The Alpha's Curse The Enemy Within

I was surrounded by blue light. It was warm and peaceful, but abruptly, everything changed. | felt myself being pulled away into the darkness. It was different and unwelcoming. | felt a deep pain rooted iin the core of my chest. It was sharp and piercing for a second, forcing me awake.

Weakly, my eyes fluttered open and | tried my hardest to keep them open. My vision was blurry. The pain in my chest had subsided. I tried moving, but that was impossible. Then | heard a drone of voices. | couldn't make out anything they were saying, and when I forced my gaze to the direction it was coming from, everything was a blur.

I shut my eyes, taking several breaths, before pulling them open. My vision wasn't perfect yet, but much better. | scanned around, and | couldn't recognize where | was. How the hell did I get here?

Just then, the door pulled open and a figure came into view. A woman, wearing a long brown dress. | closed my eyes. | felt the woman move close to the bed. Before her hand could touch me, | gripped it, pushing her closer to me, and I had my hands on her neck.

“Hey, relax. | swear | mean no harm,” she held her hands up in the air.

“I'm a friend.” “Who are you?" | firmed my hands on her neck, fighting off the dizziness that had invaded me.

“Zena,” She sounded quickly. "Don't exert yourself too much. You just woke up, you need some rest-" "Where am 12" “Somewhere safe. Let go of me first, and I will explain everything slowly and calmly,” she voiced softly, her hands still held up.

loosened my hold on her neck, about to set her free when the

sound of a familiar voice made me snap my head to the door.

“What in the goddess’ name is this? You wake up and this is the first thing you do?" My eyes fell on Kaiser, as his deep hazel eyes inspected me.

"Kaiser?" My brows crippled in confusion, as | let the young woman go.

“Yeah, it's good to see you too,” he said, tossing a shirt at me.

“What on earth are we doing here?" | asked sharply. “Sheila? Where is she?” At the mention of Sheila's name, | felt Ryker's presence within me. He was weak. | tried pulling up from the bed, but Zena grabbed me.

“You should lay still. You may be all healed up, but you've been unconscious for a long time.” “Unconscious? What are you talking about?” My eyes darted from

‘the woman to Kai. "What the hell is going on, Kai?" She picked up a cup from the table and handed it to me. “Drink this.

It help.” Kaiser moved closer to me. "One question at a time, Killian. Firstly, you should drink that. You'll need it," I gulped down the liquid in the cup, dropping it on the table.

1 pushed myself up from the bed, forcing myself to stand. "Where is this place?” | asked, walking to the door, which led me to another room.

This wasn't my pack. How on earth did | end up here? "Where's Sheila? Morgan?" | turned to Kaiser who was now leaning on the wooden wall, his deep hazel eyes watching me. “Say something, Kaiser.” “Seriously, you don't remember anything?" he sounded. “What was the last thing you remember?”

My eyes narrowed on him as | tried recollecting my memories but at every attempt, | was greeted with a torturous ache in my skull.

groaned.

“You don't remember the attack, do you?" Kaiser's voice sounded again, still leaning on the wall, while Zena settled on the wooden chair next to me.

“The attack? What are you—" | paused on my thoughts immediately, as short images flashed through my mind. | remembered. The ball and the attack. My eyes rounded. It was the Dark Circle. They had attacked the pack, searching for Sheila.

lifted my gaze, and they connected with that of Ka. “Please tell me, where is Sheila?" “She was taken during the attack by the Dark Circle,” he said, and | felt as though something within the core of my chest stopped.

It took me several seconds before | could recover from what Kaiser just told me. | grabbed a handful of my hair. *I don't remember.” “Because she was taken right after you were murdered by the Dark Lord's warlock," Kaiser voiced, pointing at my chest.

"What?" A sudden coldness enveloped me as | followed his gaze, and | could see the small scar that was seated on my chest.

“Yeah. | know this is too much to take in at once. But we don't have time, Killian. When you died, Sheila lost it, and her magic brought you back, placing you in some kind of slumber. | doubt she even knew what she did, because right after, she was taken by the Dark Circle army through some portal. | jumped in, chasing after her. By the time I regained consciousness, you were here too.” “Here? What do you mean by that?" | said, roving to the door. | pulled it open, stepping into the midnight darkness. The entire surrounding was unfamiliar.

“It's called Oasis,” Kaiser came up behind me. "You can call it Vladimir's prison world. This is why we could never find him. This fucking place is heavily guarded by magic.” “How long has it been?" | asked him.

“It's eight fucking weeks since the attack, Killian, and you have been unconscious since then. We tried everything to wake you up, but none of it worked. Not until now,” he replied.

“And Sheila? Where is she?" My amber eyes found Kaiser's deep irises, and instantly, the look on his face changed.

Kaiser sighed. "About that, | think you need to sit down to hear this," he muttered seriously and that scared me.