Chapter 69

I sat there, absorbing all of this, trying to understand. My Pack did have an incredible amount of land and we'd always lived comfortably. That didn't excuse Gabriel's actions, but it did shed more light on the situation. I remembered what my father had said before I'd found out Gabriel was my Mate; he had called Gabriel a visionary to the Black Mountains Pack. I couldn't forgive Gabriel for the pain he had caused us, but in his position, many Alphas might have done the same. "There's something else you must know," Raziel continued after a moment. "Gabriel seems uncaring, and I know he often doesn't treat you the way a Mate should. He does have reasons for this that he can discuss with you himself, but before you ask him you have to realize what his childhood was like. Gabriel's father, David, was heartless, relentless, and cruel. He fought to expand the Black Mountains Pack's borders at any cost, and most of your pack's issues with them occurred while he was Alpha. For Da