Page 76 of Her Destined Alpha
She began to take out some herbal jars and slowly applied them to my back. At times, they stung the open wounds. After a few minutes, she placed the final jar down and stood back, whispering a spell before placing her hands on my back.
“This might feel a little cold.”
That was an understatement. It felt like I had been touched by a huge block of ice. My back jerked away from her touch, but she didn’t remove her hand. With the cold that rushed through me, I also felt the pain easing up.
She continued chanting, and my entire body began to feel numb from the cold. Old pains that I barely noticed began to fade away, and I realised she was healing more than the surface wounds. Was she ordered to, or was it her healer instincts kicking in?
“That’s all I can manage for today…” She moved back, brushing her dark brown hair off her face, breathing heavily. She sat down as I rolled my shoulders and neck. I felt much better as I slipped my top back on. The pain was gone, and I felt so much lighter generally. “There are a lot of internal injuries… I haven’t been able to do much, but I will request the high elder to allow me to heal you daily on a schedule.”
“I don’t think that will be necessary, nor will they allow it,” I replied, standing up. She smiled and shook her head confidently.
“Of course they will allow it! You are special,” she murmured.
I wasn’t sure where she got her information from, but she was far from the truth. I simply thanked herand excused myself. One thing I knew about that family was that they would use any excuse to punish me. I needed to complete the cooking.
Once I was done, I headed to my room and placed the box on my bed, wondering how Rayhan’s day had been. Had he managed to find anything? The moment I opened the box, all my attention was focused on the contents. Inside was a stunning black dress, with accessories; shoes, some crystals, and a letter. I picked up the piece of paper and unfolded it, feeling uneasy.
I understand that perhaps yesterday I was a little uncalled for. This is my apology to you, and I hope that from here on, we can put the past behind us and face the future as allies. We have been rather blinded by all the hearsay and rumours. Although mistakes were made, to err is human. I will see you tonight. Do forgive me – Eldridge.
I placed it down slowly, picking up two of the crystals, a ruby… and a carnelian.Strange, these stones were used for passion and love.Why would she send these?
It wasn’t unusual for witches to send crystals or rocks along with gifts. I had packed many boxes for Elinai to give to others when I was younger. Wouldn’t crystals used for new beginnings have been better? Such as peacock ore or green calcite?
Oh, something was up, and I didn’t like it, not one bit…
Thirty minutes later, I was dressed in the shimmery black fitted dress that fell to my mid-thigh. It had a high neck, and the arms were sheer. There was a small slit on the left side. There were no tights, and my legs felt bare, showing off the few scars that littered them too. I didn’t touch the jewellery. If I had a choice, I wouldn’t have even touched the dress. Putting on the black heels, I repacked the rest of the items into the box. There had been some makeup, fragrance, jewellery, creams, and hair accessories, but I didn’t want to take more from these people when all I wanted was to be far away from them.
Well, here goes nothing.
My Alpha
Rayhan
For most of the morning, I found nothing of importance, but I could feel the magic was strong around the Coven’s castle. Delsanra had warned me that I might not be able to venture inside, and she had been correct. So, I had stayed outside; I couldn’t risk someone finding me, and there didn’t seem to be any way in without walking through a spell that might detect me.
Just when I thought I’d go see if I could find anything elsewhere, I walked around the side of the castle and the sound of hushed whispering coming from the other side of the huge wall reached my ears. I guessed witches were careful, but they didn’t have the same hearing we did.
“Reginald… we need to be careful.”
“I know what I’m doing. You just do your part. Besides, Samson might be furious when he learns this. You will need to appease Elinai and Amoria. We will need them, too,” he muttered. “Will it work?”
“Oh absolutely, every item is embedded with the spell. She won’t be able to resist him.” The woman sounded irritated at her own words. “I just wish it wasn’t my son who was going to be put through this.”
“He is my son, too, and he needs to be of some use,” Reginald spat. What were they going on about?
“Dawson is there as well. It might have an adverse effect on the spell, but it has to be Cheyne. I need a reason for her to be brought into our home,” Reginald continued.
“Oh, the spell will work. It probably will affect you too, but it will be Cheyne who will get to her, I will make sure of that. I have put some measures in place. I have a plan, Reginald- just trust in me,” the woman said coldly. “I hope this is worth it.”
“It will be. Once she is under the spell completely, she will be ours, body and mind. I have worked far toohard to have things ruined,” Reginald chuckled.
“Don’t try to take credit for my work. Remember that without me, you are nothing,” the woman remarked before I heard retreating footsteps as they began moving further away.
“Don’t get too ahead of yourself, dear,” Reginald’s voice came, but the amount of poison that dripped from it was far more chilling than anything I had heard before. The woman just scoffed faintly, un-phased by his words.
“Her true form is far more dangerous to men than any spell I could place. If we are to use her, we need to keep her hidden. She will draw men to her like moths to a flame.”
“She should never have been born, but since she has, let’s make use of her.”
