The Cure

The Ritual- Chapter 2

Gabrielle's POV

I can't believe this just happened. My heart is beating isterically,and somehow I forgot how to breath.

The tingles I felt when he touched my hand are now ten times stronger when he is holding my waist tightly like he never wants to let me go.

His muscled,hard chest is pressing my cheeks,and I can't help but sniff his woddy vanilla scent. It smells so good,delicious!

My brain is wondering how these toughts are coming in?My heart is melted in his embrace,and my wolf whimpers in pure happyness .

Her tail wiggles in joy.

She never said he was our mate,but maybe it's because we are not 18 yet.

Wait!No!We can't have a mate!We don't want one...At least I don't want one.

I hardly withdraw my hand slowly and push him with my palm on his chest. I gain a little distance from him.

His eyes widened and his lips aparted like he tried to say something,but I stopped him.

"I can't have a mate,I'm sorry!I don't want to hurt you!" I reluctantly almost whispered but in a cracked voice.

As people were still watching,I could hear their gasp as I was storming off on the entrace door.

I could hear Markus slowly ,in a sad whisper calling my name

"Gabrielle" but I didn't stop.

I walked out of the big mansion,and ran like the wind,while big and unstoppable tears flowed down my cheeks .

I didn't even see where I was going,but it was like my legs carried me where they knew the best.

Somewhere near the forest,was a pavilion where I used to come when I was little and sad.

This place always calmed me ,since from here I could see all the lake which streched from here to the end of our lands.

At night, the calm water made room for the stars to descend to earth. When I look at their reflection in the crystal clear water, I feel as if I could touch them.

When the full moon dwells in this lake, I like to go into the water, this makes me feel stronger and closer to the goddess of the moon.

I sit on the beautifully carved wooden bench, and start thinking about my weight on my shoulders.

I always wanted to be a normal and happy human... but if I became a human after meeting my mate, I don't know if I would love him again and feel the mate bond. I don't want to hurt, but I don't want to be hurt either.

I always wanted to do this for myself, but the thought of hurting someone made me take a step back by pausing to researches.

But now I've come a long way, and it's not long before I find the cure.

The only thing that stopped me so far was my family's financial situation.

I can't go to some places, countries, to look for that cure.

I somehow got the weight of the map for it, but I still haven't found the clues to find the key that opens the cure.

Which from how long I spent finding out where he is, I realized that it is on the ground of our pack.

That's all I wanted, to not find my mate.

Now if he rejects me? Who would need a girl like me? An alpha?Pfff...

I couldn't lead the pack and be their Luna .

The pain of rejection will be deadly to me.

I have a few more days until my birthday when I turn 18.

Although I know a lot about the anti-werewolf cure, I never searched informations out about soul mates.

If I am rejected after I turn 18 will it hurt more or less if I am rejected now?

Other thoughts do not cross my mind. I do not believe in the possibility of being accepted.

Especially from an alpha.

Ughh, my life is very complicated, just like me.

I sob while brushing my tears with my cold fingers.

I hear some steps coming in direction. I quicly wipe my tears,thinking it's Hanny,and I don't want her to see my suffer.

She doesn't need to be in pain with me.

Suddenly they stopped a few meters in my back.

The sweet scent of woody and vanilla entered my nostrils again.

And I felt goosebumps on my spine,forming from down to up my neck.

My tummy felt weird as some little tingles flew in and started to dance.

He aproached slowly,with baby steps,and when he was a step away he stopped.

I could feel one big hand grapping my shoulder from the back.

"Gabrielle?" his voice seems sad.

"Are you ok?" his hand grippened on my shoulder but in a soft way,asuring that I was fine.

His hand was so warm and it sent tingles that were feeling so good in my whole body.

"Y-yes...I am fine ." my hoarsed voice whispered. But I was not fine. And I couldn't tell him yet all my fears,and plans for future.

Altough he knew I was in a search for The Cure , my dad must've told him.

He then put a step forward,and came in front of me.

His proeminent cheeks glowed in the light of the moon,his eyes were like some light of the moon,his eyes were like there were fire flyes blinking in little sparks in his green forest eyes.

His hair was messy,and the moon ray were making some strands glowing.

He was dressed in a white shirt his first two buttons were open,and a flinch of his muscular,tanned was revealed.

He was wearing navy suit pants,an his face was locked in a worrying look.

"Why you ran from me?" he asked .

He aproached me slowly,and took my hand in his caloused hand.

His hand felt so warm holding my cold one.

"Why do you care?"

Even If my whole body and my wolf were purring at our touch,I retreaded my hand from his. I could already miss his warmth,but I refrained from touching him.

"You are my mate...How can I not care?" his eyes widened in wonder but his tone was low and calm.

"I don't have a mate...I don't want one..."

