My Cursed Mate

The man finally stepped out and looked at the line of werewolves covering the children. He sniffed the air and a smile appeared on his face. A human was behind those angry wolves. The man then remembered that Sangria’s mate was human and he also remembered their order.

“If you don’t want to give us the children then hand over your Luna’s mate.” The man suggested which only made the wolves tense.

Their growls filled the room as they did not back down. They would not give up the children or their Alpha. They already made up their mind that they would protect them with their lives. One of the wolves roared and attacked the enemies.

The man in all black that spoke was called Grim and one of the high ranks within the ORDER. He raised his hand and caught the wolf’s snout and used it to slam the wolf to the ground. It was loud and painful. Regulus knew that the wolf was already dead.

“Are you really going to hide, dear Alpha. I know that you are here, I can smell you. We will not stop killing if you don’t surrender to us.” Grim taunted.

“No! We will protect them with our lives until the Luna arrives. We won’t let you get what you want.” One of the women who weren’t on her wolf form declared. They all agreed that they would die protecting their own.

Regulus looked at the back of the people protecting him and at the trembling children in his arms. He tightly shut his eyes and held the children closer. He hated himself for not having the power to protect the pack, the family that cared for him. He was the Alpha and yet he was hiding behind the people he was supposed to protect.

“We will stop the killing if you surrender.” Grim declared while his eyes were scanning the crowd. “But if you keep on hiding, we will kill everyone in this pack.”

Regulus opened his eyes. If this was the only way to save the pack and reduce the number of casualties, he would do it. He was not even sure if Sangri was already on her way when she was fighting in the front line. He rubbed the head of the children in his arms.

“Don’t go.” One of the children whispered and held his arm tightly.

“Shhhh, I’ll be fine. I promise. I’ll come back and play with everyone again.” He whispered back and kissed the child’s forehead.

He released himself from the embrace of the children and stood up. The movement alarmed the wolves who were hiding them.

“You can’t do this Alpha!” The woman who spoke earlier cried in alarm when she saw that he was walking forward. She grabbed his arms and shook her head.

“I’ll be fine.” He smiled to reassure them. “We don’t even know if Sangria is on her way. I’m sure that you’ve already contacted her but the fact that she is not here yet means that something might have happened. If this is the only way for us to survive, I’ll do it.”

“No, you need to stay here. We can’t afford to lose you.” The woman insisted but Regulus shook his head and removed the woman’s hand on his arm.

“I’ll surrender but you need to promise that you will let your subordinates back off.” Regulus spoke from behind the wolves.Nôvel/Dr(a)ma.Org - Content owner.

That declaration made the wolves growl and tightened the defense they formed. They were uncomfortable because of the Alpha’s decision.

“I give you my word.” Grim had a grin on his face.

“Then command your people to back off a mile from here.” Regulus stated because he wanted to make sure that the pack would be safe.

“Alright.” Grim easily agreed. He talked to one of the men with him and told him what to do.

The sound of fighting disappeared from the background. Regulus looked at the woman who was stopping him and she nodded. Using her mind link, she asked the warriors if the enemies left. The woman nodded and looked at Regulus.

The man smiled and patted both of the wolves blocking his way. “I’ll be fine. You’ll come and rescue me with the Luna, right?” He received low growls as affirmation. He gently patted them once again before they parted to give way to him.

“You don’t have to do this Alpha,” the woman grabbed him again, “we will fight them off.”

Regulus turned around and embraced the woman. “I know that you are ready to die but we’ve spilled enough blood because of this war. I don’t want more blood.”

He pulled back and faced the direction of the waiting man. Regulus calmed his pounding heart and suppressed his fear. He did not want to give the enemy more leverage.

“You made the right decision,” Grim leaned forward, “Alpha.”

Regulus was escorted out of the pack and this gave time to the remaining pack members to help those who were wounded. The beta who was with them was busy making a plan on how to rescue Regulus. They can’t let him stay with the enemy longer because they don’t know what might happen to him.

Sangria finally arrived at sunset and they immediately reported to her what happened. The warriors also urged her to create a rescue party to save Regulus. It was a plea and yet they were surprised by her answer.

“They won’t harm him. We are severely lacking in man power right now and I’ve sent several of our warriors to help the other pack.” Her answer was cold and they could feel her hidden anger. “He volunteered so I’m sure that he knows what he was doing.”

“Luna, I know that what he did was reckless but you can’t let him stay there. Those people are brutal! He only did it because of the pack!” The beta who had been with Regulus insisted. “Give us the command and we will go.”

Sangria was never good at accepting disrespect. What they were doing right now, she took it as a disrespect. It was Regulus’s decision to surrender himself and it was his responsibility to get out of it. She thought of him as self-absorbed, arrogant and selfish for what he did.

“Enough!” Her roar echoed and startled those who were inside her study. They were forced to kneel down and bow to her. “I’ve already said it and I don’t want to repeat it the second time around. Now, leave!”

She retracted her pressure to let them stand up and leave. The beta and the others could only follow her command as they were still subjected to her. It greatly pained the beta that their Luna could be so cold to her own mate.

Before he left the beta mustered his courage and spoke, “I hope that you did not forget that Alpha Regulus is still your mate and he is human. I hope that you won’t regret this decision, Luna Sangria.”