The Alpha’s Mate Who Cried Wolf

Chapter 81

‘Not just any vampire’s blood flame, Reaper, the vampire king, Alec’s blood flame,’1 say.

‘The vampire king! The first time you came here, I sensed something happened to you. He marked you,

didn’t he?’

Inod my head.

Thad no idea what he had done at the time. He grasped my wrist and left a mark, and I couldn’t stop

thinking about him in the same way I couldn’t stop thinking about Magnus. My body was drawn to him,

and I desired to be near him. What am I supposed to do, Reaper? ‘How will Magnus react when he

learns that Alec is my second mate?’

‘I wish I had the answer for you, Luna.’

May enters the enchanted garden along with the other witches.

Wow! so beautiful. Look at that gnome! May says and pokes its belly. The gnome doesn’t move, but

when no one is looking, his expression shifts to one of irritation. You weren’t joking when you said there

was a unicorn,’ she says, approaching us. ‘Nina, are you okay you look like you’ve been crying?’

‘Oh, no, I think I’m just allergic to some of these flowers. My eyes went all red and puffy after I smelt

them,’ I force a laugh.

‘Fern and the others are going to take me to see the Grimghouls, the Shadow Reapers and the

vampire king next! Are you going to come with us?

You know, the vampire king isn’t some kind of freakshow for you all 10 look at!’llash out angrily.

Everyone is staring at me strangely because of my outburst defending the vampire king. ‘I apologise. I

didn’t intend 10… –

‘We understand you are under a lot of stress, Luna, with everything going on with the wolf council, Fern

explains.

‘I know, but I still should not have snapped like that. I’m sorry,’with a frown.

‘It’s fine. You don’t have to go with us, May says.

They leave the enchanted garden and enter the dungeon.

‘Let’s have a cup of tea,’ I say to Reaper.

We walk into the kitchen and notice the iron kettle hovering above the fire. I grab a teacup, place it on

the table, and fill it with one scoop of sugar and a teabag.

Waving my wand at the iron kettle, I exclaim, ‘Listo Levitatous.’ It floats over to my teacup and fills it

with hot water.

‘You should probably tell Magnus about being the vampire king’s blood slame,’ Reaper says.

As I tremble at the thought, the teacup starts to wobble. I set the cup down and take a deep breath,

attempting to relax.

‘I can’t tell him, Reaper, not just yet. But there could be a way to break the blood flame?’

I’ve never heard of a way to break a blood flame, but you could always reject Magnus and break the

mate bond? That way, you would only have one lover instead of two?’

“Reaper!’ I growl. ‘I love Magnus, and I am his Luna, We grew up together and have known each other

all our lives. My love for Magnus is not something I will throw away. Can’t I reject Alec instead?’

‘Doesn’t work that way with vampires,’ he says.

‘Well, then how does it work?’

“All I know is that it’s different with vampires,

‘Thai’s not very helpful information, Reaper,’ I sigh. “Maybe we can find some information in the

forbidden room back in Shadow Crest?’

‘Perhaps,’ he says.

Yiselda, May and the others return to the kitchen.

I’m sorry if he frightened you, May. I don’t know what’s wrong with him. I’ve never seen him in that state

before.’ Yiselda says.

May is shaking. I stand up from my seat and run over to her.

What happened? Are you okay?’ I ask.

‘I will be fine. It was a lot more terrifying than I thought it would be going into that dungeon’

“How so?’ I ask-my heart races with worry.

The vampire king was worried, pacing back and forth in his cage and pulling at his hair. He appeared to

be quite anxious and was constantly muttering to himself. As we approached, he turned savage,

screeching loudly through the bars as if famished of blood, setting the Grimghouls off. They tried to

attack us by advancing their arms through the bars and clawing at us. I didn’t have a choic except to

put the vampire king to sleep. And being the vampire king, he is stronger than most, so our sisters had

to help cast the ‘Dreamus Sleepous’ spell as it had no effect on him even when I had cast it onto him

myself.

A dreaded feeling consumes me. I’m forcing myself not to run to Alec. What if they hurt him? Was it my

fault he became feral?

‘Is he going to be, okay? Has he not been getting enough sustenance? Why would he turn feral like

that?’ I ask, clearly worried.

Yiselda laughs, ‘My dear Luna, what has gotten into you? It’s the vampire king, and you shouldn’t worry

yourself over him. But for what it’s worth, he is not hurt. He is simply taking a nap and will hopefully

return to his normal self once he awakes. He hasn’t missed a meal, so I am confused about why he

turned. Vampires do not die if they haven’t consumed blood in a long time. They simply become

vicious, losing all control of themselves.’

I force my tears back, ‘I need to go home. Thank you for the tea, Yiselda,’ I say and dash out the front

door and enter the circle. May. Fern, Ria, Ela and Lilac appear behind me. But I don’t wait for them.

Instead, I race inside the packhouse and up to my room.

‘Nina, is that you?’ Magnus yells out.

‘Um, yeah, it’s me. I’m feeling exhausted. I’m going to go lie down for a while,’ I say and climb under

the covers and hug my knees.

The door creaks open, ‘I know you’ve only been gone for a few hours, but I’ve missed you, he says as

he crawls beneath the blankets with me.

He pulls me in closer and nuzzles my neck as he snuggles up behind me. I turn to face him and caress

his cheeks. I’m overcome with guilt and begin to cry.

‘Nina, it will be okay. If you think Alpha Bennet and the wolf council will exile you from your own home

and pack. Then he has another thing coming. I’d give up my Alpha status if it meant staying with you,’

he says, wiping my tears away with his thumb.

Magnus, I could never ask you to give Shadow Crest and your status away,” I sob.

“You wouldn’t have to ask,’ he says.

He kisses me passionately, and suddenly Alec’s face flashes through my mind. I break the kiss and

struggle for air.

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‘I’m sorry, I need to go, I’ll be back later,’ I say, hurriedly putting my shoes back on ‘Skedaddle Dash,’ I

say before Magnus can respond.

I appear downstairs, and Reaper flies onto my shoulder.

‘We need to go to the farbidden room and figure this out now,’ I say to him and make a hasty descent

to the basement. May and the others are concocting magical potions,

“Come to help make some love potion?’ Lilac winks at me.

No, sorry, not today I have some things I need to do. I’ll see you all later,’ I say, stepping into the circle

and teleporting into the forbidden room I lick my wand for light. Reaper lands on the altar and keeps an

eye on me while I leaf through dozens of books over the next two hours.

There has to be information somewhere,’ I say.

Have you considered asking the vampire king himself? Resper suggests,

Reaper, why didn’t think about that? Hey Alec, Vampire King, It’s your blood flame here, I suppogo you

wouldn’t tell me how to te tegnod fiame between you and me uyarry chance, would you?’ 1 shake my

head at Reaper. “Could you imagine his reaction, Hefper d aland, let me do the honoure for you and

break it, I think it was quite obvious, Aeaper that he doesn’t want this so

stop and wants to be with me.’

“Okay then, how about this? They fight to the death. Whoever lives wins?’

‘Reaper!’ | growl.