The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 40

Gianna must be a slave.

"No, you can't punish her. Leave her alone. Punish me instead," Nina cries.

Moss nods for two rogues to take Gianna to a post and loops her tied hands over it. Nina runs to Gianna and hugs her tight.

"No, get away from her!" Nina screams.

Another rogue approaches and drags Nina away back towards Moss.

"We need to do something. We can't just sit back and watch," I say to May.

"They outnumber us. What do we do?" May asks.

Moss grabs Nina's wrist. Nina tries to fight him off. Moss laughs, pulls Nina onto his lap, and holds her arms down. He is going to force Nina to watch Gianna receive ten lashes.

My eyes are black again. I yell in pain as the rogue gives Gianna her first lash.

She screams, but they stop the lashing and turn towards my yells of pain.

"This isn't good. They know we are here," May says.

"I'm going to shift. I can't control my wolf," I tell her.

"Dad and I will distract them for as long as we can while you shift,"

I nod and yell as a few bones snap.

The stick in May's pocket glows brighter. We all stare at it in awe as rogues approach.

"I wonder?" May says as she pulls it out and holds it up. 'The spells we read in the book of spells and hexes, Magnus!" She exclaims.

I'm confused. I give May a strange look before another bone breaks.

May steps out from the bushes, holds the stick high, and yells 'Tumultuous Volley!"

Thunder erupts, and dark clouds appear and swirl around high above the rogues.

Tumultuous Volley is one of the spells I read in that book. It summons a storm and strikes enemies down with lightning.

The rogues pause and look up at the storm brewing above them. Then, one by one, lightning strikes them down. She-wolves scream and scatter.

Moss and the others look on with horror.

"Magnus!"

Moss lunges at me. I snap my teeth over his front leg, breaking it. He lets out a howl of pain and snarls back at me. Before he makes his next move, I lunge, knocking him onto his back. I press my front paws on his chest to keep him down and rip ferociously into his neck. He falls limp as a puddle of blood forms on his torn open neck. As the fog dissipates, the woman around my mother's age lets out a horrific scream and runs towards Moss's dead body.

"No! Not my son. He can't be dead!" She screams, cradling his head. I take a few steps back. She looks up at me with a fierce stare.

"You, you will pay for this. I should have killed your mother long ago, and now I will kill you too!"

The older woman grabs the younger woman's shoulder but stares at me.

"It's over for now, but this won't be the last you see of us," she hisses.

I growl and step towards them. May places her hand on my back.

"No, let them go. We need to find Nina. We can worry about them later," May says as the two women quickly shift and run away. I shift back and yell in pain. After a few minutes, I'm in my human form. Leon shifts back as well.

"Nina!" I cry out.

There are dead bodies everywhere. Gianna is sobbing. May approaches Gianna and unties her from the post and the rope from her wrists.