The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 45

Feeling defeated, I hop into the front passenger side of the car. Leon is already in the car. After twenty minutes, the girls all climb into the back seat.

After hours of driving, we pass the Welcome to Shadow Crest sign. As Leon parks the car, I jump out and run inside the packhouse. My mum is the first one I see. I wrap my arms around her tiny body and lift her off the ground-hugging her tight.

"Magnus, my boy. I missed you so much," she cries.

"I missed you too, Mum." I say and wipe her tears from her face.

Josie and Flint come running down the stairs. Josie flies into my chest first. I hug her tightly, and then Flint and I hug each other.

Leon, Nina, May, and Gianna enter the packhouse. Mum hugs Nina.

"I'm so glad you are back home,"

"Me too, Luna,"

"Nina?" Amelia yells, running out of the kitchen. 'Nina!" She wraps her arms around her and kisses her face a hundred times.

"I was so worried,"

"Mum, I'm okay now,"

My Dad enters and pulls me in for a hug.

Gianna stands there awkwardly.

"Mum, Dad, this is Gianna. She was forced to be a slave in Moss's pack," Astrid and Amelia gasp.

"Is it okay if she joins our pack?"

"Of course, it's okay. You poor thing," Astrid says and pulls her in for a hug.

"Gianna can have the spare room next to Nina's room until she finds her mate," Ryker says.

"Thank you for letting me stay," Gianna says.

"I'll show you to your room," May says and takes her hand.

"You must all be hungry. Let's have lunch, and you can tell us everything," Astrid says.

Leon explains how we met Mabel and how she led us to Moss's pack.

"Magnus was trying to fight his wolf from shifting. They heard his cries of pain, and that's when May summoned a storm, balls of fire and fog saving us all." Leon says, then nervously laughs.

Astrid, Ryker, Josie, and Flint burst into laughter. Except for Amelia, whose face suddenly becomes pale.

"Good one, Leon, so continue. Tell us what really happened," Ryker says.

It's so quiet that I can hear everyone's heart rate rapidly increase.

"This is impossible," Ryker says, standing up, "This can't be happening? Magic has been long gone and forbidden for many years. We only discovered that a few witches still exist when you had that fever, Magnus,"

Astrid clears her throat, "Nina, you and your sister, cannot experiment with this. You are already in danger due to your curse affecting Magnus, and now to learn you can cast magic. It will cause mass panic. Everyone will hunt you and May down. The only way to keep you both safe is for either of you not to cast magic," she says.

I know how much being able to cast spells has meant to Nina. She is trying hard to hold back tears and hide her feelings from everyone.

"We need to figure out how this is even possible," Ryker says.

We all look at Leon and Amelia. Leon shrugs his shoulders, "I'm in just as much shock as you all are. I swear I do not know," he says, then looks at Amelia, who has the look of guilt written all over her face. 'Amelia?" Leon says.

"Well, you see. There is something I haven't told anyone before. I didn't see the point until now," Amelia takes a deep breath, "My grandma was a witch,"

"What?" Everyone says in shock.

"My grandfather was a wolf. It turned out my grandmother was a witch. They knew it wasn't right. It was unheard of, a witch and a wolf being fated mates. They tried hard to stay away from each other but found it impossible. My mother and another child were born to them. Neither could wield magic, but both were able to shift into wolves at eighteen. My mother had me, and I was never able to wield magic. We all figured the wolf gene must have been stronger, and having two generations without magic thought it would never happen to future generations. Now it seems it happened… two generations later. Nina and May are half-witch, half-wolf,"

We all look at one another, taking it all in.

"None of this information is to leave this room. Nina, I will leave it to you to tell May she is to no longer cast magic," Ryker says.

Nina stands up and runs up the stairs without saying a word. I know she is upset.