” everyone in the pack shouted in unison. Tristan’s eyes lit up as soon as he saw what was going on.

“My party” he whispers.

“MY PARTY!” he shouted this time, making everyone laugh.

“Thank you everybody” he grins. Pack members come up to him hugging him and wishing him a happy birthday, then place their gifts on a huge table. This whole time Yashira was watching all this going on with a soft smile on her face. As if knowing she was watching him, Tristan turned and looked at Yashira. He runs towards her, and she kneels in front of him.

“Happy birthday my sweet boy” she smiled lovingly at him.

“Thank you mommy. I’m just glad you’re back home”, he tells her.

“Me too, my sweet boy. Me too” Tristan lunges himself at Yashira, hugging her tight and burring his head on her neck. After a few seconds, he lets go of her and hugs me.

“Happy birthday son” I said, hugging him tight.

“Thank you daddy” he smiled.

“Go ahead and play and in a little while I’ll call you for food” I told him. He nods and runs off with the other kids.

“I have something I need to tell you” Joel says to Yashira. Yashira turns and looks at her brother, who is still holding Raguel.

“What’s up?” she asks. Joel looks at Andy, who grins back at Joel.

“Andy and I are going to adopt a baby from the orphanage”, Joel says proudly, with a huge grin on his face.

“Really?” Yashira asks and they both nod.

“Oh my god, that’s awesome. I’m so happy for the both of you”. Yashira squeals and hugs her brother and her friend.

“Thank you sis” Joel grins.

“I’m happy for the both of you too. Whatever you need, we are here for you”, I told them. Raguel leans over towards me, and I grab her.

“What about your career?” Yashira asks.

“Singing used to be a priority for me, but now I have NEW priorities. So… I’m giving up music. I have plenty of money to support us and our future children. And after all that we have been through, I learned that life is too short to take it for granted and not be with the ones you love. I had my time singing, meeting new people, and traveling. Now all I want is to be with the people who love me for me and have a family”, Joel says as Andy k****s the top of his head.

“I’m proud of you primo (cousin). I’ve watched you with Tristan and Raguel ever since I’ve been here and I know they both of you are going to be great parents”, Amber, Joel and Yashira’s cousin and Victor’s mate said. Ever since she met Victor at the Christmas party she decided to stay here and when Victor told her about him being a werewolf she didn’t push him away. She was still there with him.

“Thanks prima (cousin)” Joel smiles and Andy nods. I see Yashira’s eyes turn to those of her high priestess and she sniffs the air, then looks at Amber, tilting her head to the side. Amber smiles widely at her cousin before grabbing her cousin’s hand and placing it on her flat belly. Yashira closes her eyes for a few seconds and a soft smile makes its way to her face. Yashira moves her hand and looks at Victor and Amber.

“Congratulations to the both of you” Yashira smiled, but I could tell through our bond that something was wrong.

“Thank you” Amber and Victor said simultaneously. Raguel began to fuss as Joel was giving his cousin his congratulations.

“Excuse me, I have to feed her” Yashira excused us, and we walked to the table where we had Raguel’s stuff. I waited until we got to the table, and she got Raguel’s formula. She handed it to me, and I sat down with Raguel in my arms and began to feed her.

“Are you okay my love?” I asked my mate. She closed her eyes, taking a deep breath then opened her eyes and looked at me.

“When the war happens… if you send Victor out… he’s going to die and Amber, along with their unborn child, will also die”. Yashira looks up at the darkening skies and blinks a few times.

“But you can heal him” I told her, and she shook her head.

“Something happens that I won’t be able to get to him on time to heal him before he dies” she says. She looks at me and my breath hitches. I never liked seeing my mate cry, but seeing her with unshed tears in her eyes… it reminded me of the first time I kissed her at the hospital when Lita had that massive heart attack.

“I’ll have him guard the bunkers inside the house” I told her, trying to calm her. She closes her eyes and nods, taking a few deep breaths. The next couple of hours went by with laughter, talking with everyone, and eating.

“Alright everyone, it’s time to sing” my voice boomed. Yashira came forwards with Tristan and Donovan and Mitch brought out the cake. My eyes widened at the sight of the cake. It has three tiers decorated beautifully in the theme we did for his birthday, which was cars. I can see how in awe everyone was. Mitch is very talented. He should open his own pastry shop.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR TRISTAN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU” Tristan closed his eyes and made a wish before blowing out the candles and everyone clapped and cheered for him. I noticed Tristan was looking around and Mitch kneeled in front of him.

“I know you wanted a chocolate cake so…” Donovan goes inside and in seconds comes back with another cake. This car a one tier cake but it was decorated with the themes as well.

“This is my gift to you”, Mitch says, holding the cake.

“Thank you Uncle Mitch” Tristan said, hugging him. And to think when I first met them I wanted to rip their heads off. The cake was cut, and everyone ate and also took it to their houses. I had a piece of both cakes and, to tell you the truth… those cakes were amazing. After the cake, the kids played a little while longer. I realized that my mate wasn’t by my side or anywhere near me.

‘Babe, where are you?’ I asked through our link.

