FINN “KILL HIM! KILL HIM!” The curse screamed behind me as I ran past the Alpha after recognizing the bond with him. The curse had been getting closer and closer every time I passed by another Alpha and ignored it. I kept my mouth shut, eyes fixed on the mist ahead, determined to finish this trial I never wanted to participate in. Especially after the bond between Seraphina and me had revealed my feelings for her. Of course even if I wanted to stop, I couldn’t because the curse behind me was real. Whenever I stopped, even for a second after completing a bond recognition, it would start screaming and draw closer inch by inch. Still, I kept running, eyes locked forward. Because even before this damned curse latched onto me, I already knew what mine would be. It was anger. And it only

