Alpha’s Cursed Mate

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Leo’s POV

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“Leo,” Rose called out as she entered the room.

“Huh?” I answered and watched her walk towards me. I was sitting on the couch.

“Don’t you think that Austin of a man is quite weird?” She said and sat down comfortably in between my lips. I furrowed my eyebrows.

“Why do you say so?” I asked her as I twirled her hair with my index finger.

“I don’t know but I felt like… you know, really self-conscious around him, and not to add the way he looks at me makes me have goosebumps.” She said.

“Really?” I asked her.

Why would he give her such a reaction by the way?

“Have you met him somewhere before?” I asked her.

“No, not really. Not like I can remember.” She said.

“Okay then. Will keep an eye on him.” I said to her and she nodded her head.

“What about we go for a run?” I asked her after a while. She sat up and faced me with a smile on her lips.

“Sure.” She agreed with excitement. We stood up and exited the packhouse. As we walked through the pack land, the pack members kept greeting and waving at us. A child ran towards us with a grin on her face.

“Hey, Carly… You don’t run from your mother like that.” We heard a woman yell. I chuckled and crouched down to the girl’s level before lifting her. She giggled. Rose smiled at her behavior.

“Good afternoon, Alpha and Luna.” She greeted with a bow. We both nodded our heads.

“Sorry about her misbehavior. She can be childish at times.” She said and I could sense fear in her voice. She is scared of me but her daughter isn’t. Well, the little girl is childish.

“May I know your name?” Rose asked the little girl.

“I am Anna by name.” The girl replied with a smile showing her yet-to-be a complete set of teeth.

“See you around, Anna,” I said as I handed her over to her mother. We watched them walk away.

“Still in for the run?” I asked Rose who had her eyes attached to the child’s retreating figure.

“If you want a child, we could have a quickie.” I teased her with a wink. She looked at me and a blush crept on her cheeks.

“You are crazy.” She said.

“Crazy for you, baby,” I said with a smirk. She blushed.

“I said are you still in for the run?” I asked her again. She nodded her head positively and I had my hands intertwined with hers as we proceeded to the woods. She pulled away from me and walked behind the tree.

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Rose’s POV

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Gosh, when did Leo start affecting me like this?

I pulled off my clothes and closed my eyes, envisioning myself in my wolf form. My bones soon started cracking and reforming. I stood on all fours. My eyesight was very sharp and even my hearing was enhanced. I heard Leo pulling his clothes also. As I stepped out, I saw his black colored wolf with white dots on it. I noticed this wolfy grin on his face. He used his head to urge me to move forward. I walked towards him and he kinda smelled my rear.

“Let the fun begin.” He said in my head and we began the race.

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We played and rolled in the mud. Then we went ahead to the little river in our pack border and wash in it. Jeff and Halona had their time also. In one word, we both enjoyed ourselves. We got to the place where we pulled off our clothes and shifted back into our human form before wearing them.

“Gosh, I am so tired.” I yawned out as I stretched out my bones.

“If I remember clearly, you have to be in the office.” I reminded Leo was heading towards the packhouse. He frowned his face and took my hands into his. We entered as we got to the packhouse. We met that creepy man and Blake’s dad. I made sure not to look at him. Leo exchanged pleasantries with them before heading upstairs with me.

Yes, I wanted to discuss something with Leo. Gosh, it skipped my mind already.

“Bye. see you later.” Leo said as he headed towards the office while I went to our room.

Ciara. Yes! I remember. I wanted to call Ciara.

I pulled out my phone and dialed her number. It rang for a few seconds before I heard her voice. She was… moaning. Eww!

“Hi, Rose.” She breathed out.

“I could give you a call later,” I said to her and did not at for her reply before hanging up.

I shook my head at her behavior. How could she pick the call while she was doing that?

Disgusting tho.

“You think it is disgusting?” Halona asked.

“Please, don’t interfere with my thoughts. Not now.” I said sternly and I heard her scoff before closing her eyes.

My phone rang and I knew it was her. I picked it.

“Hello, Rose.” She said. Her voice was clear now.

“Hi,” I replied.

“So you forgot me since all these days, huh? Do you know how worried I was? Like seriously? So how are things over there?” She rambled the questions as if I was a robot. I closed my eyes at the voice she was using on me. I could sense her anger building up.

“I am sorry, Ciara. I was just caught in a lot of shits over here that had my head muddled. And I am sorry again that I had you worrying about me all because of my inability to update you.” I apologized to her.

“Okay, Apology accepted. So how is Leo doing? Did he send you out? Where are you?” Did she ask these tons of questions?