‘Front of the pack house’ she replied, cutting off the link. I walked to the front of the pack house and saw two of the warlocks that came to Yashira’s coronation. I believe their names are Riger and Dexter, they were talking to my mate and Blair. As I got closer, they turned and bowed their heads.

“Alpha”

“Roger, Dexter, what do we owe the pleasure?” I asked.

“I’m sorry we dropped by like this, but ever since the high priestess came back, we have been keeping tabs on some rogues trying to replace out where their Rogue Luna is, but unfortunately, we never get to where they are because they never go there” Dexter says.

“But unfortunately tonight we saw more movement than usual where some rogues are”, Roger says.

“What was the movement?” I asked.

“Dark witches, Alpha, and a lot of them” Roger says.

“Are you and the others fighting with us?” Yashira asks.

“You have other witches here. I can sense them”, Dexter says.

“Yes, they were Ana’s coven, which makes them mine now, but they are still learning”, Yashira says. Roger and Dexter look at each other before taking a knee in front of her.

“Then we will help train them and fight with you”, Dexter says. Yashira places a hand on both of their shoulders.

“Thank you” Yashira smiles.

“Where are the others?” I asked them.

“Watching over the rogues. We have a feeling that they will be moving soon”, Roger says.

“Call them. Tell them to come here. They eat and rest here”, I tell them, and my mate smiles at me.

“Thank you Alpha”, Dexter says as they follow us.

“Who’s birthday is it?” Roger asks.

“Our son Tristan” I smiled as I watched him run around with his friends. A few minutes later, the other warlocks and witches joined us and even brought gifts for Tristan and a few for Raguel. After a few more hours, Yashira and I decided to take our kids upstairs to sleep. Raguel was already out, and Tristan was almost there, but he needed a bath after all that running around. Yashira took Raguel to the nursery while I took Tristan to his room.

“I know you’re tired buddy, but I need to give you a quick bath before you go to bed. Go ahead and brush your teeth while I get your bath ready”, I told Tristan. I turn on the water, making sure it is the right temperature. As soon as the water is where I want it to be, I turn it off. I looked back at Tristan to see he had already brushed his teeth and was undressing. I helped him in the tub and grab the loofa. I put some of his favorite body wash on the loofa and began to wash his little body. Once I knew I hadn’t missed a spot, I washed his hair then rinsed it off. I grabbed a towel, wrapped it around him and got him out of the tub. Back in his room, I grab out some underwear for him and his pajamas and help him get dressed. His eyes are almost closed by now. The scent of lavender filled my nose, and I knew my mate was there. I kissed my son on his forehead, then my mate came and kissed him too.

“Good night, my sweet boy. Sweet dreams”, my mate whispered, before walking to where I was. I turned off his light, which automatically made the night light come on, and I closed the door. Yashira tried to stifle a yawn but failed miserably, which made me chuckle.

“I’m going to k**s our daughter good night, then I’m going to let everyone know we’re calling it a night”. I smiled at her before kissing her temple. I watched as she went to our room, and I went to our daughter’s room. She was sound asleep in her crib. I kissed her little forehead.

“Good night princess” I whispered before walking out of the room. I walked out of the room and went downstairs and to the side of the pack house. Most of the pack members had gone back to their houses. I noticed everything was clean. The only people by the bonfire were Donovan, Mitch, Joel, Andy, Noah, Victor, Jake, Jeffrey, dad, Drake, Edwin, and Marcel. Jake noticed me first and handed me a cup. When I smelled it, I knew it was alcohol. Werewolves cannot get drunk easily. It takes a lot of alcohol to get us drunk.

“I have no idea what’s going to happen when the war starts, but I want to say that I’m proud to fight by your side”, Marcel says, making Drake and Edwin nod in agreement.

“When I first met Luna Yashira, it wasn’t under the best circumstances, but that day that she tried to run… she looked back at us as if asking us to come with her, but before we could tell her that it was a trap, the hunters were already there. She could have gone and left us there, but when I first locked eyes with her I knew she wasn’t the type of person to just leave and leave the others behind. She might have been trained to be an assassin, but Yashira’s heart is too pure to be an assassin”, Drake says.

“That doesn’t mean she wouldn’t hurt or even kill anyone who threatens the safety of her family, friends, and pack” Edwin looks at everyone before his eyes land on me. “I pledge my loyalty to you, Luna Yashira and the pack, but if anything happens to me, please make sure that my family is safe.”

“I can’t say nothing is going to happen to any of us, but I promise that if anything happens I will make sure your family is okay. We just need to make sure we don’t die”, I told them before taking a sip from my drink.

“What about the witches who arrived earlier?” Joel asks.

“They will help train your sister’s coven and they will also fight on our side”, I told him, and everyone nodded. I down my drink, “I’ll see you all in the morning for training. Good night.” I threw my cup in the trash before going back upstairs to my room. I opened the door to see my mate already lying down. I walked in, closing the door behind me and took off my clothes. I lay down next to my mate and gently pulled her towards me. I kissed her neck and closed my eyes, letting the darkness overtake me.