The Alpha’s Mate Who Cried Wolf

Chapter 51

Claire spends the day following me around at school.

“Boo-boo, I was hoping we could talk?"

“Stop calling me Boo-boo and I'll give you five minutes to talk to me."

“Oh, okay then B-Magnus..." she trails off.

llean against my locker with my arms crossed.

“What is it?"

'l was hoping you would reconsider... us? I want us to be together again. Magnus, I miss you. She says and tries to caress my bicep.

“I'm not interested, Claire."

“But I don’t want to be with anyone else.

“Claire, you say that now, but then you will eventually meet your mate and you will want to be with him. I'm going to be late for class. I'll see you around.’

Claire's eyes well up and she storms off to her class.

At lunchtime, I head to the library and pull Pipsqueak aside.

“I heard about what happened at your wolf ceremony. Are you alright?

Of course, the entire school would know about it.

"Yeah, I'm fine, but I need to update you on everything else. Nina told her boyfriend, Moss, about the curse. He has told his friend Hank and now Hank is using it against me to choose his sister as my mate. I spoke with his father, Alpha Mason. I stretched the agreement to a year until I have no choice but to choose his sister Addison as my mate, otherwise, Hank will tell everyone about Nina's curse, which puts her in danger of being hunted down and killed. So, I have one year to break the curse, which will also get me out of the mateship agreement.’

'I see.’ She says, pushing her thick glasses closer to her eyes. “And we still have no clue what the curse is? Did you find any relics or symbols in her bedroom?’

“No, we tore the room apart and found nothing.”

'So, we can rule out that type of curse, then? What was another way to curse someone? Didn't it mention by a witch or a Mage?’

'Yes, but I don't think mages exist anymore and there is only one witch I know of and she had never met Nina before the day she came to see me. She has no reason to curse Nina.’

I guess the only thing we can do is wait for the curse to take effect on her to give us any clue or lead to work on.’

“What if that doesn't happen for years to come?

“Then you will have no choice but to accept Addison as your mate.’ She cringes.

I took away and punch a hole in the wall and drop to the floor. My hands cover my face as I panic. Pain sears through my body. My wolf is tuming at the thought of having a chosen mate. He tries to take over and shift

Magnus! Pipsqueak yells. She vies to calm me down, but only growi at her touch. She trembles and takes a few steps back.

I'm going to find someone to help I'll be right back, Magnus Whatever you do, don't shift." Everyone is panicking and fleeing the library Pipsqueak disappears into the crowd. The entire school can probably hear my screams of pain There is no use fighting my wolf anymore. I'm exhausted and barely conscious

I stand on all fours and sway for a moment from exhaustion. My wolf exits the library and enters the school corridor. Anyone in the corridor quickly runs into the nearest classroom and locks the door Dozens of students stare out the windows. They tremble at the fielce size of my wolf with my snarling large teeth on show. I have

no control over thy wolt He won't listen to me

“I know you want your male and we will find her one day, but we need to keep Nina egle’

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Nina slope closet and kneels in front of my wolt, something no one else would need brave, facing my fierce, comprediolable wolf like this

Her fingers caress the fue on my face and glide down iny back My woll wimpers and towers lumsell down and rolle onto his back

Nina giggles og dhe scratches my belly

No one can believe their eyes, we aren't mates, yol the has the ability to have control over my woll lis unheard of and nothing anyone has seen before. I oil up and the winpahier arms around my neck My woll hatta completely calmed and completely forgotten Mogo is only meters away

My wolf is giving me some control bock lower myself and whip my head back, gesturing for me to hop on my back I want 10 take her somewhere, do domothing special for hon

With no hesitation, she smiles and climbs onto my back I'm so lango I'olike she is on horseback Irun back down the comdor and out of the school grounds with great speed, even lopter than Nimen kould ever I She creams with excitement as she holds onto the thrilling ride. We glide through the woods to the mountaintop Tolour huge, dominant howl. Anyone that can shirt does so and howls in return as a sign of respect, Nina spends on hour on my book I don't stop and I don't slow down. My wolf is so happy to be running free and with Nina with us. Helaan't even thought about our lated into and to content We finish our run by the lake I run and thrash through the water. My fur is soaking wet Nino swims around and laughs when I shake my body, chusing droplets to splash onto her

Magnus “She laughs.

My woll collapses with happiness on the grass. The sun shines over me and dries my tur Nina wrings the water from her shirt out and site with her back against my belly

I have never had so much fun, Magnus. You ron faster than I could even run Wasn't it the best feeling? It was so thrilling and so much fun?”

She turns her head to see my response but sees a giant sleeping woll, passed out from exhaustion. She onuggles up to me and falls asleep

Hours go by and I wake up dry to find Nina asleep against me, I spend the next hall an hour silently wotching her sleep until she wakes up

Her eyes open and her lips grow wide with a smile. She sits up and pots me gently

"You're going to have to shift back, you know Did you want to do it now while I'm here of privately back home?’

Even though it will be extremely painful either way, it's easier when Nina is with me I focus my mind and whimper She knows I'm going to shift now

The pain is horrendous, but her touch helps soothe me through the process. I sit up in my human form, completely drenched and weak

Nina throws her arms around my neck and huge me. I place my hands on her back and make the most of the moment, knowing once I'in mated, I will never get to hold her like this again

“Let's go home." She smiles

She helps me stand and we trudge home. She has my arm over one shoulder, so I don't fall. As soon as we arrive home, Leon and Seth quickly take me from Nina and help me to my room, where I pass out for the rest of the day and night.