Alpha of the cursed pack

Ch 1

Lina’s POV

Running, my paws hitting the ground as I ran faster as much as my legs would take me. There was no stopping. It was either kill or get killed. Only if it was that easy.

Escaping this curse isn’t easy when everybody around you is attacking each other. Today was no exception. It was a full moon. The night when werewolves go crazy. Me and my family, along with my friend, had decided to live on the outskirts so that we wouldn’t be at the pack grounds when the attack starts.

How stupid can we? We must have been a fool to think that fate would leave us. We are after all the members of this pack. It will follow us wherever we go on this earth. There is no escaping, not now, not ever. All these years there was no way for it to break.

I haven’t even met my mate. Why did life have to be so cruel?

Why is it us?

I snap out of my thoughts when I hear a cry in the distant, followed by cruel laughter. I turned my face to look around. It was dark. They were far, at least for now. My breathing was coming in short pants. I was about to rest when I heard it, the footsteps nearing.

‘No, I cannot stop, I cannot let them catch me’ with that thought in my mind, I kept running. I could feel them closing on me.

“You cannot escape me” I heard his voice.

My friend, he has become a monster just like the others whom the curse is following. He is chasing me. If I am caught, I will die. Forcing myself to move faster, I increased my pace but I could feel my legs giving upon me. Everything was closing in on me. My heartbeat was increasing. I tried to run faster but I could only do so much without falling down. With less strength and a mind filled with fear, I had to focus in the front to avoid getting smashed into the trees. I was running when I decided to take a look. And that was my biggest mistake.

My eyes widened when I realized that he was so close. My legs and whole body were hurting due to running. The cries of pain increased as the night grew. Somewhere or other, I could hear voices of my pack members crying.

Tears spilled down my eyes. I wiped them with trembling hands but they kept coming. A second later, my vision got blurry. Suddenly, a force rammed into me from my left side and I collided with a tree. A painful groan escaped my mouth at the collision.

“Did you think you could escape the curse?” I gasped when I turned around and looked up at the person. It was my brother. I looked sideways as my friend also caught upon me.

There was this crazed look in their eyes. Their mouths bleeding, clothes bloodied as they stalked me. As if a predator is stalking its prey.

“Caleb, I am your sister” I murmured. Tears kept rolling down my eyes as I moved back. I was still on the ground. My hands, feet and legs were bleeding. I was bruised and bleeding because of all the cuts I got while trying to escape them.

“I need to have your blood” he looked darkly in my direction .

“Tim”. I looked over at my friend. He was stalking me as well. He bared his teeth at me. My breathing came in short pants as I saw his bloodied teeth.

“Please don’t do this” I sobbed as I looked over at them, who were once my family.

“I am from your pack” I shouted, hyper-ventilating. A shocked gasp escaped my lips when I could not move back anymore. There was a tree behind me. Hearing their cruel laughter, I cried harder.

Lips trembling, I mumbled “please”. I know it was of no use, but I still tried.

“Leave me” a scream escaped from my lips when, suddenly, both of them jumped upon me.

My cries echoed through the dark forest as their teeth sank into my skin. I could not move as they tried to bite me everywhere. After a time, the pain got unbearable. I could feel my eyes closing. All I could feel and hear was their excited noise and breathing when they tore into my flesh. My last thought was today was the day I would die. With that thought I closed my eyes, letting myself go unconscious.

Alpha Alastair’s POV

I walked on to the pack grounds the next morning. It was a mess. Everywhere there were pack members crying over their loved one’s dead bodies. The pack hospital was cramped with injured patients. No one escaped this curse.

A curse which was given by a witch. Decades ago, our great great grandfather hurt a witch by tricking her and making her fall in love with him. Right after having her as his mate, he started showing his true color.

He wanted to use her powers to rule the werewolf and supernatural world. He was cruel and hurt anyone and everyone. When the witch found out about his true intentions, she refused to help him.

He was not happy and did not like it when she did not heed his request. He tried all possible ways to convince the witch, but nothing deterred the witch. In order to punish her, the Alpha locked her away.

Being a witch, she had her powers, but just like other human beings, she had her weaknesses as well.

