The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 14

Nina placed her books on the mangled table we had made together. I sit next to her, but we both sit silently, refusing to speak.

"Okay, today you will fill out this questionnaire with your lab partner. If you don't know the answers, it will tell you what page you can read to find the answer in your textbooks. You have forty-five minutes." Mr Thomson says.

He places a questionnaire sheet on each table. Five minutes go by, and neither of us has moved.

"The questionnaire isn't going to fill itself out, Nina and Magnus. So get to work, or I will fail you both in science."

We grumble and mutter under our breaths and take our pens to fill it out. We both go to take the sheet simultaneously but grab each other's hands instead. I don't want to let go, but Nina pulls her hand away in a flash. We both take the end of the paper. She glares at me.

"Let go. I'll fill it out,"

"Let me at least fill a couple of questions out," I say.

The sheet of paper tears in half and Mr Thomson walks over and slams the sticky tape down.

"Again, you broke it, you fix it, then fill it out," he growls.

I hold the two strips of paper without speaking while Nina tapes them together.

"I'll fill out the first half, and you do the rest," she snaps.

"Fine," I say and cross my arms.

Once she has answered eight questions, she angrily slides the sheet toward me. I pause and gaze at her.

"What happened to us, Nina? We were getting along so well the other day, we almost, well, you know? and now we are worse than ever?"

"The other day should never have happened. Besides, Moss asked me to be his girlfriend today, and I said yes."

"You only just met him; how could you go out with someone you don't know. What if he is an axe-wielding maniac or has bad intentions for you?"

"Why do you care, Magnus? You have never cared for me. So I think it's obvious to both of us that you are jealous,"

"Jealous?" I laugh.

"Yes, you are jealous of Moss and feel threatened by him. Otherwise, you would not have taunted him into a fight. However, I highly doubt he is dangerous. If anything, he has been charming, loving, and caring towards me. You should focus on your girlfriend and return to your old ways of pretending I don't exist,"

"I don't want it to be like this,"

"Magnus, you are the one who made it like this. So now you get to live with it."

Sadness consumes me. I take the questionnaire, fill the rest out slowly, and hold back my tears.

Mr Thomson collects our sheets as the bell rings

As I walk to English, I see Sean, the well-known school bully who has cornered Pipsqueak. He is harassing her. He flicks her glasses off your face.

"The money is yours. Take it," I say to Pipsqueak and continue to class.

"W-wait," she says, running up to me.

"What?"

"T-thank-you for s-stopping him, Magnus,"

"No worries, Pipsqueak," I say, walking away. I notice Nina is standing with Josie waiting for their class door to be unlocked. They had both witnessed me protect one of the school nerds.

"It's P-Pippa… by the way." Her words cheerily echo down the corridor behind me.

It's the end of the school day. Josie and Flint meet at my locker.

"Hey, bro, ready to go home?" Flint asks.

"I'd rather them not see my face, but I don't have a choice. So I suppose we better get home so I can face the music,"

As expected, Nina was home before us, and mum and dad were standing at the front door looking as mad as hatters.

"Magnus, we received a phone call from the school today stating you got into a fight with the new boy and, from looking at your face, I'd say they gave us accurate information," Mum says, unimpressed. Dad walks to me and places his hand on my shoulder.

"Son, what were you thinking? You will be Alpha before you know it, and here you are, beating up the new boy. You have some explaining to do,"