Chapter 20 Rose Seeing the state of Gabi when we entered that gymnasium shocked more than just myself. While everyone else in the room was trained on the immediate threat, my eyes went to Gabi. The smell of blood permeated the room. How Samuel was not losing his mind right about now was blowing my mind. It had to have been Gabi’s jovial demeanor that was helping keep him grounded. That is the importance and significance of a mate, especially a true mate. They help ground us in the most basic ways. Just Gabi making the puns and jokes in a crisis situation was keeping Samuel from going beast rather than man. She may not know what she was doing but she was his calm. While Samuel was busy worrying about the other Alphas and chastising his mate I was worried about the amount of blood that I