My eyes went down until they could see the cold tiles under my feet.

"You don't feel our bond ?" his saddened voice made me ask myself,will he accept us?

No that's not going to happen.

Alphas are mated with alphas omegas with omegas.

An alpha having an omega mate was never heard before .

My wolf and heart said 'yes' my mouth and mind answered coldly.

"No."

"Don't lie to me...I can feel your feelings and your wolf's too". he raised one eyebrow.

"Why are you like this?It's because your

purpose?" his eyes were searching mine,as I raised my head and looked at him.

"I want to be a human,how can I give in to the mate bound?How can you accept me if I am a simple girl,without a rank,to be your Luna? "

My mouth spoke without me.My wolf wanted to take control to tell him otherwise,that she wants him .

But I pushed her back and I learned how to restrain her for coming out,now I needed to use that.

"You already have a girlfriend."

my eyes glimpered in pain mixed wirh jealousy.

"She's nothing to me" .

His eyes glimpered and turn darker than before,and in a split of a second he pulled me by my waist and lifted me up from the bench,gripping me tigher when my eyes looked into his.

With one hand he brushed a strand of my hair from my face,puting it behind my ear.

He leaned down ,and sniffed in my neck .

"Mmm...so f*****g sweet! "

My stomach was now full with butterflies,and they were not dancing anymore,they were runing in a hurry and becoming dizzy from all the tingles and sparks in my body,like they wanted to come out.

The warmth of his body engulfed me ,and his woody vanilla scent pleasured my senses.

I wanted to push him away,I really wanted to....But it was like my whole body has already surrendeded to him.

My wolf was purring in pleasure and she wanted more,but I already restrained her.

'Our mate...'

She closed her eyes and a smile of pleasure appeared on her muzzle.

'Wait!You knew this all along and didn't bother tell me?'

'I didn't knew it for sure.We were always attracted by him.I now know for sure.'

'How can you know for sure if we are not 18 yet?'

'Sometimes,we can know earlier,if our mate finds us before we turn 18'

Our tought discussion was intrerupted when I felt his soft lips kissing my neck,a wave of pleasure came down to my body starting from the place he kissed,the place were the mark supposed to be.

"Even f*****g sweeter! You know you f*****g smell like peaches and honey?

His hand rose slowly from my waist up on my back, forming small portions of goosebumps where he touched me, and thousands of sparks inside me,until he reached my neck.

He brushed his soft fingers on my mark spot,and my eyes suddenly closed from pleasure.

"Do you know how much I refrain from marking you right here ,right now and making you mine?" I opened my eyes at his words and ,I fixed my look down to his chest.

My cheeks blushed in a pale red.

His hand now cupped my chin lifting it up as I face him.

"Look at me!" he said in a low voice,but in a calm tone.

I looked into his eyes,and his eyes were still dark,almost all black shining in pure lust and desire.

"You are mine!Only mine! " with that said,he crashed his soft and warm lips on my lips,and kissed them hungrily licking each one of them in part.

My heart raced,and my whole body melted in his arms,my hand involuntarily hugged his neck and I responded to his kiss.

His lips were so sweet and soft. His tongue seeks entry in my mouth,and I wanted to let him but...

Someone coughed and cleread their throat.

Markus has stopped kissing me ,closed his eyes,and gritted his teeth but he didn't look back ,he remained like that.

"What is it? " he said in a low growl.

It was his Gamma Trevor .

"I'm sorry for disturbing you,but your father called for you.You are expected to the party so that he cand do the ritual in where he hands you the pack" he said in a firm voice.

He wasn't afraid of Markus,they were good friends so he knows him.

Altough,Markus growled lowder this time .

"Leave,I'll come by myself" his eyes opened and looked straight into mine.

He left with any other words.

My hands already left his neck when Trevor came,but he never released my waist.

His eyes now shone under the moonlight in the most beautiful green I've ever seen.You could see a forest with tiny fire flyes brighting in his eyes.

"Will you come back at the party with me,please?" he asked in a husky and soft voice.

My heart skipped a beat.

"Why?I don't like it there ,everyone will gossip of me,and they eyes will be all on me.I don't like that."

I said the truth,and decided to tell him after he takes over the pack that we can't be together.

"How they can not look at you since you are so beatiful ?" his lips turned upwards in a small smile,his hand carresing my cheek.

"I'm not beautiful,and I will not go back" I put a step back and crossed my arms ,I raised my brows.

" I promise you will be fine,just come with me.I want my mate to be with me when I 'm taking over my pack". he took one hand of mine and kissed me on my knuckles.Little tingles felt in that spot and I quickly retreated it.

I nodded,and we walked back.I tought that I don't want to make him angry now,and everyone to know it was because of me.

Also my wolf kept whining to go with him.

When we arrived at the door his father was in sight at the end off the hall,and suddenly turned at us as he sensed his son's presence.

