The Awakening Curse

Chapter 5

Anna's POV

Alpha Gabriel had something to him. I didn't know what it was, but I wasn't about to be stupid falling for his charms and grit.

He put me through training, intense and exhausting, but I didn't dare complain. As much as I wanted to give up, I couldn't. I pushed forward with the knowledge of Rogers in my head, knowing that he was living his life without guilt after putting me through a near-death experience.

I felt stronger with each intensified round of training with Alpha Gabriel, but all through this, my wolf was silent.

Not even a reaction or a growl was heard. It felt like all communication with my wolf had been cut off but I could still feel her.

Sometimes, a twitch, a tweak, or a coil. Something.

Regardless, Alpha Gabriel made my training brutal and scrutinizing.

“Don't punch with all your energy. You have to channel it from your guts without actually using it up in one throw,” he said, his voice cold and gripping.

Every day felt like a spark. My feelings wanted to ignite from the obscure and bottomless pit I had locked it in and thrown the keys away.

I got clumsy most times handling weapons but he rushed in to protect me all the time.

“Don't hurt yourself. Remember, you’re still a long way from the future,”

Maybe it could have been to flex his muscles and skills, but my mouth watered each time he came to correct my mess.

Sparks jolted heavily. However, I pretended not to feel it. I was resolved never to be a victim of misguided love anymore.

Alpha Gabriel was also cold, especially when I showed no progress whenever he taught me a certain move. There was barely any emotion in his eyes whenever he gaped at me with intense eyes.

One day, I asked for a break to take a breather. Surprisingly, he permitted it.

I strolled down the hall, exhaling aloud and stretching my muscles. Three maids gathered in a circle caught my attention. They were engaged in a discussion, their eyes narrowing and their mouths rattling with muttered sounds.

“Yeah, she is the first I have seen,” the first maid uttered.

“I heard she got thrown out of her pack and left to die in the woods,” another chipped in.

“Die in the woods?” The third maid questioned. “How do you think that's going to be possible? Isn't she—”

“She has a very weak wolf. Weaker than an ordinary Omega,” the first maid interrupted, making them cackle in mockery.

All this was happening right in my face, and I just stood there, making a long face. My mood turned sullen as their laughs pierced through me like a blade.

That was the legacy Rogers had forced me to leave. I only imagined the rumors thousands of people would be spreading about me.

I turned to rush off into my room with a broken heart, but I stumbled into a rock-hard figure.

Alpha Gabriel.

He had been behind me for a while without my notice.

“I'm sorry, I didn't see you there,” I apologized, but he still had a cold, unyielding face to him.

He wasn't staring in my direction but at the maids, who were, at the time, petrified and bereft of words. They stood frozen stiff, their feet shaking in fear as they stared back at Alpha Gabriel with fear in their eyes.

“Is this what you are supposed to be doing?” he thundered, taking a step in their direction.

Before they knew what was going on, a three squad of guards came, circling and holding them captive.

“No Alpha. We can't lose our jobs. Please show mercy,” they cried horribly.

Their shrill cries left me rather frightened than at peace.

Deep into the night, I heard a clattering noise outside the pack house. It was loud, with a shade of smoke blazing up to the star-filled night sky. Out of curiosity, I rushed down to check it out.

It was a summoning. The fires circled by different rocks of various sizes glowed green, reeking of charred wood, wolfsbane, and moon petals.

Who were they summoning? I wondered.

I caught sight of Alpha Gabriel from a distance, holding a prized gem; an obsidian dagger. I knew how hard and valued it was to possess one. My father also had one and he never let it out of his sight.

To my surprise, he tossed it into the big green fire, watching it melt and disappear.

I gasped silently.

Whoever they had to be summoning was super powerful. At the height of the flames erupting into a tornado of fire, a veiled woman walked out, tall, with a disturbing air to her, glowy eyes, and a shrill voice.

A healer.

Not just an ordinary healer but a century healer.

“I summoned her for you,” Alpha Gabriel voiced out. “She'll tend to you tonight. I have noticed you haven't shifted since our training,” he commanded.

I became conflicted about what reaction to make. Alpha Gabriel's sacrifice for me or the presence of a Century healer?

I never knew I was in for another shocking reveal.

“You are cursed,” the healer pointed out. “It's binding your wolf from its full powers.” He revealed.

“What? It can't be true. Why didn't I know of this? My father never said anything about it.

The healer was here to break it… or so we thought.

At a wave of her hands, she muttered “The curse is broken.”

Then, she disappeared along with the thick smoke of the fire.

Broken? I wish.

Nothing felt different. I didn't feel any surge of energy and even when I tried to shift, it felt painful even trying so.

Did she actually break my curse or just make a dramatic entrance and dip right away?

My hopes for a new life, a new power level, died down. My future became bleak again.

I ran out of the pack house as tears rolled down my cheeks. The healer only played with my emotions, yet leaving me with information that I was cursed and I didn't even know why.

Deep into the woods, I heard a growl and the snapping of a twig.

As I turned to look around, a squad of masked, suited men, launched at me, bounding and gagging me to the floor.

“Quick, get the car. We can sell her off to a different pack,” one of them whispered.

I struggled to talk but their arms choked me in the throat. I couldn't even catch a single break.

I was being kidnapped.