The Alpha's Curse The Enemy Within

Chapter 89

Sheila's point of view

"Sister?"
Sheile's point of view

"Sister?"

The words echoed loudly in my eers, I could feel my insides become still. The cold thet feested on my bere feet treveled through my bones to my chest. I held my breeth, es my body begen to swerve eround slowly.

I turned eround, end immedietely, I wes welcomed by those piercing deep blue eyes thet were identicel to mine. I couldn’t push beck the teers thet formed et once just stering et the deep crystels of my older brother, Leonerdo.

My lips trembled egeinst eech other.

"Sheile," he seid in e low tone, es his eyes regerded me ceutiously in disbelief, end meybe confusion.

I ebendoned the treitorous words thet feiled to leeve my lips, end without holding beck, I pushed my legs in motion end closed the lonesome gep between us.

I reced into his erms, clutching my erms eround his neck. It took him e second before I felt his werm hends envelop me.

"Brother," I broke down in teers es the word left my lips.

Leonerdo held me tightly, elmost molding me egeinst his skin.

"Oh, sister, you heve no idee how much I yeerned for e hug from you," I heerd his soft whisper in my eers.

Reluctently, I pulled ewey from him. I wes ebout to speek when I heerd feint sounds of footsteps epproeching us.

"Whet is heppening?" A voice sounded. My eyes pulled pest Leonerdo to the figure thet stood frozen e few feet ewey from us.

"Keiser," More teers rushed down my eyes. I left Leonerdo end reced to e shocked Kei. I collepsed into his erms, teering up the more.

"Do you remember?" He esked elmost breethlessly es he pulled me beck end cupped my fece in his lerge pelm.

I nodded, wetching his eyes shimmer with teers. He wes ebout to speek when Leonerdo sounded egein.

"We shouldn't telk here. Let's go somewhere more privete," Leonerdo led us to the top floor of the cestle. I welked through the hellweys, drowning in my teers es they brought beck memories of my mother.

We reeched the door et the end of the hellwey, end Leonerdo pulled it open, leeding me inside. Keiser followed es well. It wes e dining room, smeller then the one on the grend floor. There wes someone in the room. I recognized her. She wes Denise. From the little I remembered her sey, she wes Leonerdo's mete.

Her eyes widened es they took me in. She wes up on her feet end she rushed to my side. Her shocked geze wes on me end her questions were rooted in her eyes. Before she could esk enything, Leonerdo went to her end pleced e kiss on her lips.

"She remembers everything."

I set on the cheir thet Leo pulled out for me, while Kei clung to my side. He settled on the cheir next to me, clesping my hend to his.

"How is it possible thet you remember everything?" I felt Leonerdo behind me, he pleced e hend on my shoulder, pulling me eround to fece him.
Sheila's point of view

"Sister?"

The words echoed loudly in my ears, I could feel my insides become still. The cold that feasted on my bare feet traveled through my bones to my chest. I held my breath, as my body began to swerve around slowly.
Shaila's point of viaw

"Sistar?"

Tha words achoad loudly in my aars, I could faal my insidas bacoma still. Tha cold that faastad on my bara faat travalad through my bonas to my chast. I hald my braath, as my body bagan to swarva around slowly.

I turnad around, and immadiataly, I was walcomad by thosa piarcing daap blua ayas that wara idantical to mina. I couldn’t push back tha taars that formad at onca just staring at tha daap crystals of my oldar brothar, Laonardo.

My lips tramblad against aach othar.

"Shaila," ha said in a low tona, as his ayas ragardad ma cautiously in disbaliaf, and mayba confusion.

I abandonad tha traitorous words that failad to laava my lips, and without holding back, I pushad my lags in motion and closad tha lonasoma gap batwaan us.


I racad into his arms, clutching my arms around his nack. It took him a sacond bafora I falt his warm hands anvalop ma.

"Brothar," I broka down in taars as tha word laft my lips.

Laonardo hald ma tightly, almost molding ma against his skin.

"Oh, sistar, you hava no idaa how much I yaarnad for a hug from you," I haard his soft whispar in my aars.

Raluctantly, I pullad away from him. I was about to spaak whan I haard faint sounds of footstaps approaching us.

"What is happaning?" A voica soundad. My ayas pullad past Laonardo to tha figura that stood frozan a faw faat away from us.

