Filed to story: Wolf Crying Mate of the Alpha by Jazz Ford
I lick her face.
‘Gross, Magnus!’ she yells.
I whimper 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 out.’
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, Zak, gather Josie, May, and Nina. We are to meet by the lake immediately.’
We arrive by the lake.
‘What’s going on?’ Josie asks
‘Hank knows about Nina’s curse; he has some kind of proposition to make. I assume for in return for him to keep his mouth shut?’ I say, glaring at Hank.
‘How did he even find out?’ May asks.
‘None of us have told anyone, though?’ Flint says and looks at us all. Nina hugs herself and looks down.
‘Nina, what is it?’ I ask.
‘I-I 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?’ I 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 I 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.’
I grind 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.