The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 39

Again, I must cover my mouth with my hand to contain my laugh. May turns and glares at me. I gulp and swallow my laughter but keep the smirk on my face.

Mabel has a grin as wide as the Nile River plastered on her face.

We follow Mabel quietly until she stops in front of a dark cave.

"The other cave looked much more welcoming than this one," May pouts.

"You wouldn't last five minutes in that cave, dear. Looks can be deceiving. This one here may be dark and gloomy, but it leads to the ruthless rogue pack," Mabel says.

Leon shifts into his wolf to see better. I want to shift too, but it will take too long, and the rogues will hear my yells of pain, which will give us away.

Mabel flicks a stick, and a tiny ball of light appears like a flame. She hands it to me, then flicks her finger against the tip of another stick and hands it to May.

"How did you do that?" May says in amazement.

I look at Mabel.

"You're a witch?" I say.

"Shh," she smiles, "This way," she waves.

We follow her through the shallow, murky water.

I can hear the sounds of frogs and rats. May is shaking like a leaf at the number of cobwebs and spiders we pass. The one cave now has three different tunnels. We stop and stare at them.

"Which one is the right way?" I ask Mabel.

"Always keep to the left on the way in and keep to the right on the way out." She says.

I turn to thank her as she vanishes into the shadows.

"How did she disappear like that?" May asks.

"Magic," I shrug.

"So, which way do we go?"

"Left, let's go."

We trudge down the left tunnel, holding our magically lit sticks in the air that illuminates the cave. Leon, still in wolf form, grabs a rat and eats it.

"So gross, Dad!" May says.

Leon ignores her and finishes his meal. We continue through the tunnel to find another two tunnels.

"We go left," I say before May even asks.

"Yes!" Everyone cheers.

"Someone, bring out our future Luna to start this celebration!" Moss says.

They drag Nina out of the cave. Her hands are tied, and she is unkempt, with a few scrapes and bruises on her lower legs and knees. They have kept her in a dirty cell all this time.

My eyes are black with rage. My wolf wants to kill every rogue celebrating. Pain surges through my body as I'm about to yell at my pain. May covers my mouth with her hand tightly.

"Don't you dare make a sound," she warns.

I swallow my pain and focus on controlling my wolf. Once I'm calm, I watch as someone forcibly places Nina on the ground on the other side of the stone throne.

The slave and Nina give each other a sympathetic look.

"Smile, Nina, it's my wolf ceremony. At least pretend to be happy," Moss says.

Nina spits at his feet.

"I'll smile when I turn your wolf ceremony into your wolf's funeral," she yells.

"If you weren't my chosen mate, I would make you receive ten lashes. Instead, I'll give your punishment to Gianna for your insolence,"