The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 41

I hear a moan and a mumble and run towards the sound. Pushing a couple of bodies aside, I find Nina.

"Nina, I'm here. You're safe now," I say, untying her wrists. She squints her eyes, letting them adjust. The look of relief shows on her face. Nina sits up, lunges into my lap, wraps her arms around my neck, and cries into my chest.

"You came for me. You found me,"

"Of course, we came for you, Nina. I would search the ends of the Earth for you,"

She cries even louder and holds me tighter.

"I thought I'd never see you again,"

Leon approaches.

"Dad!" Nina stands up and runs into his arms.

"My baby girl, I was so worried,"

Nina looks over to May, looking at the whiplash on Gianna's back.

"May, Gianna," she says, releasing herself from Leon.

May and Nina hug each other.

"I thought you hated me?" May says.

"Although you have been a horrible sister to me all my life, I'm glad you're here."

Nina checks Gianna's back, "It's already healing," she says.

"I've had my wolf for a month now, which means I heal quickly," Gianna says.

"Are you okay?" I ask Gianna.

"I will be now that Moss and his rogues are dead," she says.

"How long have you been captive here for?" I ask.

"Over a year… I think anyway. The rogues would never tell me what day or month it was,"

"What pack did they take you from?"

"I was never in a pack. I lived in an orphanage, and they kicked me and anyone else who turned sixteen that year. I spent a year living on the streets until one night, when I was about to fall asleep, a man approached me, sniffing the air. He smiled at me, said, “She-wolf,” and took me away to join them. They wanted me to join them for breeding purposes. I tried to escape many times. I didn't want to be there. I was better off in the streets than here," she frowns.

"Gianna, we would love you to join our pack, a real pack where you will have freedom and friendships?" I offer.

"You would want me to come with you?" She says with a raised eyebrow.

"Yes, we would,"

Everyone has shocked faces as we all turn to stare at Nina.

"Umm, oops, a daisy?"

"Oops, a daisy?" May says. 'You just summoned a ball of flame the size of a house and made it fly a kilometre away! And all you can say is, oops, a daisy?"

"Well, gee-whiz May, ever think I might be just as shocked as you all are with what I did? What do you expect me to say?"

"I just want to know why you girls can use wands? This is not normal for a wolf to wield magic," Leon says, confused.

"Maybe it's just temporary?" I suggest.

"It will take us a week to get back to Shadow Crest. This is very dangerous. We mustn't mention this magic to anyone in the pack other than Alpha Ryker and Our Luna Astrid. Got it?"

We all nod in agreement and enter the cave to leave.

"Keep to the right." I say as we reach two separate tunnels. Nina and May hold their wands up, illuminating the cave. We step out of the exit and into the woods. The only light we can see is from the wands lighting our path: Nina and May yawn.

"Let's make a fire and sleep here the night. We are all exhausted, and it must be around 2 am," I say.

The girls sit down next to Leon, and I gather sticks and bundle them together.

"Inferno Flamo," Nina says, pointing her wand at the bundle of sticks. A flame the size of my hand shoots from the wand to the stick, setting them alight. Leon and I give her a look.