Page 167 of The Alpha King's Curse: Part Two

“There were many innocent people in my pack, and you murdered them all,” the woman snarled. “I’ll tell you my name so you remember who avenged all of them. It’s Hailey.”

“I’m sorry for what I had to do, Hailey. I’m sorry I killed your mother,” he whispered. “You can take me so you don’t become a monster like me.”

“It’s too late for that, Mr King.”

Her eyes flashed again. The lightning started again, flashing continuously across the black clouds. Chase and Ryker stepped around her and walked to the gates. Then they pulled them, breaking their locks as they opened them wide. There was a shift in the air, and just like that, he knew Diedre’s wards were useless.

The wolves behind the witch lowered their heads and bared their teeth as they came closer.

He called on all his strength and growled, "Shift!"

The command rippled through the wolves in front of him, just like it had done when he'd fought Brad's pack. But unlike that time, nothing happened.

"That won't work this time," Hailey laughed, and her eyes started to glow.

The time for talking was over. It was time to fight for their lives.

He shifted, Cain taking the lead, ripping into the first wolf that came through the gates. Two more replaced it, and he got them, too. But Hailey's wolves pushed through until all he could hear were the sounds of fighting.

He pushed forward, fighting his way through to get to Hailey. If he could get her, then everything would stop.

But there were too many wolves. They pushed through the gates and scrambled over the walls. He could sense them breaching his boundaries all around them.

A sharp pain ripped through him, breaking his heart in the process. A bond had been broken. A brother or sister had fallen.

A breeze started blowing, and in it, he heard the whispered chants, the whispered curses.

'No!' he mentally screamed as he abandoned his mission to get Hailey and turned to his warriors.

One by one, they stopped. He felt the moment his hold on them was severed. And they became just like Chase.

Two warriors growled and faced each other. And then they started to fight like they were enemies.

A bond broke. And then another.

He raced back towards his brothers, desperate to do anything to stop them.

But when the next bond broke, it brought him to his knees.

Micah.

Micah lay on the ground, soaking it with his blood.

Lifeless.

Chapter 81

Layla clutched her heart and fell to her knees.

Hope started to cry behind her, as if her poor child could sense her pain, too. Faith tried to soothe her, but there was too much fear in the air, too much pain.

“Jackson is hurt,” she whispered, looking at her mother.

She had held out long enough. The house was full of all the vulnerable people in the pack, and their fear and anxiety weighed down on her. She couldn’t wait any longer.

Rebecca walked over to Faith and took Hope from her. And her little girl instantly quietened in her grandmother’s arms. Rebecca met her gaze and nodded.

“I will look after Hope. And I will protect everyone in this house,” Rebecca said, her eyes shimmering with unshed tears.

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