Alpha's Cursed Mate novel Chapter 40

Lance's POV

I followed Estelle's orange blossom scent all the way to the edge of Autumn's wolf pack. Panic now overshadowed anger; I knew this place was often attacked by vampires. And I'd seen a few vampire corpses at Luna Lake. There had been fighting here, and with my wolf growling loudly in my head, I needed to steady myself.

I contacted Ethan as I approached the area. he had been gathering intel here at Autumn wolf pack, however he didn't get anything useful from here either. ethan followed my coordinates to me and we entered a spooky wooded area.

"It smells like blood." I said to Ethan.

"Your sense of smell is sharper than mine, I don't smell anything."

I followed the smell and saw two men lying in the woods, with a few wandering vampires around them.

"It's strange why vampires don't attack them." Ethan asked me. Indeed, lower-ranking vampires are like mindless beasts that will suck any creature with blood dry.

"They were ordered." That's the only possibility.

We walked into the group of vampires and they lunged at us after spotting Ethan and me. Ethan and I killed them without much effort. Then we saw the two werewolves lying on the ground.

"This is really..." Ethan looked at the people on the ground, it was Alpha and Beta of Autumn Wolf Pack. "They are unconscious. The injuries are not serious, they should have been mentally attacked."

"Whose mental attacks can defeat an Alpha?"

Ethan and I looked at each other and we both knew the answer, a pure blood vampire. My head hurt, if Estelle met this vampire. The situation for our entire wolf pack would change, war was just around the corner.

"What about them?" Ethan pointed to the two men on the floor, "If another vampire attacks, they'll probably die in their coma."

I looked at the two men on the ground and fell into thought, if they knew about Estelle, I would be more than happy to get them up. However, I am not unaware of the animosity of Alpha Anthony towards me. All we're wasting by fighting here is my time looking for Estelle.

"Of course, it doesn't matter to us if they die. I never liked him anyway."

"Get them up, I have things to ask them."

"Okay." Ethan took out the adrenaline he carried on his person for werewolves and gave Anthony and his a shot of it each.

Anthony woke up immediately after taking a deep breath. His dazed eyes suddenly became alert when he saw me. His muscles tensed in a fighting stance.

"Hey, hey, relax. We're the ones who saved you." Ethan's tone was disgruntled.

Anthony's eyes flicked from us to the remains of the vampire next to us. His Beta also came out of his coma, and Anthony finally dropped his hostility for the moment.

"I saved you just to ask you one question, where is Estelle, have you seen her?"

"She was with us before." Anthony's tone was still a little fuzzy.

"What do you mean 'before'?!" I wanted to pick at his shoulders to get him to wake up, and reason made me hold back.

"We were attacked by a vampire and she suddenly yelled out and my spirit suffered an attack. Then I don't remember."

"Damn what are you talking about? Who gave you that mental attack?"

"I don't know! We were surrounded by dozens of vampires."

"Do you remember?" Ethan asked the tall Beta, who also just shook his head.

Suddenly I heard a lot of stray footsteps and vampire whispers again. What a way to give people a moment of clarity.

"There's another vampire coming." I looked at Ethan.

"It's time for us to go." Ethan said to me.

Anthony raised his hand to stop us from moving, "Wait, you guys can go to my wolf pack and hide from them. Consider me thanking you guys for saving my life."

I couldn't get too far away from here, where Estelle's scent had disappeared, and I needed to catch the last bit of clues. "Okay." I promised Anthony, Ethan's expression not looking too good.

The ride to the wolves was an awkward silence, and the hatred between us didn't abate in an instant, but my impression of Anthony changed quite a bit. He wasn't one of those stubborn country boys, and his Beta showed little displeasure with his orders.

I have never been in another pack's territory, it is my family's teaching that we do not mix with the weak. eclipse wolves have not participated in any human diplomacy except for trade, and it is enough that all wolves fear us.

But Anthony's territory didn't look as chaotic as I thought it would, everything seemed casual and peaceful. Their residents would greet Anthony and they were as familiar as neighbors. There are also quite a few humans living among the wolves. Our family would never allow humans into our wolf pack, they consider them weak.

Ethan and I were taken by them to a simple building.

"I'm sorry I can't receive you with the same rituals I received the Alpha, my residents shouldn't be able to take that. So this is my house, feel free to rest yourselves."