The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 20

"You can stay with him for a couple of hours, Claire, and then I'll be back to watch over him," Astrid says.

"Okay, Luna, I'll take good care of him,"

"I'm sure you will…," Astrid frowns.

They take their leave, leaving me alone with Claire.

"Oh Boo-boo, let me freshen that face washer up for you," she says, dipping into a bucket. She doesn't rinse the excess water and plops it onto my face. Water dribbles all over my face and pillow. I may as well be floating in the middle of the ocean at this rate. 'That breeze is messing my hair up, Boo-boo. Give me a moment while I shut the windows,"

I tried to tell her to leave the windows open, but no words left my lips. The room became stuffy within minutes, and my fever felt even worse.

"Oh Boo-boo, I'll hop in bed beside you."

The last thing I needed was body warmth. I already felt sticky and slimy and overheated as it was. Nina lies beside me, sliding her fingers through my hair, and tugs at it as she tries to soothe me. It is annoying me, and I can't do anything about it. Finally, after almost two hours of intensive care from Claire, my mother and Nina entered my room.

"Magnus! What has happened? You look even worse!" Astrid gasps.

"Oh, I thought he was improving?" Claire says.

Nina, fetch the pack doctor for me and show Claire out along the way, please,"

"By Boo-boo, I'll come to visit you after school tomorrow," she says, kissing my lips that I can't even move. They are dry and flaky from dehydration.

Nina happily shows Claire out of the packhouse and calls for the doctor. She returns to the room and opens the windows. She looks around the room and takes a spare pillow.

"Luna, could you lift his head while I swap the pillows over, please?" Astrid nods and lifts my head as they change the pillow over. The dry, fresh pillow feels much better, and the breeze from the window is refreshing.

"He needs water," Nina says, filling a glass of water from the bathroom sink.

She sits beside me and lifts the glass to my lips. I take as many sips as I can. The doctor arrives with Yiselda. Nina stands up and moves away so Yiselda can assess me.

"Can you tell me what is wrong with my son?" Mum asks. Yiselda doesn't approach me. Instead, she looks over at Nina.

"He is reacting to a curse," she says.

"A curse? What curse?" Astrid asks.

Yiselda points her finger at Nina

"Her curse."

"My curse?" Nina says.

"Yes, your curse," Yiselda replies.

"Are you implying Nina has been playing with magic and cursed my son?" Astrid asks.