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“The High Council were bigots who deserved everything that happened to them!” Xander growled.

His Alpha fury rippled out into the crowd. Some fell back, but not everyone did. “Their campaign ofhatred will not happen again! Look around you. I guarantee you in this crowd you’ll find your friends, your loved ones, might also be hybrids.”

I added my Alpha energy to his, but used mine to pull his back a bit. I spoke up again. “Our Stella is unique and unusual, that’s the truth. She’s also not used to being in the spotlight like me and Xander are, so I’m going to ask you to respect that and give her some time and space. But she is the descendant of Xander, she is not a freak, and yes, she is now an adult. When she’s ready, she’ll address you. But on her terms!”

I could tell they weren’t exactly happy with this response. I couldn’t really blame them, either. This pack had been lied to for so long, I couldn’t be shocked if they had trouble trusting in any kind of authority figures. Plus, I knew that if I were among them, I’d be wary and scared by rumors, too.

Xander and I stood shoulder to shoulder, with Zane slightly behind us. Lanie stepped up beside him.

The four of us would be no match if the pack rushed the stage…at least that was the expectation.

None of these people had any clue about what we’d faced. How we’d conquered. They were afraid of Stella, and I understood their concerns, but they were afraid of her for the wrong reasons.

“We demand to see her!”

“You said no more secrets!”

“What are you hiding, Alpha Xander? Why won’t you show us your daughter?”

“What’s wrong with her?”

As more shouts and accusations rang out, Xander, Zane, Lanie, and I formed a line. Our wolves rose, ready to fight if necessary. We’d faced the High Council.

We were about to find out if we had to fight the entire remaining pack.

Stella–

A rush of intense emotion stabbed into me like a thousand tiny blades slicing me all over. My flesh stung and crawled like I was being bitten by ants. I’d opened myself empathically when my fathers started speaking, and this fierce influx of emotions rose and rose without stopping.

I’d been standing in the back of the stage, off to the side where nobody could see me. Earlier, I’d quieted the shouting man who’d been trying to rile up the crowd, but I could see now that had been the wrong choice.

I’d thought I was easing his worries, but all I’d done was give room for him to feel stifled without knowing why, and that nameless feeling had pushed his anxiety even higher. The people around him had sensed it, reacted to it, and now, they were all starting to feel it…which meant so was I.

How could I blame the people of this pack for being afraid of what they didn’t know? How could I ask them to understand what I, myself, could barely begin to comprehend? I was unlike anything they’d ever known.

Celestial.

Most of them probably had never even heard of such a creature. They’d been lied to for so long, and they hadn’t even been fully informed that there was an entire world beyond wolves, vampires, and witches. How could we expect them to simply change everything they’d been taught? To accept the existence of other supernatural beings without questions or worries? They were terrified of the rumors, but the reality was going to shock them even more. My heart went out to each individual pack member who was struggling.As I heard my fathers addressing the crowd, another thousand—no, a hundred thousand small blades raked at me like the slices from a hundred thousand claws. I drew in a shaking breath and stood up straight. I needed to draw strength from the Moon Goddess.

I had to close myself down from the full force of all their feelings, or else they were going to…well, not destroy me. But hurt me quite badly. I narrowed myself to only the broadest and most general overview of the crowd instead of each individual. Anxiety, tension, concern, fear. There was also some self-satisfaction as people convinced themselves they’d been right all along not to trust anyone in charge.

This pack needed comfort. Reassurance. They needed the truth.

If only I knew what to tell them!

My family wanted to protect me because they still thought of me as a child. They probably always would. I loved my fathers and my mother for that unconditional love and support, but the Moon Goddess had shown me in a vision that being a Celestial was not meant to be a dirty little secret.

I’d reached out to her again this morning, but there’d been no clear answer. I knew I had to accept that. I might be a Celestial, and I might be able to harness all the supernatural gifts that existed, but that didn’t make me a goddess.

I heard the accusations being thrown around, and again, my heart went out to all the scared people of the pack. My fathers were trying to defend me, but of course, just about everything the crowd was shouting was true, at least in some measure.

Nothing could be gained by hiding away. I just wished I had some clearer help to guide me. Back in Brightsky, with a mission, my goals had been easy to figure out. My visions from the Moon Goddess had been consistent. Reliable.For one moment, I felt very, very alone.

My feelings of isolation and abandonment faded within a few seconds. The Moon Goddess would let me know when I was needed, and what I should do. She had never led me astray or let me down in the past.

My faith in her was complete.

If only the pack could feel that same comforting weight, that utter confidence that came along with the knowledge that someone was watching over them. Protecting them the way my parents wanted to protect me…

Ah! There it was! My confidence that I didn’t need a specific vision to guide me.

