“They’re twins!” Enola shouted. “Now shut the fu—”
“Enola Roux!” Marie yelled out in warning.
Margo smirked for having been successful in getting a grown woman in trouble.
“I’m sorry, gran,” Enola apologized.
“Its fine. And to answer your question, Gabriel and Auriette were lovers.”
Enola was shocked. “From two hundred years ago?”
“Not quite, but close.”
“Gabriel’s over a hundred years old?” Enola marveled. “Wait, that means that—”
She turned to Gideon.
“I’m an old man, baby,” he replied with a grin.
The whole situation was becoming more unbelievable every time someone in Louisiana opened their mouth. “This still doesn’t explain why Gabriel would care about our relationship,” Enola pointed out.
“Auriette was standing in front of him when Gabriel was spotted in mid-shift. The parish believed she’d caused him to turn into an animal by curse. She was executed by the church, which was being led by, what they thought at the time, a priest. It was later discovered that he was a witch. He placed a spell that placed a barrier around Auriette so that Gideon and Gabriel couldn’t rescue her. Gabriel was destroyed. Since then, a pact, agreed upon by our ancestors and Gideon’s pack, prohibited relations with each other.”
“They clearly broke that pact,” Margo chuckled under her breath.
“Chile, if you don’t shut up,” Ruby warned through gritted teeth.
Margo blew out a harsh breath and threw her hand in the air.
“Nola, Gideon is the Alpha of that pack, and it was Gideon who decided that the bloodlines shouldn’t mix. In fact, he’s just broken his own rule.”
Enola looked at Gideon who simply smiled and shrugged.
“Who’s gonna punish me?” he asked bluntly.
Enola jumped when Marie’s fist slammed against the table. Apparently, Enola’s grandmother had mistaken his bluntness for arrogance. Her expression turned angry and her eyes began to glow gold.
“I could punish you!” she screamed in a distorted voice.
Gideon growled, hopped up from the table, and held his hands out in a defensive manner.
“Don’t you start nothing, Miss Marie. You know I don’t like it when you get mad. And you definitely ain’t gonna like it if I get mad. You know I got no quarrels with you.”
Marie exhaled slowly and relaxed her shoulders. Immediately, her eyes returned to normal.
“Sit down, boy. Comin’ in here growling at an old lady,” Marie fussed.
Gideon narrowed his eyes, studying her for a few seconds, before slowly returning his seat. “I’m older than you,” he pointed out under his breath.
Enola placed her head in her hand and groaned.
“And, you…”
Enola’s head snapped up and, of course, her gran was talking to her.
“Nobody told me it was forbidden,” she said in her defense.
“Do you even know what mating means?” Ruby asked.
