The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 15

"I may have accidentally nudged him at PE, and it turned into a fight,"

"And why did you accidentally nudge him?"

Perfect timing. I look over Dad's shoulder as Nina approaches. Dad raises his eyebrow at Nina, then back at me.

"I see… well, I hope we don't have a repeat of this terrible situation, but I'm glad you are okay son," he pulls me in for a hug and whispers in my ear.

"Next time, knee him good and hard in the balls, son. That girl is worth fighting for," Shocked, I contain my tiny smirk and give dad a slight nod instead.

I remain in my room until it's time to join the Packhouse for dinner. Leon, Seth, Mia, and Amelia cringe at my face. Mum, of course, sits on dad's lap.

"Your father and I have been organising your wolf ceremony. We have invited five different packs," she smiles.

"Why so many packs?"

"Well, since you will be eighteen and have your wolf, you will find your mate and become Alpha. However, just in case your mate isn't in this pack, I figured we would help you find her quicker by having as many unmated she-wolves present for the ceremony,"

"Mum, are you for real?"

"Yes, I'm for real. I'm so excited for you! When I met your father while working at the diner, I didn't even know wolves existed and didn't even know I was one. Your father entered the diner like he owned the place and kept talking about vanilla and cookies. Jim and I thought that was what he wanted to order, but it was my scent. It's funny now that I think about it. I fled from your father and tried to pull a runner when he said we were mates and had explained it to me,"

"You ran from dad when you found out he was your mate?"

"Yep," Mum laughs.

"Your mother fled from me a few times, but before I knew it, she couldn't get enough of me," Dad laughs.

"So true," Mum giggles.

"What if the she-wolf I want isn't my mate? What if I want to choose my mate instead?"

Mum drops her fork, and the colour from her face fades. Everyone has stopped laughing and stares at me instead. Finally, mum seems to have come to her senses and stairs at me.

"Magnus, it's frowned upon for good reasons choosing a mate instead of accepting the mate the Goddess blessed you with."

"But…"

"But, nothing,"