Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

CHAPTER 28

Chapter 28

“You have to rest, Alec… Staying up day and night isn’t good for your health.”

Micah’s voice interrupted my concentration while I was working. I looked at the clock only to realize that it was already morning. Ten, to be exact.

Ignoring him, I went back to my work, checking the printed papers and some of the texts that the elders had provided me with.

“Alec?” he called with frustration.

His voice was starting to annoy me. I wanted to get to the bottom of things. Was that too hard to fucking understand?

He called me again, and this time I fucking lost it.

“What?” I yelled, the words coming out as a growl.

My eyes pierced his as I raised my head, Knox close to the surface. He was usually calm and was only a beast when we needed to fight or someone crossed us. Now, with everything that had happened; losing his mate and our pack being on the brink of extinction, he was more on edge than usual.

The situation was fucking pushing us. It frustrated me and agitated my wolf, which isn’t a good combination for an Alpha wolf, since we are usually more likely to lose control.

Instead of leaving like I expected him to, he sighed, crossed the room, and took a seat in front of my

desk.

“You’re not listening, Alec. You’re my Alpha, but you’re also my friend, and I refuse to let you wither away because of the curse and your mate rejecting you.”

“Piss off, Micah.”

I don’t want to be reminded that Lola rejected me and then disappeared. She didn’t even give me the chance to try and earn her forgiveness. I want to try and understand her, but I get it. I would also have reacted violently if I’d found my mate in bed with another man, whether it was intentional or a

drunken mistake.

“Not even on your fucking last breath, Alec,” he simply replied, and then leaned back against the

chair.

We’ve been best friends for years. Growing up, he and Jason were the only ones my age, so it was a given that we would be best friends. It also helped that their parents were gammas and betas,

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also my parents‘ closest

to focus on the pack and how to save my people. Work was the only thing that kept my mind

said after a while. “When was the last time you even

him to just shut up. His nagging was getting on my nerves, and I was in no mood to be given a fucking

birth in fucking years, and it’s all because of this stupid curse… Tell me, Micah, how can I be expected

I continued. “I’ll gladly sleep if you can give me a damn solution, but until then, get

gotten my focus back when the door opened again. I released a groan of frustration and

of you are here,” he hurriedly said,

me, I’ll throw you both out right after I’ve kicked

to control the rising

both of us before shaking his head. “No, I came

that I realized that he was holding a book.

it about the curse?” Micah asked, turning

his

to speak, or am I going to have to force the words out of your

minutes of silence.

if clearing his head from

the elders told us about

heads. “No one really knew about the origin of the curse or why someone would

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first place.”

a curse hanging over the pack; that meant not only those living in the pack but anyone that traced their origin to our pack. That includes members who left for whatever reason and any family they

difficult to break. My dad and grandad went to different witches and warlocks, and all of them

told my dad it was because whoever cursed us was really powerful, making the curse really

we were cursed because of something the pack did, or more so, the leaders of

mean my great–grandparents?”

the leaders… Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the elders at that time,” he replied, opening

and I just stared at him, trying to understand what he was saying. If

looked up and added, “The weird thing is that the pages before and after are

to hide exactly what happened by tearing out the pages?” Micah

existing part is the entry

There isn’t much detail about it,

journal, when I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen. It’s like nothing I’ve never felt

over, catching the

you okay, Alec? Why do you look like you’re in pain?” Jason turned towards me,

sarcastically, right before another wave of pain