Whether it came from the Moon Goddess or from somewhere deep inside myself, because I was a Celestial, or because I was an adult, I couldn’t be sure. What I did understand was that this pack belonged to me.

I was the daughter of not one, but two Alphas. My lineage was strong. Powerful. I carried their strength inside of me, and it had nothing to do with being a Celestial.

I was a Constantine.

My people needed to trust me, and how could they put their faith in me if I was no more than a myth or a rumor? They were scared of what they didn’t understand, so I needed to help them understand me.

To know me.

I stepped out of the shadows, and into the light.

Stella–

My dad’s muscles tensed under my grip when I stepped forward to grip his shoulder.

Abba was at his side with Papa slightly behind them. My mom was tense, too, and I could tell she wanted to get up in front of the crowd to tell them to leave me alone, but she was holding herself back out of respect for the Alphas.

When my Abba turned to me, his eyes widened slightly. I knew that Daddy was my biological father —but Abba was the first father I’d ever known. Plus, we all shared the same blood through the grandfather I’d never met. My connection with all three of my fathers was strong, but there would always be something special between me and my Abba.

I gave him the slightest of nods, and he returned it. I could sense that he wanted to step between me and the front of the stage, but he stayed in place. Daddy, on the other hand, growled and half-

turned. Before he could tell me to get back out of sight, I used our mind link to send him reassurance.

“It’s okay, Daddy. I’ve got this.”

I squeezed his shoulder again but didn’t try to send him any calming feelings. He’d know right away I was doing it, and he’d get angry with me for trying to soothe him when he felt—and not wrongly—

that he needed to be on high alert. Even so, I needed him to back off, and I didn’t want to do it by reminding him that I was a Celestial.

I wanted him to remember that on his own.After a second, his eyes blazing, my dad stepped back, too. I shot a quick glance at Papa Zane, then at my mom. Both of them gave me faint nods. We were all together on this. Pride and gratitude flooded me. We’d been to literal hell and back again. Nothing could break our family apart.

Now, if only I could convince the pack of the same thing.

“Hello, friends!” I called out. I tried to keep my voice light, not aggressive, but also firm. Authoritative without being overbearing.

They knew my adult figure was not usual. I was too grown up and also too young at the same time.

I could feel their confusion rising.

“I’m Stella Constantine. You know my Dad, Xander. And my other fathers, Papa Zane and Abba Mason. I’m sure I’m quite a surprise to you all, but I assure you, nobody was more shocked than my papa the day he came to pick me up from school expecting to see a toddler and finding…well. Me.”

I waited, holding my breath, hoping I hadn’t completely bungled all of this. My senses had told me the crowd would respond to light humor, but as they all stared, some of them with the blazing eyes that showed their wolves were very close to the surface, I had to send up a prayer to the Moon Goddess that she’d been guiding me down the right path.

Then, someone chuckled.

The negative mood didn’t completely break and dissolve, but it got a lot better. People took deep breaths. They smiled. Some murmured to each other about times when their own pups surprised them.

“I realize that you all are likely to have a lot of questions. So, like my dad and abba both have said already, I want you to be able to come to me with them. Please just understand that, although I’ll beas honest as I can be with you, there are many things about myself that I don’t even know. So…I hope you’ll all help me discover what I can about myself.”

I paused again, hoping that my appeal for their help had also been the right choice. People liked to feel connected to their Alpha and his family. I wanted them to feel that connection to me. A

willingness to accept and help me, instead of being afraid.

“We heard that you destroyed the High Council!” a voice called out hesitantly.

More whispers circulated.

“Yes. That’s true. The Moon Goddess granted me the blessings of her vision and guidance, to let me know that the High Council planned to eliminate me and my family.”

I took a soft breath and tried to meet the gazes of as many people as I could. I wanted to sound confident, even though I didn’t entirely feel that way.

“The High Council lied to you and betrayed you. I didn’t want to hurt them. I don’t want to hurt anyone. But they refused to stop their attack, and they lost their lives because of their hatred.”

“How could you take out the entire High Council all on your own?” another voice cried out. “You’re just a girl!”

“She’s not a girl!” someone else shouted out. “She’s something else!”

“Tell us the truth!” another voice shouted out. “We’re tired of being lied to!”

I could feel all four of my parents urging me to find a way to keep my secret just a tiny bit longer, until they could find a way to spin it. But I knew there was no more hiding. Not if I wanted this pack to accept me.I sent up one more prayer to the Moon Goddess.

“Please don’t let them tear me apart.”

Stella–

“You’re right! I am not a girl! I’m a woman,” I said with a slight smile and that edge of humor I’d been trying out before. I didn’t pause for the laughs, though.

I faced the crowd with my chin up and my shoulders straight. I put as much confidence and maturity into my voice as I could. The Moon Goddess didn’t send me a vision, but that didn’t matter. I could do this.

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