The Alpha’s Mate Who Cried Wolf

Chapter 49

I race towards the car; Moss isn’t in there. He has gone. I can smell his scent towards the woods. Nina

is unconscious. Blood trickles down the left side of her head. There is glass everywhere.

I howl as loud as I can for help. Mum and Dad appear and shift into their human forms and climb into

the car.

‘Where has Moss gone? You didn’t kill him, did you?’ Mother asks worriedly. I shake my head and

whimper as I step towards Dad carrying Nina.

‘She needs to see the pack doctor right away, otherwise, she might not make it.’

I lower myself down, knowing the quickest way to get her to the doctor is me taking her. Dad places her

gently on my back and wraps her arms around my neck. With every leap, I glide through the air like a

bird, increasing my speed and making it a smoother run so I don’t drop her. Mum and Dad shift back

into their wolves and can barely keep up with my speed. We arrive back at the ceremony. Everyone

parted ways, screaming or startled at the sight of Nina.

‘Nina! Amelia screams. Leon follows her to me.’ Nina’s mother and father carefully lift Nina down,

crying. The pack doctor assesses

her.

‘What happened to her?’ her mother asks me as my parents arrive and shift back.

‘She was in a car accident; Moss was driving and fled the scene.’ Astrid tells her.

‘Let’s get her into the packhouse where I can tend to her wounds. The doctor says.

Leon carries Nina from the hall towards the packhouse.

‘Thank you, everyone, for attending the ceremony, but it will have to end. Please enjoy the rest of your

stay over the next couple of days.’ My dad says.

They all leave and head to their cabins. Some of the she-wolves are trying to get my attention. They

want to touch me. I let out a small snarl just for them to hear and watch as they cower back, changing

their minds. I catch up with Leon and follow him up the stairs. He places her on.

Her bed and the doctor immediately attends to her wounds, cleans them, and bandages her. Nina lets

out a whimper, even though she is still unconscious. I growl at the doctor, who quickly backs himself up

to the wall.

‘S-Sorry Magnus, I didn’t mean to hurt her, but I have to cleanse her wounds. She doesn’t have her

wolf yet, so she needs my help to heal properly.’

Amelia sits by her side and holds her hand and Leon watches with a steel look.

Mum and dad join us.

‘Magnus, aren’t you going to shift back into human form?’

I shake my head and step up onto the bed and curl up by Nina’s side. I’m going to stay here and

protect her until she wakes. My head rests on her lap. Mum, dad, and Nina’s parents give each other a

sad look, then look back at me and nod in understanding

‘You let us know the moment she wakes, ok Magnus?’ Leon says. I lift my head and nod, then resume

my position on her lap.

1 must have fallen asleep, the warmth from the sun beaming through the window warms my fur. Nina’s

hand is resting on my back. She hasn’t woken but must have moved in her sleep, I move my position

and rest my head on her pillow facing her, and fall asleep again I wake up to a scream and sit up.

Nina and I are face to face Sweat covers her forehead and I watch as she realises it’s just me.

Magnus?

Fuck her face

“Gross, Magnust’ she yells

iwmper and lower my head and place my paws over my eyes Sorry Magnus, I didn’t mean to growl. My

head really hurts. She

says, touching the patch on her left temple.

Wait, last night. You were shifting. I try to get to you, but Moss wouldn’t let me. He dragged me into his

car and sped off, then you jumped onto the roof and that’s all I remember. Did Moss crash the car?’ she

asks, observing the patches down her arms and legs. I whimper again, but this time I sit up and rest my

head on her lap.

She pats my head and glides her fingers through my fur. I’m in heaven.

‘Thank you, Magnus, for rescuing me.’

Leon and Amelia barge into the room, panting.

‘Nina, you’re awake! We heard you scream.’ Amelia says.

‘Sorry, I didn’t expect to wake up with an oversized wolf in my bed’ She laughs. I whimper my apology

and she wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me in for a hug. ‘It’s okay Magnus, I forgive you.’

‘How are you feeling? Do you want the pack doctor?’ Leon asks her.

I’m sore, but I think I’ll be okay. Where is Moss?’

I growl at her question.

‘We don’t know. No one has seen him since he fled the car accident.’ Leon says.