Markus eyes turned white in an instant and then they recovered just as quickly. At the same time his father did the same. It meant that they mind-linked.

The werewolfs in the hall turned their looks toward us,and in a blink their eyes turned white and recovered,and they all bowed their head facing the floor at the sime time like some robots.

"What the f**k happ-" I tried to say

"Nothing important,let's go so we can proceed the ritual" he grabbed my hand and pulled me forward.

"We?" I raised my eyebrows in amaze.

"If I you,my mate collect all of my pack's blood when they scut their palm in the sacred bowl,then the connection between me and them will be more powerfull and united." he simply said tighting my hand softly as if pleaded me to do it.

"Fine." that's all I said even if in my mind were one hundred questions aboust this I wanted to get all over with this so I can go home.

The ritual begun,and one Elder spoke some words from an ancient book,and everyone was listening,we were all up in the inside balcony,and surprisingly they didn't stare at me,just st the alpha Cyrus and Markus.

After that the Elder came and gave me the bowl and wave his hand over the crowd as signing I should go and gather their blood.

I went down,and I saw how everyone aligned and waited for me to come to them.

I went at the first and they were aligned in order of ranks.

The firsts were Betas,Gammas,Prestigious(the high ranked ones gained from other packs),Deltas(they were the warriors),and then the Omegas.

Even they were cutting their palm and squeezing the blood in the sacred bowl,they never lifted their eyes from the ground to look at me.

When I got to my family,they were sitting one after one,they never lifted their eyes either.

I asked them

"Mom,dad,why are you not looking at me?I'm sorry ,I didn't know he's m..."

My eyes were worried and I hold my mom's hand in my hand,it was so soft and pale.

"Hush baby,the alpha ordered everyone in the pack to not look at you. This was his son's order,but since he is not alpha he can't mind link us." my mom softly whispered.

My eyes widened and filled with anger.

I clenched my fist ,but my dad spoke.

"It's okay,he didn't ordered us that,but we need to keep up the appearances.I am glad that he is your mate,he is a good person". and he ,my mom and my brother lifted their head and smiled softly at me.

My anger dissapeared and replaced by compassion and love for them.

"Can you please continue and finish the ritual?" the Elder's low voice echoed trough the hall.

I looked at him,and then continued the ritual until the last werewolf in the pack cut his palm to fill the last drop in the sacred bowl.

I then took it up on the balcony to the alphas.

Markus cut his palm too,and even if it wasn't so painful for him,my heart clenched as I saw him hurt.

In the moment his blood dropped in the bowl,a wave of power and a bright light came within every member of the pack,and a brighter one from Markus.

Their eyes turned all white for a second even alpha's Cyrus.

"That was a very powerfull wave of strength.You must have a very special Luna" the Elder smiled to Markus.

Special it's not something I very often say about myself.

Did he knew something about me?

"You will soon gain your answer to all your question,but you'll have to make the right choice when the times come.The existence of werewolfs will be in your hands,be carefull what you do with it." he turned to face me and in a serious tone he walked downstair.

Was he talking to me?I think he confuses me with someone else.

After some time I saw the alphas talking something,almost whispering I didn't wanted to listen,so I went down,just to see my family heading to the main door to leave.

I stopped them.

"Aren't you expecting me to walk home together home too? I smiled to them.

"See I told you so!" Flynn turned to my parents with a knowing look.

"Dear,but,you need to stay with your mate now,has he rejected you?" my dad said in worrying tone.

"No,but..."

"Did you rejected him?" my mom said in a whisper.

"No.I mean not yet...You know I don't like to hurt or see people hurting. I don't know what to do." my eyes lowered and a sad look fell on my face.

"You can't come home then,it will insult the alphas that the future Luna doesn't stay in their home". My dad assured me.

"I told them to wait for you ,so we can tell you this,I knew you wouldn't knew,but they tought alpha Markus told you already" Flynn firmly said.

"We haven't talked much...But can you visit me tomorrow?I want to talk something to all of you"

"Sure darling" my mom smiled and grabbed my hand.

"We'll always be here for you" .my dad caught mom and squeezed it as to make her not to worry. And they left...

I turned to see alpha Cyrus and Markus talking to the Elder.

I took a sit at an empty table and waited for them to finish their talk so they can tell me what should I do, or where is my new room or anything.

The tought of not knowing something drived me crazy all the time.And I believed his behaviour was rude after kissing me,and telling me that I am his to left me here with eyes in the sun.

I put my hands on the table crossed,and I put my head on them.

I heard foosteps aproaching,and the creaking chair in front of me ,and I felt an enticing scent of apple and cinnamon.

Helll guys!Thank you for reading my book,and sorry for the mistakes.Is someone will correct me I'll be happy to accept it.