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He clenches his jaw, but says nothing. Instead, he goes ahead of me and leads the way. Minutes later, I realize that we were headed to the conference room. We get there, and the other Elders arrive soon after.

"What is she doing here? And how is she alive?" one of them asks in shock.

They were all surprised to see me. Surprised that I was still alive. I guess it's not every day that someone you thought died, rises from the dead.

There wasn't any malice in their gaze. Not like there was three years back. All I could see now was surprise and curiosity. I guess learning that Lola wasn't really Alec's true mate dampened their hate for me. "I know you all remember who Sadie is," Alec asks, pinning them with his intense gaze.

They all nod their head, but don't say anything.

"Well, I'm just going to come out and say it, she's my mate."

Is it possible for a room to become even more silent than it was? It was deathly quiet as they all stared between Alec and me, their eyes conveying a number of emotions.

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A muscle ticks in Alec's jaw, but he nods. "Yes. We confirmed it. She does have the mark."

"Can we see it?" another elder asks.

Swiping my hair from my shoulder, I show them the mark. I just wanted this whole conversation to be over so that I can go and collect my thoughts.

"This is an amazing development. Now we have hope," A tall elder, I think his name is Richard, says in pure joy.

There were twelve Elders, and I never really bothered to know all their names. I always thought that would happen later, after Alec and I mated. They didn't really engage in pack politics. Their work was mainly to give council. They were rarely seen, unless the Alpha or pack had need of them.

"This is the goddess's doing," a brown-haired elder says. "Don't you see, she knew that Lola was an impostor. What happened that night between Sadie and Alec was the goddess's way of stopping Alec from making a mistake. A mistake that would have cost us had he gone through with marking and mating Lola."

"Shit" Micah whispers, but because of werewolf hearing, his voice is clear. "He is right. Had Alec mated Lola, we would have been doomed. Unknowingly, he would have forever destroyed the bond between him and Sadie."

They were both right, but I didn't want to think about it. If Alec had marked Lola like it had been planned, it would have ensured the death of our bond. Meaning, even after I turned twenty-one, I wouldn't have been able to sense him and vice versa.

The curse would have destroyed them, and they wouldn't have been able to figure out why.

"That isn't important," I cut in, shaking those thoughts away. "How am I supposed to help break the curse? Alec told me that my presence alone would be enough to help strengthen the pack and heal them, but what about permanently breaking the curse?"

This was the reason why I was here. It wasn't to talk about how everything happened for a reason. Or how fate did her thing and stopped Alec from making a mistake.

They all shift uncomfortably and stare at each other.

Elder Martin steps forward, looking unsure. "We don't really know how to break the curse."

"What are you saying?" Raven asks,

"Exactly that. We don't know how to break the curse. All we know is what is written. That the Alpha's mate has the power to destroy the curse, but there is no text telling us exactly how you are supposed to do it."

"You're kidding me, right?" I ask, trying to push down the panic.

"I wish I were, but I am not. No one has any idea of how to break this damn curse. It's been plaguing this pack for years."

I thought it would be easy. I'd come, do some ceremony or some shit like that, be done with it then be on my way back home. I thought it would take maybe a maximum of five days. Now it seems that won't be the case and I have to stay until it's broken.

Damn it! Can things get any harder?