“Why don’t you wait and I should go into details instead of you giving me so many questions at once,” I said, already tired of her questions.

What do I expect anyways? she was the one who encouraged me to come and meet Leo and yet I did not hear. That is so bad of me.

“Anyways, guess what?” I said with a giggle as I remembered something.

“What?” She said with a bored tone.

“Well, I shifted,” I announced.

“What?! Really?!” She yelled and I laughed out.

“Yes, I did and it was not expected tho. And also it was quite painful.” I said and sat down on the chair.

“And you know what again? We… Marked each other.” I said again.

“What?! How?! When?!” I could feel the surprise in the way she yelled.

“Gosh, I am so happy for you. You see this is the best way that you should have done this. Assuming we did that way you suggested, it would have been worst.” She said and I sort of agreed with her. She was right.

“Well, there is more coming,” I said with a grin.

“What? Really? Gosh, I missed out.” She said out of excitement.

“Well, Leo and I are now officially an Alpha and Luna,” I said gently, making sure the words sank deeply into her brain.

“What?! This is… Shocking. Please come over. I will like to meet you and also bring him along.” She said with excitement. Well, the news was too overwhelming for her. I knew it too.

“I will try to persuade him and also extend my greeting to Alpha Damien,” I said and we talked about some other things for some minutes before we said our goodbyes and hung up the call.

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“Hey, babe.” I hollered as I heard Leticia’s voice on the phone. It’s been a long since we talked.

“How are you doing?” She asked.

“I’m good,” I replied.

“My brother told me you both went on vacation and you are yet to be back. Hope you are enjoying over there?” She asked.

And this keeps me baffled as to why Leo is yet to introduce Leticia to the pack.

I smiled and nodded my head positively as if she could see me.

“Yes, I am.” As I said this, the door was pushed open and Leo walked in. I looked up to look at him. I inhaled and exhaled.

“You know what? I will give you a call later. Bryan needs me.” She said and disconnected the call without letting me give her a reply.

“How was work?” I asked Leo who sat down and started pulling off his shoes.

“Hectic as usual.” He mumbled. He stood up and pulled off his clothes.

“So…” I need to tread softly about this topic I am about to bring up. I wet my lips with my tongue as I thought about how to say it.

He looked at me, expecting me to continue what I wanted to say.

“Hmm, Ciara gave a call today.” I started and he shrugged. I frowned my face at his gesture.

“She said that… If… No, that we should visit her. I mean like she has been so worried about me and not to forget that she was the one who advised me to come here to see you. She also advised me against some horrible things I wanted to do out of desperation.” I said, not giving him time to even say a word.

“Sure, we can go if…” He trailed off and turned towards me as if he remembered something. And I know at that moment when his jaw ticked, I knew that I hit a forbidden nerve.

“I will never go back to that pack if that horrible man is there.” He said with a hard face. I watched his Adam apple move.

“But I would love to see Ciara and appreciate her for what she did for me. And for us.” I said with a sad pout.

“You can call her over the phone.” He replied gruffly.

“No, I want to see her,” I whined stubbornly, faking what I supposed to be an angry voice.

“Rose…” I held up my hands.

“We are going,” I said with finality. He released an aggravated breath and gripped his hair in frustration that made him wonder if it does not hurt him.

“Why don’t you want to go?” I asked him after a while of awkward silence.

He turned to look at me. “Like you don’t know.” He said with a scoff.

“You must wonder why I told my sister that we went on vacation. Why she does not seem to know the reason you came over to my place? Why she seems oblivious of the shits in my life?” He said and walked towards me with this kind of menacing look. I breathed out and held my stand. He stopped five steps away from me.

“It is because she does not know that wolves existed. She does not have an iota of knowledge of the supernatural. She has no idea of it all.” He said.

Now, this makes everything clear and sensible.

“What do you mean by that?” I asked him.

“I once told you that my dad sent my mom alongside us out that night. I told you we grew up with our aunt. Our aunt died, no, she did not. She disappeared. Then until the day I shifted, I knew what hell meant. It was so painful. Thinking of all the pain I experienced, I swore never to see that man again. Then there comes Ciara being Damien’s mate and also meeting him that day.” He rushed the words out.

“Was it the day we met?” I asked carefully because I can see that he was enraged by the memory already. He nodded his head positively.

“I hated myself. I hated what I was. I hid myself. I could not tell her what I was because I knew how she would stigmatize me. She would stay away from me. And I will be that bad, animalistic brother she is scared of. You don’t know. I had nightmares. Nightmares I tried so hard to fight.” He cried and slowly went on his knees. I blinked back the tears and walked towards him. I hugged him and he cried on my shoulders.