The Alpha's Curse The Enemy Within

Sheila's Point of View

I couldn't take it anymore, I shut my eyes and sighed, "Those fucking assholes, Morgan, they are my brothers," I said, pulling my eyes open. My blue crystals dwelt on Morgan's furious gaze.

"What the hell are you saying, Sheila?" Morgan's hands gripped my shoulders tightly, his nails digging into my flesh. He was furious, his gaze was murderous.

"Morgan, what the heck are you doing?" Killian's raging voice sounded from a corner as he stalked closer to us.

Morgan's grip on me only tightened as his green gaze shifted on Killian. "Did you know? Did you know that she is a Black? Sheila is one of those bastards?" Morgan yelled, and suddenly, everything began to shake violently.

Killian cast a murderous gaze on me, one full of hatred and disgust. His lips pulled open, and he called for the warriors. "Take this bitch and have her executed right away!"

My eyes widened with how everything turned for the worst within seconds. I couldn't even speak a word before I was dragged away by the warriors. And just then, I knew I had made a mistake by spilling out the truth.

I shut my eyes, feeling the pain in my shoulder lessen.

"Hey, Sheila, please look at me, do you feel any pain?" I heard Morgan's voice echo faintly in the walls of my mind, forcing me to pull my eyes open.

My gaze fell on Morgan, he was right before me. His eyes holding fear and concern and not the rage and hatred from a second ago.

Wait a minute! Something was wrong. I scanned around and there was no Killian, and no warriors dragging me away. What happened?

"Sweetheart, you were daydreaming!" I heard Adie huff in my head.

Before I could respond to her, Morgan pulled my attention back to him. "Are you alright?" He asked, still worried about me.All text © NôvelD(r)a'ma.Org.

I nodded.

He breathed out in relief. "Now tell me," Morgan said and I crippled my brows in confusion.

"Tell you what?"

"You wanted to tell me the truth," he said gently.

The truth. The words sounded in my ears.

"Please Sheila, you might want to keep that truth to yourself for now," Adie uttered, and I couldn't help but mentally agree with her. Now wasn't the best time, to tell the truth, and with the way my daydreaming took a turn for the worse, I'd rather not say anything now.

"The truth is, I really don't remember anything. But I don't think they did anything bad to me," I said, taking a seat.

Morgan settled next to me. "If that's the case, then I'm glad we arrived just in time before something bad happened."

I could only nod as the helpers served us some food.

After a while, Killian joined us, but there was no sign of Thea around. I didn't let it bother me, I focused on my food instead.

After we were done eating, Killian informed me of the meeting with Valerie in her spell room. He wanted to come along, but I talked him out of it. I had a lot to say to Valerie and it was best if Killian wasn't there.

Reluctantly, he left with Morgan and Allen, while I headed to Valerie's spell room. I stopped at the tall door in front of me. Now it made absolute sense why it opened for me. Even though my memories were locked away, and my witch powers were bonded, I could still feel my energy.

I placed my hand on it, and it opened. As soon as it opened, I saw Valerie standing in front of the door with a small smile on her lips.

"I was expecting you," her smile deepened as the door closed behind me. She walked closer to me, "I was told you remember everything," she said.

I nodded and we started walking to the table.

"Your awakening must have purged your entire soul and filtered every kind of impure magic binding you," she sounded.

"Yes, I think so," I muttered, watching Valerie's small smile still plastered on her lips. "Why do I have the feeling that you knew who I was all this time?"

"I didn't, but I can't lie it didn't cross my mind. There were a lot of things about you that didn't just add up, starting with the door," she paused, "but it's all behind us now," she smiled. "Believe me, I am happy that you are still alive. I don't know what happened, and how you ended up with Lucius, but I'm thankful he kept you alive, instead of harming you," she said warmly.

She was right. Even after how Lucius treated me, I was also glad that he kept me alive, and that he was more than happy to send me off with Killian, otherwise, I wouldn't have found out the truth about myself, and I would still be locked up in his pack. Lucius helped me without even realizing it.

"I heard about Thea not being the gifted one. I mean… Killian dreamt about her, how is that possible she's not the gifted one?" I asked,

"It's not possible. I don't know why Killian saw her in his dreams, but something is wrong somewhere. I suspect someone manipulated his dream," Valerie said.

I stared at her in surprise. "Someone? By someone, who do you mean?" I asked,

"I am not sure. But it has to be a witch responsible for that. Someone who doesn't want the curse to be broken. Someone who wants to harm Killian, and now, I think you are also on that list," she voiced.

"You are talking about the witch who sent a message to my brothers?" I asked, and Valerie nodded.

"The same witch who murdered Rowan in the dungeon, and maybe, was responsible for the fire in Thea's chamber," Valerie said, while I mentally rolled my eyes.

I doubt that the fire in Thea's chamber was done by the witch. Thea is well capable of doing that herself, just so as to get Killian's attention. I don't know why everyone doesn't see that. But I couldn't say anything, otherwise, I could be tagged as a jealous mate.

"Regardless of what people might say, I don't trust that whore," Adie voiced.

I nodded mentally in agreement. "Me too," I still remember our encounter in Killian's office. The words she threw at me gave me a bad feeling. If I didn't know better, I would say Thea might be responsible for everything bad that's been happening in the pack. But that's impossible, since she's just a wolf, and I have no proof of anything.

I digressed from my thoughts.

"You have to be careful, Sheila, the witch who tried to murder Thea thinking she was the gifted one might come after you, you must be careful."

I nodded to Valerie's words. "How sure are you that I am the gifted one? For goodness sake, I am Killian's mate."

"That doesn't make it impossible for you to be the gifted one. On the night of the blood moon, you stopped the blood rage driving them crazy," she said, and I chuckled lightly.

"That night, I was out of control. I did a lot of things," I said to her.

"But the night you stopped Killian from going on a rampage, you were just fine, Sheila. That was the power of the gifted one on the cursed Alpha," she muttered, and I couldn't argue further.

"Alright, what do I have to do to be certain I am the gifted one?" I asked her.

"We must conduct another cleansing ritual, and this time, the moon binding the curse on the wolves must appear in the sky," she said.

"The crescent moon?" I queried and Valerie nodded. "When will the ritual take place?"

"Tonight," she sounded. "We must be certain to start planning everything from the beginning, since all this while, we've been using Thea's blood."

"Alright," I whispered, sighing, my eyes pierced into Valerie's purple eyes. "Do you also think it's a bad idea to tell Killian the truth?"

"Frankly, I don't know, but what I do know is that the Alpha is a good man, including your brothers, they are all blinded by rage and hatred for one another," Valerie said. "And the worst part is that, the monster that brought about this hatred is no more."

"Killian's father, Alpha Nell Reid," I muttered.

Valerie nodded, "Yes, and that hatred is so dangerous that I fear it may lead to another tragedy."

At her words, I felt my heart ache badly. It hurt me so badly that this so-called hatred existed between people I held in my heart. The pain was so deep that I gripped tightly to the table, breathing heavily. I had no idea what was wrong with me, but I felt several unidentified emotions cloud my heart.

"Sheila," Valerie was by my side, and suddenly, a violent wind appeared in the middle of the room, causing great destruction, and darkness covered us.

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