A New Hope

Chapter 20

"Are you even a little nervous?" I asked Gabriel as I softly kissed his neck.

"I'm just looking at it as a board meeting with new clients... All we can do is be ourselves and be upfront. We didn't do anything wrong Hope"

I sighed and kissed him again before getting up. I was so anxious about meeting the council that I woke up before Gabriel for once. When he finally did wake up he decided his morning work out would be with me in bed instead of his usual routine.

As I got to the bathroom door I turned to look at him. He was watching me with a boyish grin on his lips. It didn't matter how many mornings I woke up next to him, I still found it hard to believe that he was mine. Practically a male model with a heart of gold, humor that matched mine, and a net worth that made my head spin.

"Why are you staring at me like that" he chuckled jumping out of bed to stand infront of me.

"Its just unbelievable that someone as perfect as you could ever be mine... could want me to be his" I whispered looking into his icy blue eyes.

He looked confused then a serious look took over his face for a moment before softening up again.

"You truly don't see yourself like I do... or like anyone else does for that matter. Hope you are beautiful inside and out.... your beyond perfection. I'm the lucky one, a goddess chose me." he leaned down and kissed me, pulling my naked body against his.

I let out a soft moan as he tenderly bit my bottom lip. I felt his huge shaft get even bigger against my stomach. Reaching down with one hand I reached down and started stroking him making his moan and deepen our kiss. I broke our kiss and started nibbling my way down his body until I had what I wanted in my mouth.

"Oh f**k baby your the best at that" he moaned to me as he gripped my hair.

I worked my mouth and hands around his hard c**k, making his gasp in pleasure. He moved his hips in rhythm with my bobbing head and occasionally pulled my head in tight making me gag as he throbbed in my throat.

"Oh God I'm gonna c*m! I want to c*m in you baby!" he moaned to me as he pulled me up by my hair.

Once I was standing he easily lifted me up and plunged deep into me making me gasp in pleasure. Grabbing my ass hard he grinded my body against his. My c**t rubbed against him making me tighten my walls on his throbbing member.

"Thats it baby your gonna make me c*m, I'm going to fill you up" Gabriel grunted into my ear.

I held onto his shoulder with one hand and leaned back using my free hand to play with myself.

"oooh f**k!" he roared as he came into me.

I felt his seed burst into me and I kept moving my hips and hand in a fast motion until I had an orgasm. He held me as I twitched on his still swollen c**k. Kissing my forehead when I finally stopped twitching he carried me into the shower, still inside of me.

As we felt the hot water rain down on us I started kissing him again and biting his lip.

"Hope!" he chuckled finally pulling out of me and putting me down.

"What Gabe?" I pouted at him.

He looked adorable with his wet hair flat against his head, his boyish grin showing off his dimples.

"We just had s*x for like three hours, I love it. I love you, but we gotta meet my dad in half n hour before meeting the council"

I continued to pout at him making him laugh harder as he passed me a bar of soap. I sighed and snatched the soap out of his hand.

Once Gabriel rinsed off he grabbed me to pull me in for a kiss.

"Nu uh!" I said pushing him back and pointing him out of the shower. "I can't even kiss you without wanting you inside of me and we got things to do!"

He held his hands up and laughed before turning to leave the shower.

"Thats how I felt since I met you. Must be your wolf wanting out. The plane ride with you sleeping on my lap... I'm surprised my b***r didn't wake you, I almost lost control a hundred times" he told me as he dried off before leaving the bathroom.

I was attracted to him and drawn to him as a human to a point where I thought I was crazy. The s*x in our villa was amazing and I was always wanting more, but with the werewolf injections and Gabriel's venom pumping through my veins I was turning into a nympho. I could barely look at Gabriel without imaging myself underneath him.

My eyes now turned black with lust like I often noticed his doing on our vacation. Obviously he had more control then me, because if I felt the need to mate like he did on the plane it would have happened multiple times.

I got out of the shower and quickly got ready. Thankfully meeting with the council didn't entail me wearing a formal dress. Once I was ready Gabriel got up off the couch and opened the door for me.

"Damn you make leggings look sexy" he smiled down at me.

"You can't even talk to me like that Gabe!" I scolded him making him laugh.

"Its that bad? I think you got it worse then me"

"I'm addicted to your wonder stick babe. I just want it all day every way possible. Honestly its hard even looking at you" I complained to him making him frown a bit.

