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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were also my

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

rest,” he said after a while. “When

His nagging was getting on my nerves, and I was in no mood

years, and it’s all because of this stupid curse… Tell me, Micah, how can I be expected to sleep peacefully when my people are suffering, knowing very fucking well that if I don’t do something, then things

if you can give me

ignored him and got back to work. I’d just gotten my focus back when the door opened again. I released a groan of frustration and looked

hurriedly said, closing

throw you both out right after

to control the rising

before shaking his head. “No, I came here because

and it was only then that I realized that he was holding a book. Not a book. More like a leather–bound

about the curse?” Micah asked, turning towards

his

to have

minutes of silence.

as if clearing his head

the elders told us about the curse?” he

the origin of the curse or why someone

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first place.”

only thing we knew was that we had 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

difficult to break. My dad and grandad went to different witches and warlocks, and all of them said the same thing. It’s hard to break a

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

because of something the pack did, or more so, the leaders

my

all the leaders… Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and the elders at that

was saying. If

thing is that the pages before and after are torn. This seems like someone’s journal. Someone who was alive when that shit

saying someone went to great lengths to hide exactly

is the entry saying that the pack

curse. There isn’t much detail about

I felt a sharp pain in my lower abdomen.

over, catching the

like you’re

I answered sarcastically, right before another wave of pain hit