‘What if he’s hurt?’

I growl again. Why should she care if he is hurt? ‘I know you’re not fond of him, Magnus. I know he

should not have taken me away like that, but I think he was worried about me.’

Not wanting to hear anymore, I step off the bed and go to my room to shift into my human form. After

ten minutes of excruciating pain, I shift back and pass out from the exhaustion and pain from it.

I’m woken by Zak and Flint shaking my shoulders and tapping my face.

I’m okay now.’ I say, sitting up.

‘Is it really going to be this bad every time you shift?’ Zak asks.

‘Yup, at least until Nina’s curse has been broken.’

I make myself presentable and walk downstairs with Flint and Zak. We find Hank the Greystone packs

future Alpha looking around.

Hank, can I help you?’ I say.

Actually, you can. I have a proposition to offer.’ He smirks.

What kind of proposition?’

One, you would prefer we speak about privately.’

“Whatever you need to say to our future Alpha, you can say to us.’ Flint says.

“Well, sure if you don’t mind everyone finding out about Nina’s curse? I’d hate to know what would

happen to her if anyone found

I grab him by the scruff of the neck and growl in his face. My eyes have turned black. I quickly let him

go as people enter the room

Flint, Lak, gather Josje, May, and Nina We are to meet by the lake immediately.’

We arrive by the lake

‘What’s going on? Josle asks

Hank know about Nwau’curse, he has some kind of proposition to make l assume for in return for him

to keep his mouth shut?! say, glaring at Mank

“How did he even find out? May aske

“None of us have told anyone, though? Flint ways and looks at us all. Nina hugs herself and looks

down.

11 thought I could trust him. I thought he could help me find out how to break this stupid curse.’ She

cries. I pull her into my chest and let her cry

‘Who is him?’ Josie asks.

Moss.’ Hank and I say at the same time.

‘Shit’ Zak says.

‘Why did he tell you?’ I ask Hank.

Moss and I go way back; we went to Pup school together far South from here. You could say we are

very close friends. He told me in case anything happened to him to tell his mother about the curse.’

‘What good would telling his mother about the curse do?’ | ask.

‘I don’t know, but I know my sisters are inconsolable right now that neither of them isn’t your mate. My

father expected one of them to at least be your mate and was quite frustrated himself when he realised

they weren’t.’

‘Yes, I get it. I broke the hearts of hundreds of other she-wolves last night. What’s your point?’

‘My point or proposal, I shall say, is that my father still wants to find a way for you to be mated with one

of his daughters and now ! have leverage over you. I have a way for it to happen.’ He smirks.

‘Excuse me?’ I growl.

‘I won’t tell anyone about Nina’s curse and in return, you choose one of my sisters to be your mate in

return.’

‘What!? Are you crazy? I can’t just choose a mate. I need to find my own fated mate!’

‘Nonsense. It may be unusual to choose a mate rather than wait for your fated mate, but I’ve known

plenty of wolves myself who have or have had chosen mates and most have had a reasonably happy

life.’

‘My parents would never allow me to have a chosen mate.’

‘Well then, you better not let them know and pretend one is your fated mate.’

Igrind my teeth and fall to my knees in pain. My wolf is trying to take over and shift so he can kill Hank.

‘Magnus! Nina yells and kneels beside me.

Her touch helps calm my wolf.

“You can’t do this Hank; you can’t force me into mating one of your sisters.’

‘I won’t force you, Magnus. You will choose to do it to save your friend. If I let slip, she has a curse. We

all know they will hunt her down like a witch and killed even by members of your own pack.’ |

My wolf growis and I yell in pain again, Zak and Flint help me stand. Nina gives me a worried look.

“You can’t do this Magnus, you can’t choose one of them and pretend she is your fated mate! I can

pack my stuff, I can leave Shadow Crest night now. I could never live with myself if you had to live with

and mate with someone you didn’t want to be with.’

“No, I could never live with myself if you ever left Shadow Crest… left… me. No matter where you

would go, someone would also be after you until they found and killed you.’

‘What do we do?’ she cries

Lak, Flint, Josie, and May watch us with sorrowful faces. Anyone would think we were at a funeral if

they saw us

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