"Okay, so until you can have unlimited access to my... wonder stick again, you take the lead. I love you and don't want to see you struggling so ill do my best to not touch or kiss you unless you initiate it. Deal?"

"Okay maybe that'll help. I feel like a s*x fiend" I sighed grabbing his hand.

My core tightened up from that simple touch and my mind quickly wandered to all the amazing things those hands could do to me.

"Baby your eyes are black"

"God damn it, look what you do to me!" I dropped his hand and stomped past him, frustrated with my lack of self control.

I could hear him laughing behind me and ignored him until we got to the lodge.

"Uh oh trouble in paradise?" Michael asked as he saw and felt my frustration.

"No, Gabes perfect. I obviously just have horrible self control."

Gabriel went to reach out to me, but stopped himself awkwardly putting his hand into his pocket, making Michael roar with laughter.

"Ahhh I see. Well perhaps a session with Hudson later today is needed. But for now let's eat!" Michael smiled at me pulling my elbow towards the breakfast buffet set up inside the lodge.

As we ate our breakfast we discussed the council meeting in more detail. I noticed pack members clearing out the buffet table and cleaning the lodge. Placing a conference table and chairs in the center.

Once finished eating the three of us walked out to the warehouse to await the council. As we came around the large storage building I could see a line of cars parking or waiting to park.

The council was made up of twelve members representing different parts of the world. Council members were of alpha blood, but never allowed to be pack leaders.

The world council was a fairly new idea. Created about thirty years ago when werewolf populations and rogues were getting out of control, threatening the anonymity of the supernatural world. Previously countries would have there own councils and less rules never keeping eachother in check or other supernaturals.

"Welcome once again to the west coast pack lands!" Michael greeted them as they all gathered in front of us. "I hope you all had good flights and aren't too jetlagged, if you follow me to the main lodge we can begin."

The twelve council members followed us while their guards followed behind the group. Once we were all seated around the table, the council looked between Gabriel and Michael confused.

"I'm sorry, I thought we were to be meeting with the new pack alphas and the elder?" a tall blonde woman in her forties spoke with a strong Russian accent.

"Sorry for the confusion Galina... I am the elder Alpha Michael, this is my son Gabriel and his mate Hope"

Some of the council gasped and did a double take, looking between Gabriel and Michael.

"...you shifted back to human after decades trapped as human, why now and how?" a British man asked in wonder.

I anxiously sat watching the council members staring at Michael in disbelief, all the members but one. Her dark chocolate eyes rested curiously on me. She had course black hair with silver strands highlighting her tight curls.

"Hello Hope I'm Addama and its clear to see and feel that your a moonchild." her accent gave her words a flowing rhythm, like the gentle ocean waves.

All eyes turned to me and my breathing sped up as I started to panic at what might come next.

"No need to fear us my dear one. You are the goddess in the room." she smiled to me sweetly. "as council members there have been secrets passed down to each of us, one of which is that of Luna and rarely her Sol blessing a pack"

The rest of the council looked between Gabriel and I in wonder and amazement. I saw no fear and no hate in their eyes.

"Every one of us is sworn to protect you and your secret Hope. We are honored to serve and guide you and your Sol" a short dark featured man stood up and bowed to me, the others followed suit.

I sighed in relief looking around the table at the bowed heads. The woman with tight black curls looked up and winked at me.

"Now we all feel your relief. I heard of the bond your predecessors possessed and other strengths but never imagined its magnitude. When did you shift child, how have you hidden yourself away all this time?"

"I haven't shifted yet, I spent my life being an ordinary human. Everything started becoming extraordinary when I met Gabriel almost two months ago... then I was kidnapped and experimented on. Gabriel only bit me a few days ago and I'm worried about what I'll become if I shift" I explained to the council.

"A bond this strong before even becoming a full werewolf? I believe your safe to shift. A mates venom is surely stronger than a man made concoction. Especially your Sols venom" Galina spoke up.

"Yes Alice was able to turn the others after their injections, but Hope was given something else. She was able to... resurrect. We don't have enough information about Lunas abilities to know if thats a goddess thing or the injections." Gabriel explained turning everyone's gaze to him.

"The others how many others? Did you run any tests on the survivors? And werewolves heal fast naturally a Luna and a sol would heal even faster, im sure it wasn't a resurrection." a balding stocky man asked.

"Alice turned seven, in order to save them to escape and save Hope. If she didn't they would have turned into mind controlled wolves, they would have realized she's an actual werewolf and who knows what would have happened to Hope" Michael defended Alice to the council.