She got exhausted every time she used her magic to defy his attacks or orders. Witches are born like humans. They are only different in their ability to do magic and have powers. They need to have full control of their emotions. Having the fear of not controlling them, they might lose their magic and powers.

That was one of the main reasons the witch lost it all. In the end, when she could not take it anymore, she was a witch whose heart was broken. To get revenge, she cursed the whole werewolf species. Since then, werewolves have been living like normal humans. They have lost the ability to shift, change, smell or find their mates.

On every full moon, werewolves go crazy and mad. They start attacking each other. Every month we lose a few pack members among every age group. As this curse is on us because of my family, I have decided to find a way to break it. Not that it is going to be easy, but that won’t stop me from doing what I want to do.

In order to break the curse, I need to take hold of all the packs. There is a witch somewhere in those packs who can help us break it.

It was made known when my great great grandfather saw the after effects of the curse. They met the council fae and deities of the realm. That is how they found out that only a witch can break this curse.

Decades passed but no one found the witch. I myself have been searching for her. Finding the witch is not our only solution. There must be sacrifices made. As to what the sacrifice will be, it's yet to be revealed and it will only happen when the time comes for the curse to break.

As the curse had fallen on the werewolves because of my ancestors' fault, all the packs wanted the sacrifice to be made by us. I agreed to it as I decided to own up to my ancestor's mistakes.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I heard a voice “Alpha, everything is settled”. It was my beta Trevon.

I looked at him and gave him a nod “get the ground and pack cleared”, I muttered, pointing towards the mess around.

“Already working on it Alpha” he informed me.

“Good. Keep me updated. Also, report the casualties during the meeting” I muttered as I walked back towards the pack house.

Like every time, during the full moon, the curse follows us like a moth to flame. There is no escaping it. We have tried to save as many as we could. Attacking comes naturally. There are times when I felt the curse trying to control my emotions, but I made sure to keep my calm.

For the past few years, we have been teaching this technique to the pack members. Only a few were able to have control over their bodily emotions. We need to control our minds.

Not all of them can manage it. The loss of pack members has decreased since we started this technique. We have been fighting the urge to attack, it depends all on us.

I can understand what they are going through. The pack members' emotions are running high as they have lost their ability to live like werewolves. Our wolves are within us.

Not being able to shift, sense or smell is taking a toll on werewolves, not only physically but also mentally. It is exhausting for us. Everything could have worked out if we had our mates with us, but even that is not possible due to the curse. It is getting harder for werewolves to live like humans and find a soulmate.

Being a werewolf and finding a mate whom you will love and cherish for life comes to us naturally. But living like humans and getting attracted to someone is not something we do. Getting infatuated with someone or having a crush on someone is not our thing. I don’t even know if these kinds of relations will last. All I have seen is heartbreak.

As I walked through the pack house, the whole house was a mess. There were torn cushions here and there. Clothes scattered around, there were things on the floor and blood stains on the wall.

A woman was lying down on the sofa bed. A guy was tending to her wounds. Just like her, there were many others crying and tending to their loved ones. I was about to go to my office when I saw a little girl struggling and crying. She was bleeding, no one was there for her.

“Hey”, I immediately walked up to her. She cowered away in fear, clutching her hand which was bleeding profusely. She looked scared.

“It is over now” I spoke to her in a soft voice.

“It is?” she asked as she looked around with an apprehensive look. I gave her a positive nod.

“Can I look at your wound?” I made sure to keep my tone soft. She was still crying silently, her lips trembling.

When I saw that she was reluctant, I took a deep breath. “sweetie, how about you let me treat your wound, then I will give you an ice cream?” I offered. She looked around eight years old.

The little girl’s eyes lit up before she agreed. I smile at her. A pack mate passed me the first aid box. For the next ten minutes, I worked on her wound and made sure it wouldn’t be infected. Once I had it bandaged, I looked at the girl.

“It's all done now” she looked at me and murmured.

“Ice cream”

“I will get it Alpha” said one of the pack members who had given me the first aid box. Once, I made sure that the little girl got her ice cream. Only then did I walk towards my office.

The pack members had already started the cleaning. Walking down the corridor, I reached the end and unlocked my office. My eyes widened when I saw the mess. The window was open. I walked further inside. Not even a second later, I growled angrily as I was attacked from the side.