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• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0025

  I entered the room, everywhere looming of betrayal. Kade's eyes widened, his eyes partially black, his hands trembling around the envelope that he held so tightly. Kael's head bowed but left immediately I entered.Kade looked furious, opposite from the celebratory mood he was in… I swallowed hard, wanting to see what was in the envelope.“You called me?” I asked, my voice cracking.“Yes, I did, but I didn't call, I yelled,” he corrected me, throwing the envelope at my face, leaving it to hit the ground. I carefully picked it up.I opened the envelope carefully, only to see a piece of my robe inside the cloth, my red cloak also inside. I smiled out of relief, but his face wasn't buying anything.“You find it funny?” he asked me to squat just when I was seated.“What's funny again, Azren? You meeting up with another rival pack or you finding it funny I caught your betrayal?” he asked, and I blinked out of confusion.What was he talking about? Which betrayal is he referring to?“You plan

• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0024

  His hands slowly grabbed my waist possessively. The elder couldn't let out a single word—it was crystal clear who the boss was. My eyes and nose lingered through the air. If I can't see her, I could at least sniff her.The elder looked at me with disappointment, but who cares? I had just defeated the most feared one yet in the entire pack.Kade walked into the room, throwing me off onto the bed like a bag. My bones straightened up like they just waited for him. Just a sight of him could make me wet. But what if I get the pup? Wouldn't he get his share of the curse?I didn't get any time to process as my lips were shut down by warm lips—so warm I couldn't resist the taste of it. My hands on my head and his hands somewhere else.“Rough or slow?” he asked, but my brain seemed not to process his words, and he wasted no time in asking the questions again. Our bodies sparked and the bond flame ignited... he was my forced fated mate.“Alpha, there's an issue!” Damian called out, but Kade did

• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0023

  I saw the fear in her eyes. Her belly was showing, but not her fear. My wolf power surprised me—I couldn't see that clearly, the reddish view was all I could get. Is this how Kade views things? I asked myself.In a vengeful rage, I reached for Tasha and struck her out of her senses.“Can’t she see that the poor girl is pregnant?”“She’s jealous, she’s pregnant for the Alpha—something that she couldn’t do!”Rumors, as usual. I turned to look at the two old she-wolves who dared to talk about me. I could see them but also feel their emotions. Their thoughts overwhelmed mine—and then the rest.“Shut up!” I yelled, overwhelmed with thought. But they didn’t. They kept on going and going and going.“Why is she yelling?”“Was she never taught self-control?”“The cursed one can’t handle herself.”All the thoughts overcame my brain. I couldn’t stand it. I placed my hands over my ears, letting my guard down. Then—headache. The surge was too much. Tasha, on the other hand, looked happy.Her smirk

• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0022

  “She’s back.”“Traitor. She killed the Alpha.”“Maybe it was her revenge to get back at him.”Rumors. Everyone had something to say. The pack that Kade nearly died to protect now had different things to say about him.“Good riddance.”“We can all be free from the cursed one.”“How? When she has the curse too?”My restraint was being tested—mocked, insulted—by the same people who once watched and gave me away to the Alpha. Now they stood there calling me names.The house was silent. Too silent. But the noise coming from the throne room piqued my curiosity. For a house this still, why would there be noise in the throne room—especially when the Alpha was missing?I followed my instincts, and there I found the elders. Damian and Tasha were seated at the throne in all its glory. They were all shocked. But my ‘I told you so’ smile showed up before I could stop it.Damian looked like he had seen a ghost.“You’re supposed to be dead,” Damian said. I laughed—boldly.“Supposed to? Why are you s

• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0021

  “How and since when have you known about this?” I asked, keeping my voice low—low enough not to reach Kade's ears.“From the first time at the party. I raised Tasha, so I knew it wasn't her,” Kael replied. But why couldn’t Kade feel it?“Tasha was arrogant, yet not rude. Tasha didn’t like Kade—she saw him as a brother. So I knew something was wrong with her,” he said while removing spikes from Kade’s body.“I saw her reflection in the mirror, and I recognized her,” he added.“So you know Linda?” I gasped.“Yes. I helped her during the delivery of Kade,” he said. Not only did he know that she’s a witch, but also that she’s Kade’s mother. Did Kade know this information too?“No, he doesn’t know anything about this, and I’d prefer we don’t dive into that topic,” he said, as if he could read my mind.I nodded, but my mind had many questions that would be answered after millennia.“How can I defeat her?” I asked, getting back to reality.“You don’t. Use her weakness against her,” he sugges

• CURSED TO BE HIS MATE    0020

  I walked down to the field where the battle had taken place. No bones or dead bodies remained—no sign of Kade either. I wandered around, hoping I'd find something that would lead me to him.Just when I began to lose hope, I felt him again—his wolf. No words, no voice, just a connection. I followed my instincts, and that’s when I stumbled across a trace of blood. I didn’t need an expert to tell me it was Kade’s.I followed the trail until it disappeared. A vision of Kade, locked in a cage, flashed in my mind when I reached the end of the blood trail. But even then, I couldn’t see anything around me.His scent was corrupted—masked—so I couldn’t track him by smell. But our hearts weren’t closed off from each other. I looked around all four corners of the area, desperate, until I heard it: celebratory noise in the distance.Creeping toward the sound, I finally saw him.Kade was curled up in a cage, hung high—just enough for his enemies to mock him. He let out a painful whimper, but instea