"The Gamma who changed Fate's mind."
The words sat in the volcanic chamber and carried the weight of something the ancestors considered their headline.
Because fate was immovable.
But Gavriel Sterling had moved it.
The ancestors let the silence hold. Then they continued, and the tone shifted from declaration to history, the cadence of beings recounting a decision so old it had become structural.
"In his second life, his soul made a choice. He traded Fae magic and royalty to be born a lower-rank wolf so he could be beside the Daughter of the Moon Goddess and protect her."
Serena's breath hitched against Fin's arm. That was a loaded statement and something she hadn't known up until this point. She knew they were childhood sweethearts, that he was a protector reborn, and their souls were intertwined. But she did not know he traded the rank of a prince and his Fae power to be with her.
