Chapter Two: The Cursed Lycan
Alexander Cornivus stood at the highest balcony of his ancestral fortress, overlooking the vast expanse of his kingdom. The sky was painted with the colors of dusk, but he found no beauty in it.
The blood of his first mate still stained his soul.
Cursed by his own rage, by the monster lurking beneath his skin, he had spent years in isolation, ruling with an iron will but keeping himself locked away from love, from temptation.
And yet, the Moon Goddess had dared to pair him with another. A growl escaped his chest, surprising his beta and gamma.
"What' s wrong with him, Rapheal? "
"I don't know Jesse" Rapheal replied
"Well ask him, you're his best friend after all" Jesse told him.
Rapheal was about to smack jesse head in anger when Alexander interrupted "The moon goddess has given me another mate".
" What! " Both men exclaimed.
"But how i tought she cursed you " Jesse said in shock
"Well this one looks more bad than the previous curse"
"How bad is it Alex? " Rapheal asked
"An omega," he muttered, his deep voice laced with disbelief. "A weakling with no wolf?"
The thought made his jaw clench. A mate was supposed to be a strength, a partner. Not a fragile thing he would have to protect from himself.
"Your mate is an omega! Now she is really toying with you" Jesse said while Rapheal looked at Alexander in shock.
But the bond had ignited the moment she was chosen. It pulsed within him like a second heartbeat, drawing him toward her, no matter how much he resisted.
He knew what must be done.
With a final glance at the setting sun, he turned on his heel.
"Where is he going? " Jesse asked
Rapheal looked at Alexander's back in unserstanding
It was time to meet his mate.
And seal both their fates.