"She broke a main law seven times... but in doing so protected our secret and saved a goddess. She will be interviewed and so will each of the survivors. No decision can be made prior to that." another member said and the rest of the council nodded in agreement.

"Blood work was taken from all the survivors and is still being analyzed. Hope was dead for hours, but we could all feel that she wasn't gone." Gabriel answered the rest of the man's questions.

"No Luna has ever been able to resurrect, she couldn't have been truly dead" the bald stocky man said impatiently a few members nodding in agreement.

"My love perhaps you could share Alice's memory with them?" I nodded to Gabriel and everyone looked at me curiously.

I closed my eyes and focused on Alice's memory of my death. I showed them me getting shot in the head and falling into the ocean, my bleeding lifeless corpse pulled out of the water and Greg saying I wasn't breathing. I then showed them my body being dragged onto the yacht right up to Jared beating my chest, restarting my heart hours later.

The room got quiet each council member had black eyes, some were shaking from mixed emotions of pain, sorrow, and rage.

"Thats not possible for a werewolf or Luna to resurrect... those experiments must have heightened your already strong abilities. Luna wolves have been known to communicate like a wolf in human form, but never images like that." Galina said wiping away a few tears.

"You see why I'm worried to shift?" I asked the council.

"We have no idea of how powerful you will be, but we do know that there has never been a Luna incarnation in supernatural or human form that has been anything but benevolent. Your shift will be a thing of beauty not a monstrosity or mistake" Addama spoke softly to me.

"You shall shift with us this evening, we will guide and protect you. With a pack and council supporting you, you have nothing to fear" the members all agreed.

"Now with an experiment getting so close to exposing our kind, we need to alert packs world wide. If the captors had access to the survivors identities, perhaps we could use them as bait to lure them out?" the stocky bald man asked the council.

"I don't want to put them in danger, besides I was the one under constant surveillance. They know my face, but think I'm dead, so it'd have to be in the news." I pointed out making several people shake their heads.

"I'm not letting you put yourself in danger! We can find another way" Gabriel argued with me grabbing my hand in his.

"I can't stay locked up forever and would it not be safer if we were expecting them and not just waiting?"

"It might be the best solution to quickly deal with those men and keep Hope safe." Michael agreed with me and several council members nodded with him.

"I have no doubt that your investigations have been thorough, but give us some time to get up to speed and bring in new eyes. As council members we are sworn to protect our kind and its secret, but also sworn to protect you Hope. No danger will come to you if it can be avoided." the British man said to us calmly.

"We will protect you at all cost, your bond will make every werewolf you come into contact with connected and devoted to you. Perhaps that can come in handy with some of the experimental wolves. Who is your pack trainer, im sure they are aware of how special you truly are and your chosen Sol?"

"Hudson is an excellent trainer, it was him and his mate Sonia that made the discovery. Gabriel had shared a painful vision of Hope with the entire pack, bonding all of us to him and to Hope. I'm sure he would love any advice you have to offer." Michael spoke to the council.

"If I'm the Luna reincarnation and apparently the stronger one... how come I'm younger than Gabriel? How did his partial werewolf blood not, I don't know activate before we uhm mated?" I blurted out embarrassed by the last part.

"Its not an exact science, but the Luna is always born from love and raised with love. How the Sol knows she has taken a form on earth is unknown, but he often takes a form that is wealthy and able to travel or search for her. A sol has never been known or recorded without Luna by his side" Addama explained to me.

"Keep in mind none of us have met a Luna, only heard what sounded like tall tales and what ifs. No written records kept by any werewolf councils." another member pointed out.

"Now can we bring Alice in to interview and have the newborns ready for individual interviews?" the British man asked.

"Yes, but I'd like to be present. Anne is only a child and will be interviewed with Alice and Max her new care takers." the council looked at me with wide eyes.

"How old is the child? How did she escape with the rest of you? What gives you the right to take her from her family?!" Galina asked almost jumping out of her chair.

"Anne is eight, she shifted like the rest of them, the injections somehow made it possible. Her mother died on the ship and Anne bonded with Alice... she had no other family, she now has the pack." Michael explained calmy to her making her relax again in her chair.

"The child cannot be safe if she can shift... all the trauma she's been through makes her a danger to everyone around her, a liability to our kind." the stocky bald man hit the table to make his point heard.

