Chapter 2

Laurence’s POV

I was told how my curse suddenly started as I wanted to know in detail as I was originally told it was a story, but it suddenly started feeling real. I asked Dad outright what happened the night I was Cursed.

“Dad, I know you don’t like talking about it, but what really happened on the night I was born?, I really want to know”, I said.

“Ok son, sit down”, he started.

“It all started when your mum was carrying you at the time, everything was going as it should be, my father told me that they were looking after someone named Scarlett, it turns out she was somewhat different to us”, he said.

‘I nodded listening to him very carefully about what was coming up and I had this feeling in the pit of my stomach, as if I knew what he was about to say I wouldn’t like what he was about to tell me’.

While he was talking to me I heard snippets of what he was saying to me as I still had my mind focused on the word ‘Cursed’. ‘Why me?, what did I do to deserve this’, I thought to myself.

“Laurence?, you ok?,” Dad asked.

“Yes, sorry still getting my head around the fact that I was cursed and there may be nothing I can do about it”, I said to him.

“This isn’t your fault, don’t beat yourself up about it, ok, we will all figure this out I won’t allow you to do go through this all on your own, I promise you”, Dad said.

“Your mum started having contractions, so she was taken straight to the pack hospital for them to check what was going on, as you weren’t supposed to be a month early”, he said.

“All of a sudden Scarlett turned up at the hospital and was in the same room as us and started talking to us about you, we couldn’t believe it we just wanted her out.

She wanted us to know when she has her daughter they were to marry, like an arrangement, your mum wouldn’t have it”, he kept on saying.

“So what did she do to mum?”, I asked him.

“She said to us that if we didn’t agree then you would be cursed forever, also we had until your 18th Birthday, I’m so sorry for keeping this from you.

Your mum wasn’t happy but she turned around and flatly refused. She wouldn’t do that and you would find your mate on your own and when you felt ready and not before”, he said.

‘I could feel my eyes start to water as I wanted to cry, is this why mum wasn’t here, did she just go and decline to her’, I thought.

I put my head in both of my hands and and I wanted to cry, but I knew that there was nothing I could do except for finding a way out of this, with or without help.

“What happened to mum?”, I asked him.

“Scarlett would put a death curse on her as soon as you were born unless she agreed to her terms, but nope your mother was having none of it, she was being stressed by all of this but at the time your mum went into labour and it was too late”, he said.

“The last thing your mum said to me just before you were born was, you make sure he chooses his mate and no one else, he’s gonna be strong he can endure this with your help and the rest of the pack”, he said.

‘Now I was starting to get more emotional than before, I have to do this for mum. I am stronger than this, I’ll do this for you mum. I’ll break whatever she bestowed upon us’, I thought to myself.

“When you were born there was nothing that could be done as it was over so quickly, I had this beautiful bundle in my arms, Scarlett walked over to you and looked down at you with a smile on her face”, he said.

“She looked at and said You have until you’re 18 to decide whether or not you want to be with her daughter. If not then people die”, He told me.

I wanted to find her and give her a what for after killing my mum, I needed to get out of there after hearing that. I clenched my jaw tight along with my fists which were now turning white as suddenly I was about to seriously lose it. I needed that run. I took off and the last thing dad said to me was to be careful.

A run always helped me out and I needed to let off steam, but I wanted to run and run and run. But I knew I would have to go back and face the situation sooner rather than later.