The Alpha Who Cursed His Mate novel Chapter 25

"Excuse me?"

"Well, heaven called and said they are missing an Angel, and I know a sweet angel when I see one," I wink.

The librarian, twice my age, blushes while Pipsqueak facepalms herself.

"Oh, my," she giggles.

I continue to flirt with her. Finally, pipsqueak successfully takes the keys and tiptoes into the back office.

"I'll see you around doll face." I blow a kiss goodbye to the librarian. She sits down and fans her face as I walk away.

Pipsqueak waves me over into the back of the office and unlocks the door. We step into the forbidden dark room together. It smells musty, and the many cobwebs show no one has been in here for years.

The structure differs from the rest of the library, which has plastered white walls, whereas this room has bluestone walls and old wooden beams across the ceiling. There are old rickety wooden bookshelves filled with old books. Some are leather-bound, and some have steel clasps and jewels on them. We approach the table carved from stone. There are a few small, half-melted candles, with some matches nearby. Pipsqueak lights the three candles. We stand side by side and take in the old medieval room.

"You start with those books, and I'll start with these," I point.

"But I don't know what I'm looking for,"

"How to break a curse?"

"What are you getting m-me into?" she squeaks. I sigh and decide that I can trust her, and it's best to let her in on the secret.

"You can't tell anyone, okay?"

"O-okay,"

"It's Nina. Someone has cursed her, but we don't know what the curse is yet and how it affects her, and the curse is affecting me by making my shifts unbearably painful,"

"How do you know all this?"

"Because a witch came over and told us,"

"A witch? But they haven't existed in over a hundred years,"

"Sorry to break it to you, but they do. You can't tell anyone anything about any of this,"

"I won't tell, your secret is safe, but I have to ask if Nina is the one who has a curse, then how is it affecting you and not her?"

"That's just another reason we are here. We need to learn anything we can that will help,"

"Okay, well, we better get reading then."

I take a book from one end of the bookshelf while Pipsqueak starts at the other end. I unlock the steel clasp and carefully flick through. Each page has a symbol and a description of what each represents and does.

Nothing helpful. I put it back and took the next book. I can't read it though it appears to be in Latin.