"Your right she has been traumatized, but she is not a feral creature. She will be loved and patiently taught. Anne will not be caged and punished for being a part of some sick experiment!" I growled at the man unaware I was standing and shaking.

Gabriel grabbed my hand and softly kissed it, making me take a deep breath. The council all had their heads lowered. The stocky bald man had a nervous shake.

"Sorry I didn't mean to snap at you, but you haven't been through what she has. She will need special care, but loving care. In her interview you will not call her a danger or liability." I softly apologized to the council and they immediately sat up strait again.

Hope the council is only here to help and protect. They are judge and jury, but with the best intentions. I would like to sit in on the interviews in your place for a calmer approach.

I nodded to Michael making Gabriel furrow his brows.

"Alright I'm sure you guys would like to settle into your lodges and have a recess before starting the interviews. Alice and I will meet you back here in an hour." Michael announced to the council before standing to leave with Gabriel and I.

The rest of the afternoon passed by painfully slow. Gabriel and I went back to our lodge and discussed the meeting. We ate and he ran me a bath to distract me while he caught up on some work emails.

I wanted to find Alice as soon as her interview was over, but Gabriel pointed out that her and Max would be preparing Anne for her own interview. It was after dinner by the time we got a knock on our door.

I ran over and flung it over to see Michaels smiling face.

"Well?! You could have just did the mind thing im sure i would have heard your thoughts!" my rushed words made him chuckle.

"The council is waiting for you in the clearing, its time to shift."

"I don't care about that, what about Alice and the others?!" I almost yelled at him.

"Alice isn't in trouble, she was thanked. The others are excepted as our pack and therefore are our responsibility. None of you are allowed to leave the compound until we find out more about the injections... once that is done the council will make a series of stress tests you must all pass. Anne is to stay with Max and Alice and will not be caged, but homeschooled and only socialized with the pack for now at least... Now follow me you two"

"Thanks we both really appreciate that" Gabriel said hugging his father.

"Better me then Hope berating them at every question, or you and her pacing a trench outside the window." Michael laughed at the glare i gave him.

We followed him to where the council was waiting, Gabriel carried a backpack with a change of clothes for us.

"Ah moonchild, its fitting for your first shift to be under a bright stary sky. Don't be scared, your wolf will be beautiful, not a monster" Addama greeted me while the others patiently watched me.

"Okay babe its easy to do, just let your wolf take control, don't fight it and let your body do the rest. I'm right here next to you" Gabriel kissed my forehead then took a step back.

I kicked off my shoes and closed my eyes gripping the forest floor with my socked feet. I focused on the wolf inside of me, of the energy that was like a feral fire inside of me. I kept my eyes closed waiting for the pain for the sound of bones crushing, but heard nothing but a loud pop then howls.

Open your eyes my love you did it.

Gabriel's massive golden brown wolf was standing next to me, his icy blue eyes staring down into mine. I looked down and saw silver fur legs with black paws.

Looking up I saw wolves all around me, council members and pack members coming out of the trees. Michaels graying wolf smiling down on me.

I'm not a monster?! I'm still me!

I howled in excitement and the packs howls echoed mine.

Your not a monster my love and your wolf is beautiful. Silver with black markings and your gorgeous green eyes.

Gabriel stepped over and licked my cheek before nuzzling into me.

Shall you lead us in a run now moonchild?

Addama's wolf stepped forward bowing her petite gray head.

I think I will and race Gabe while I'm at it!

I backed away from Gabriel to get a running start to easily jump over him. I darted into the woods.

I yipped in joy at the speed I was going, easily weaving between trees and jumping ferns. Aware of Gabriel, lagging behind me and even further behind him the council and pack.

I slowed my pace to allow him to catch me and for the others to follow us by sight and not scent. The power I felt pulsing through my veins made me feel euphoric.

A magic that had finally been awakened after a long slumber. Gabriel made me feel like I belonged on earth like my search was over, but this felt like I finally found my calling. Like I was a new Hope.

My love perhaps we can call it a night?

I didn't realize how long we had been running or that we were the only two left running. I was so caught up in the feeling of complete freedom and joy.

I don't even know where we are or how long it's been. Did I lose control?

Not at all baby, perhaps to your joy but not to your wolf. That was all you and we all felt your joy.

Are you tired should I be tired?

I am, your very fast, but I still got some running left. Come on let's go back to the lodge.

Gabriel nuzzled into me before running off into the woods for me to follow.