Semua Bab The Curse of Fated Mates : Bab 1 - Bab 10

A small ceremony was held the next day to honor the wolves who were killed. But Falcone’s head lying there, separated from his body, that image burned into my mind. I knew it would take a long time to forget. Of all the people who died, I'm sure Falcone’s was the most gruesome. His body was found some distance from his head. He had been beheaded mid-shift in an attempt to fight the soldiers. His lower body had turned into his wolf form while his upper body was still human. The event left everyone visibly shaken. We were now down to just about forty pack members and we waited for the Alpha to address us.It had been three days, and still nothing from him. In those three days, my grandmother's health worsened. “Grannie Alba, we have to go see Dr Isabella,” I said over a dinner of oats and stale bread.Now that our home had been taken, we moved into the house that belonged to the witch with nothing more than the clothes on our back. Once that line was drawn, crossing it meant death.

“It is my life and my decision!” I barked, not caring who could hear me. The room we were in had been specially designed to keep the words in and the noise out, but I wouldn’t have cared either way. Father Matteo was present in the meeting. After dropping the bombshell he had just delivered, he had the decency to stay quiet now that the verdict was being handed down.“It goes beyond your life and your decision, Alpha Moretti. This is about the pack,” Grand Elder Lysandra said, her lips drawn thin with disapproval. “The consequences of your actions have been detrimental to the entire Moretti Brun. Unless you want the pack members barraging your doors in demand for a solution, this is the only way.”“You must find your mate and seal the knot. That is final!”Resolution etched every face, and the heat building in my chest warned I was seconds from snapping. “No, there's no way,” I said, trying to keep my anger in check. “I won't do that. That child is not fit enough to be my mate, mu

Chapter 6Those words were the final push I needed. I jumped up to my feet and walked over to Grannie Alba.“I'll go with you, please don't hurt her.”Our goodbyes were rushed and robotic. Grannie Alba avoided my eyes deliberately, and I couldn't blame her. She had just watched a massacre in her living room.My gaze remained trained on the two bodies on the floor until we walked out the door. Just as I expected, a small group of people were outside, watching from a distance. No one dared come close. Our window was wide enough to have seen what happened to the last person who did.Tears blurred my vision as we walked towards the SUVs that were parked outside and I didn’t bother to wipe them off.I glanced back at the house one more time, hoping Grannie Alba was at the door, but she wasn't. She still sat shaking on the couch, staring at the crimson stain that covered the floor.I watched life as I knew it, end right before my eyes.——I cried all through the drive, no one showed any co

I wondered if I should speak to someone about the figure in the shadow. Days blurred together in a quiet, uneasy routine , meals in silence, stolen glances at the Alpha who barely noticed me, and too much time on the balcony pretending to enjoy the view.Restless, I left my room for a walk.On my first lap around the house, I heard voices.“The land we acquired from Open Creek is large enough now,” one of them said. Hearing my former pack’s name, I froze, inhaling sharply. I hid behind the wall to listen in.“Are you sure about that? We need all the space we can get. We can't have their pack members looking into Ombra Nera’s operations,” a second voice responded.They spoke of my pack, of the killings, stolen land. My blood ran cold. Ombra Nera… the name sounded familiar, I just couldn't recall where.“Alessia said so. You can confirm again. The alpha is very thorough, we can't afford to make a mistake during this expansion.”My eyes bulged as I held in a gasp. Expansion? All that

“Yes, Ombra Nera.”“Shhh!!!” His eyes darted to the door, then the window. “Don’t say that name.”I froze.“They’re dangerous,” he whispered. “Their people could be anywhere. Anyone.”I stepped closer, lowering my voice. “Are you… one of them?” he studied me like he could see through my skin.I shook my head so fast, I almost got a whiplash. “No, I promise. I only heard it from my brother yesterday.”The suspicion in his eyes vanished. He bent over his work again, voice dropping to a rasp. “They’re the shadow people. Deadly. They kill for sport.”.“Please, what are they?My brother….”He shook his head, looking at me in pity. “No one involved leaves the Ombra Nera alive. It’s not a dance club. It’s a mafia, bound by blood, loyal to each othher, ” he added.I recoiled sharply. Outside, the guards’ shadows shifted across the shop window.I swallowed hard.Mafia?——Ombra Nera, Italian for “Black Shadow”, was a criminal underground group, tightly knit and bound by blood, ran both legal a