The Witch and Her Four Dangerous Alphas

Chapter 124: Chapter 124: The Curse of the Mate (02)

His hands shook as he gathered her into his arms, pulling her close as if he could will warmth back into her body.

"Mother... please..." The words cracked out of him like a dying flame. His shoulders heaved, his cries tearing through the room, raw and unrestrained.

He stood there helpless, watching his Alpha and friend break apart in front of him, clutching his mother’s body as his sobs echoed against the stone.

And for the first time, he feared Kael would never come back from this—that a part of him had died right there with her.

The walls were closing in on them.

He could hear the growls and the bloodthirsty fight that was going on outside to hunt them down, and he knew they didn’t have much time.

Her father’s warriors were everywhere, circling, waiting for the signal to strike them down. He knew if they stayed another heartbeat, they would all die there. And yet Kael did not move.

Kael was still on his knees, clutching his mother’s lifeless body, his face buried against her hair as if he could breathe her back to life. His shoulders shook with every ragged cry, and the sight of him... his friend in all but blood tore him open.

"Kael!" he hissed, shaking him by the shoulders. "We have to go! Now!"

to surrender. His wolf raged under his

desperately. He knew their Alpha had already lost. Take

he forced Kael’s arms free from her body, ignoring his cries as Kael struggled against him. His fingers clawed at the ground, reaching back for her, but he wrapped his arm

his hold, his strength nearly ripping him apart. "Let me go! I’ll kill her!

in the chaos. And gods... he would never forget that look. Bloodthirsty and shattered. Kael’s gaze burned like molten steel, his lips curled back in a snarl that was half man,

growled, his voice low and venomous, shaking with fury. "Until I am alive... you will pay

curse,

there. Still as a statue, her face unreadable, her eyes empty. She didn’t blink, didn’t flinch, and didn’t even breathe faster at his threat. She looked at him

first time, he saw Kael lose himself completely. Kael’s chest heaved, his eyes

closed in on all sides. "Kael! We can’t stay! You’ll die here! Think of your

nothing against the tide of bodies pouring into the hall. He dragged him, Kael’s heels scraping the stone, his eyes still locked on Selene until

boy he knew was burned away and something

had passed, everything had changed—yet they were at the same place and in the same

grief of losing his mate. He did not even understand how the moon goddess could grant Kael a mate who was the murderer of

and he was

hope was that no future held more pain for his

just like the past few minutes, Kael did not answer. Still, he called again, because he knew they had