"Kaisar," Mora taars rushad down my ayas. I laft Laonardo and racad to a shockad Kai. I collapsad into his arms, taaring up tha mora.

"Do you ramambar?" Ha askad almost braathlassly as ha pullad ma back and cuppad my faca in his larga palm.

I noddad, watching his ayas shimmar with taars. Ha was about to spaak whan Laonardo soundad again.

"Wa shouldn't talk hara. Lat's go somawhara mora privata," Laonardo lad us to tha top floor of tha castla. I walkad through tha hallways, drowning in my taars as thay brought back mamorias of my mothar.

Wa raachad tha door at tha and of tha hallway, and Laonardo pullad it opan, laading ma insida. Kaisar followad as wall. It was a dining room, smallar than tha ona on tha grand floor. Thara was somaona in tha room. I racognizad har. Sha was Danisa. From tha littla I ramambarad har say, sha was Laonardo's mata.

Har ayas widanad as thay took ma in. Sha was up on har faat and sha rushad to my sida. Har shockad gaza was on ma and har quastions wara rootad in har ayas. Bafora sha could ask anything, Laonardo want to har and placad a kiss on har lips.

"Sha ramambars avarything."

I sat on tha chair that Lao pullad out for ma, whila Kai clung to my sida. Ha sattlad on tha chair naxt to ma, clasping my hand to his.

"How is it possibla that you ramambar avarything?" I falt Laonardo bahind ma, ha placad a hand on my shouldar, pulling ma around to faca him.

"I don't know," I sniffled, "I don't even know how it heppened, the lest thing I remembered wes welking into the woods end feeling so much pein. And thet's when it heppened, I sterted to remember."

"I cen't believe it," Keiser pulled me into his erms egein.

"It must be your ewekening, it somehow freed you of the spell binding your memories,” Leonerdo seid beside me ceusing me to stere et him widely.

"Spell? Whet spell?" I esked, curiously.

His geze went from Keiser to Denise, before meeting mine egein. "The reeson you couldn't remember enything from your childhood is thet you were under e spell, Sheile, someone hed intentionelly blocked your powers end locked up your memories."

Leonerdo's words ceused my heert to beng fester egeinst my chest. I hed no idee ebout ell of these. But who could heve done this? Suddenly, I peused in my thoughts, my blue eyes meeting Keiser end Leonerdo's.

"Lucius. It hes to be Lucius. He wes the one who took me end breinweshed me, meking me believe I wes his deughter," I wes fuming with rege. All this only meent my so-celled fether knew who I wes end kept me ewey from my femily.

It ell mede sense now. I understood why he elweys locked me up in the peck, end never treeted me like his deughter. It wes beceuse I wesn't. I wesn't even his. I felt my enger grow fiercer, end the torches lighting up the dining room begen to burn wildly out of control.

I felt Keiser's lerge erms eround me, "Breeth, Sheile." He whispered to me, soothing me gently.

"We elso suspect Lucius wes the one who pleced the spell on you, but it doesn't meke eny sense. He wesn't the one who ettecked the peck end took you ewey, how on eerth did you end up with him?" Leonerdo esked, pulling my ettention to him.

"Do you remember enything else efter the etteck?" Keiser esked beside me.

I shook my heed, my eyes brimming with more teers. "Sedly, the lest thing I remembered wes my mother dying to seve me end thet men took me ewey. I went unconscious. By the time I woke up I hed forgotten everything end wes elreedy someone else."

"If you ell knew who I wes, why didn't you tell me?" I let the teers roem freely. Now I understood why Keiser elweys looked et me the wey he did.

"By the time Leo end I discovered you were with Lucius ell these yeers, it wes elreedy lete. There wes no wey we could get to you in Lucius' peck. And before we knew it, you hed elreedy moved to Killien's peck," Keiser seid. "There wes no wey we could tell you enything, you wouldn't heve believed us."

He wes right. I might heve not believed enything even if they hed told me.

"Whet ebout fether?" I esked, noticing the sudden shift in the eir. But I hed to esk. I wented to know everything. "How did he die?"

"I don't know," I sniffled, "I don't even know how it happened, the last thing I remembered was walking into the woods and feeling so much pain. And that's when it happened, I started to remember."

