The Queen's Curse

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e to be slow. I caught her looking at my length that had grown hard at the thought of her and my wolf went wild inside. "You shouldn't be out here!" I said. It came out more harsh than I intended but I was trying to control myself. I decided I'd make sure she got to the human town safely since she was injured, so we walked. She started asking questions, I suppose I was being mulish by ignoring her but the longer she was near me the more my wolf wanted her and then she stopped. I turned around and stepped to her, so close I could smell her. I leaned down and breathed her in. I could smell her desire but something else too. It smelled almost like the pack house. Then I felt it, her wolf. She was right on the surface trying to get out. How could I not know she was a wolf? Perhaps she's a half breed and that's why she's in the human town. I stepped away and walked her home without another word. I came back every day to watch her. I watched her walk, I watched her write, I watched her pick flowers, and I watched her with her friend. The moment I saw her mother, I knew. I've seen her in photos with King Stonewell. My mate was the heir and princess of the region. My father told me her wolf was locked inside and she wouldn't shift on her eighteenth birthday like we wolves usually do. The spell that hid her and her mother all these years made sure no one would know she was a wolf and I knew I had some research to do. I would help my mate reclaim her rightful place as the Queen Wolf and I'd be by her side. I never thought I'd have a position in the pack hierarchy because I was a second born son. When the king and alpha to the pack died, his beta, my father, became alpha because he had no heir of age. When my father died, his firstborn became alpha and the son of his beta became the pack beta and if something happened to the temporary alpha, his beta would become alpha. I was content with it, with my life and my home. I trained the young wolves who recently shifted, in battle. I was a level 10 but my brother didn't like that I could stand my ground with him so he had me training at level 1. My wolf was pulling me to her and I could hardly resist anymore. As I was standing there watching her, she suddenly looked up. All this time I've been watching her, she finally noticed me. She seemed out of sorts as we talked. "Tomorrow is my birthday. Mother is putting on a coming of age celebration in my honor tonight. She says I'll have many suitors." She said, oblivious to the war I was fighting with m