The Alpha’s Mate Who Cried Wolf

Chapter 87

I throw myself from his lap, dash to our bedroom, slam the door behind me, and sit on the balcony.

Reaper takes flight from his moon tree and lands on the railing. Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

I’m guessing things aren’t going so well?’ He mind-links.

‘No, he won’t let me go back to Pandora’s Box until the bond between Alec and me is severed!

‘What if it’s unbreakable?’ Reaper inquires.

Then I’ll have no option but to go against Magnus’ wishes and meet Alec, or I can wait it out and

eventually die from being separated from Alec for too long,

I spend the following few days primarily in the basement concocting potions and practising spells to

avoid Magnus. My mind and body are constantly fighting me to rush to Magnus and be with him, but

they are also fighting me to go to Pandora’s Box and be with Alec. I already feel like I’ve betrayed

Magnus from the kiss Alec and I shared. I don’t want to betray him again and defy his desire to see

Alec in Pandora’s Box. Every day it becomes worse, but I push past it and concentrate on making

potions in the bubbling cauldron.

Ela, Fern, Lilac and Ria have come down many times over the few days to help me, but I sent them

away every time, telling them I needed to be by myself. Another two days pass. Magnus has been

trying to talk to me at every opportunity. I’m not ready to talk about it, Magnus,’ I say each time. I let him

still hug me and kiss me because I love him, and it brings some comfort to me. Returning to the

basement, my body begins to heat up, but I ignore it thinking it’s from all the steam and plumes of

smoke and continue my work. Reaper has been sitting on his perch I made him. He is the only one I

have allowed to stay by my side.

You should get some rest, Luna.’ You’ve been working on this for more than five days. You don’t

appear to be in good health. He mind-links.

lignore him, but he continues to speak. ‘Perhaps you could change and go for a run, and I’ll fly beside

you?’ he asks, hoping.

Sweat beads collect on my face and torso. ‘It’s boiling down here, I complain.

‘How about we walk outside for some fresh air?’ I cave and nod. I manage to mutter ‘Skedad’ before

slumping to the floor. I’ve suddenly become exceedingly weak and unable to cast a spell. ‘Luna! I’ll get

help,’ Reapers says.

No, don’t do that. All I want are Magnus and Alec, I whimper.

I can get Magnus for you, he adds as he rushes up the stairs, leaving little time for me to say no.

Reaper caws furiously as feet stampede below. Magnus gets down on his knees at my side and places

his hand on my arm. ‘How come she’s so hot?” Is she sick?’ Magnus asks Reaper, then realises he

and Reaper cannot mind-link.

Magnus picks me up and carries me up the stairs while yelling for help. May and Lilac come running

over to us. ‘Magnus, what’s the matter with Luna?’ Lilac asks.

I’m not sure Reaper came up to me wildly cawing. I followed him down the basement and discovered

her on the floor. She is unbearably not to the touch I’m struggling to hold her any longer. She is burning

my skin,’ he says,

Take her to her room and place her in a cold bath. I’ll go to Pandora’s Box and bring Yiselda back with

me,’ May says.

Magnus can’t remove my clothes as the sweat and heat make them stick to my skin. He turns the water

on and places me in the bath and holds my head up with one hand, and trickles cold water. He scoops

up onto my face with his free hand.

Magnus lifts me out of the ice-cold bath and puts a towel over me. He rests his palm against my

temple. ‘You’re still flaming hot, Nina, he exclaims, horrified

A knock comes from our bedroom door ‘It’s May, and I’m here with Yiselda, she adds.

Please send her in quickly, Magnus begs, his voice shaking with fear.

Viselda enters the restroom and stares down at Magnus, soaking wet on the floor with me on his lap.

The speaks with a heavy sigh, It’s begun, she wores.

What has started? Magnus asks

Did Luna not warn you that the blood same will continue to pull her and urge her to Alec and that if she

resists it for too long or rights it, there will be implications?

I knew she’d be battling their bond, but she never mentioned any negative effects?

When you resist it or stay away from your blood name for too long, you physically start to burn It begins

as a feret, then your body continues to heat up, and you die.

She’s going to diel Magnus snaris. Argh, he groans as he places me on the tiled floor. He glances

down at his scorched hands from holding me

What should we do? How can I help her? He pleads.

The only way to prevent her death is to bring them together, says Yiselda.

What! There has to be another way, he says.

you with

The only other option is to break the bond, but we don’t know how to, and it appears that we dont have

much time left to save Luna, you must bring her to Pandora’s Box night now she warns

Magnus growls and battles his inner demons. He doesnt want me neat Alec, but he also doesnt want

me to de With no choice the grabs a blanket and lifts me with it to avoid his hands being burnt from skin

contact Yebelda dashes out the front door Rrapet and Magnus rush after her. Yiscida grabs the back of

Magnuss shirt and dragshirn into the circle as they approach

For a brief period, my @yelids flutter open, and I glimpse someone else walking out of the portal but

they dont follow us Instead, whoever it was doned into nearby shrubs Tortended my arm and gested to

the thruba hoping to draw the attention of whatever was lurking there But, with no lielo spend Magus

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door. He is captivated by the enormous muffor Yiselda stepped through but he does not have time to

get andere belone leaping through Yiselda operis the door on the right and days, Maletilise, and a too

ettierges a Santiate the te dropping the book at her feet Magnus steps back as the book ions into a

staircase React Tea avea adora the dark wooden door

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blood names, no matter what

‘What do you mean he is in a worse stato?

“I have been trying to persuade him to sever the bond of at least tell me how to do it but because he

refuses Ive been deprino him of his daily sustenance of blood, which leads vampires to become

unstable and somewhat wild, she says and opens a large black door with stronge marks and drawings

I don’t think I like the sound of any of this, Yiselda,’ he sayfollowing her though the dungeon Hesees

the Gringhouls as the walks past. ‘They are more vicious –looking than I ever imagined them to be, he

says

“Don’t get too close to them. They will rip your hand off, if not your whole arm. Oven the opportunity

We can hear agonising moans emanating from further up as we approach the Shadow Reapers, who

are spell-sealed in their area of the dungeon

Alec I murmur

Magnus stiffens, and a sombre expression develops on his face as he approaches the cell where Alec

is

Alec snarts and hisses He appears to be physically and emotionally warning with himself. Yiselda was

correct when she defined his current situation as unstable and somewhat wild