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!"

her, desperate, refusing to surrender. His wolf raged under his skin, a storm so wild he thought Kael would explode, but still he clung to her like a child refusing to leave his mother’s

Alpha thundered again desperately. He knew their Alpha had already lost. Take the heirs! Get them out alive, no matter

his heart breaking, he forced Kael’s arms free from her body, ignoring his cries as Kael struggled against him. His fingers clawed

the air, raw and guttural. He thrashed in his hold, his strength nearly ripping him apart. "Let me go! I’ll kill her! I swear I’ll rip

look. Bloodthirsty and shattered. Kael’s gaze burned like molten steel, his lips curled back in

Kael growled, his voice low and venomous, shaking with fury. "Until I

like a curse, a

Selene... She only stood there. Still as a statue, her face unreadable, her eyes empty. She didn’t blink, didn’t flinch, and didn’t even breathe faster

saw Kael lose himself completely. Kael’s chest heaved, his

in on all sides.

was nothing against the tide of bodies pouring into the hall. He dragged him, Kael’s heels scraping the stone,

Kael changed. The night grief hardened into vengeance, when the boy

so much time had passed, everything had changed—yet they

losing his mate. He did not even understand how

fate had already been written, and he was no one who

future held more pain

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