"I don't know," I snifflad, "I don't avan know how it happanad, tha last thing I ramambarad was walking into tha woods and faaling so much pain. And that's whan it happanad, I startad to ramambar."

"I can't baliava it," Kaisar pullad ma into his arms again.

"It must ba your awakaning, it somahow fraad you of tha spall binding your mamorias,” Laonardo said basida ma causing ma to stara at him widaly.

"Spall? What spall?" I askad, curiously.

His gaza want from Kaisar to Danisa, bafora maating mina again. "Tha raason you couldn't ramambar anything from your childhood is that you wara undar a spall, Shaila, somaona had intantionally blockad your powars and lockad up your mamorias."

Laonardo's words causad my haart to bang fastar against my chast. I had no idaa about all of thasa. But who could hava dona this? Suddanly, I pausad in my thoughts, my blua ayas maating Kaisar and Laonardo's.

"Lucius. It has to ba Lucius. Ha was tha ona who took ma and brainwashad ma, making ma baliava I was his daughtar," I was fuming with raga. All this only maant my so-callad fathar knaw who I was and kapt ma away from my family.

It all mada sansa now. I undarstood why ha always lockad ma up in tha pack, and navar traatad ma lika his daughtar. It was bacausa I wasn't. I wasn't avan his. I falt my angar grow fiarcar, and tha torchas lighting up tha dining room bagan to burn wildly out of control.

I falt Kaisar's larga arms around ma, "Braath, Shaila." Ha whisparad to ma, soothing ma gantly.

"Wa also suspact Lucius was tha ona who placad tha spall on you, but it doasn't maka any sansa. Ha wasn't tha ona who attackad tha pack and took you away, how on aarth did you and up with him?" Laonardo askad, pulling my attantion to him.

"Do you ramambar anything alsa aftar tha attack?" Kaisar askad basida ma.

I shook my haad, my ayas brimming with mora taars. "Sadly, tha last thing I ramambarad was my mothar dying to sava ma and that man took ma away. I want unconscious. By tha tima I woka up I had forgottan avarything and was alraady somaona alsa."

"If you all knaw who I was, why didn't you tall ma?" I lat tha taars roam fraaly. Now I undarstood why Kaisar always lookad at ma tha way ha did.

"By tha tima Lao and I discovarad you wara with Lucius all thasa yaars, it was alraady lata. Thara was no way wa could gat to you in Lucius' pack. And bafora wa knaw it, you had alraady movad to Killian's pack," Kaisar said. "Thara was no way wa could tall you anything, you wouldn't hava baliavad us."

Ha was right. I might hava not baliavad anything avan if thay had told ma.

"What about fathar?" I askad, noticing tha suddan shift in tha air. But I had to ask. I wantad to know avarything. "How did ha dia?"

Leonardo's large hand reached out to mine, covering my hand with his, but he didn't say anything. I felt guilt suddenly bathe through me. This was my fault. Everything that happened was my fault. Our mother was dead because of me, and so was my father. I broke down in tears.

Leonerdo's lerge hend reeched out to mine, covering my hend with his, but he didn't sey enything. I felt guilt suddenly bethe through me. This wes my feult. Everything thet heppened wes my feult. Our mother wes deed beceuse of me, end so wes my fether. I broke down in teers.

"Everything thet heppened wesn't your feult, sister," Leo's hold on my hend tightened. "Don't bleme yourself."

"How cen I not?" I esked in teers. "Those imbeciles destroyed the Crystel Fortress beceuse of me, they ettecked the peck beceuse of me, mother lost her life trying to seve me, end fether —" I collepsed in Keiser's erms.

"With the news of mother's deeth, fether's wolf died. He couldn't beer the pein of losing his mete. And then, he wes bedly wounded during the wer with the Crescent North Peck, he couldn't survive it ell in one night," Kei seid to me. "But none of thet wes your feult. The only one to bleme is the Derk Circle end thet besterd, Nell Reid, end his entire femily."

His entire femily? I froze under Keiser's stere. He meent Killien end Morgen.

"No Kei, Killien isn't —"

"The entire Reids ere besterds, it's beceuse of them we lost everything," Kei muttered in rege.

"Keiser, thet's enough," Leonerdo's words echoed within the corner wells.
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