I had already shifted to my human form when she collapsed on my chest. I was confused-for a while before getting her up and carrying her in bridal style as I made my way back to the pack.

I saw Ryder my Beta waiting for me with seventeen soldiers at the gate. They were protecting the pack from my wolf, but I read shock on their faces when they saw me in my human form - with the sacrifice that was supposed to appease my beast.

"Alpha. You're... human again."

'Tell Gaius to get to my room right now! I need him to make sure that this is alive' I ordered and walked past him.

Normally, I wouldn't really care if she was dead or alive, but right now, she is the only one who can tell me what the hell had happened, since I couldn't remember a thing.

Whenever I turn into my beast in a full moon, I always black out, and when I get to my human form, I remember nothing. Only the piled-up bodies and the stories my pack members tell me.

Being a cursed wolf was something I had to live with; I've tried everything in my power to look for a cure, but nothing could help. I've resorted to killing myself, asking my pack members to kill me off so they won't have to deal with me killing them off one by one. Those who were courageous enough to attack me in my beast form tried, and when I was in my human form, I made them try to kill me off, but somehow my wolf took control and ended up killing them.

It was so tiring to live with the guilt eating me up, and when I tried to kill myself, I ended up living. Don't know how? I just found myself alive.

I walked into the palace and headed upstairs immediately, ignoring the eyes of the maids and servants who were surprised to see me this early and in human form.

I should have checked if there were injuries on her body, but I panicked and picked her up without checking to see if she was okay.

But I cared less about their ogling, confused gaze. I stepped into my room and dropped her on the bed and asked Gaius, who was already in my room, to check her up.

I walked out of the room to give Gaius, my pack healer, enough privacy to check up on her. Ryder walks up to me and hands me a cup of cold water to drink.

He didn't say anything, but I knew he had questions to ask.

"Ask your questions?" I said lazily, dropping the glass cup on the table nearby.

He looked at me and shrugged, "Not that you would remember anything that happened in there, so what's the point in asking." He mumbled, and I sighed.

I didn't feel offended by his words. It was the truth after all.

"I hope you are okay?" He asked, concern written all over his face.

"If you feel anything funny, just tell me, and I'll ask Gaius to check up on you," he added, and I sent him a warm smile filled with assurance.

I pat his back, "I'm fine. Let's worry more about the enstranged woman in my room," I mumbled.

"I hope she survives this. We need to know what she did to make you shift to your human form," he murmured, and the room fell quiet. I badly wanted to go in and check up on her.

Every time the full moon comes, I switch to my beast and stay in that form for a whole week before shifting to my human form. This was the first time I would shapeshift under twenty-four hours, and it was because of this beautiful, rejected omega princess from nowhere.

Gaius finally came out of the room, bringing me out of my thoughts. I strode to his side in haste; my eyes gleamed, and a tiny bit of hope surged inside of me.

"She is alive but unconscious," he announced, and I let out a relieved breath. Glad that she survived even though she's unconscious. I furrowed my brows as I looked into Gaius' eyes; he had something else to say, and I'm not sure if that's good news.

"Alpha, you did something unexpected," Gaius said and paused, his gray old eyes staring into mine like he couldn't believe what I'd done.

"Speak, Gaius! What did I do?" I urged him, wanting to know what he had to say.

"You beast had connected with her," he responded, but I was confused.

"What do you mean by that, Gaius? Do not speak in parables," I stated.

"What I am trying to say is that you marked the young lady Alpha, but luckily she's breathing," he replied, and I felt my breathing seize. Ryder lets out a gasp.

"I... what?"

That was impossible.

Every female that has been with me has never been marked. My beast just feeds from the blood, sucks them dry till they die, and she... got marked by him?

What kind of species was she? She was definitely no ordinary wolf.

I needed to know what she has done to me.

I was about to say something when one of the wolf guards came into the room with a sense of urgency.

It only meant one thing - I had to find a way to keep her here by all means.

"Long live my Alpha", he bowed while panting heavily. "There's a serious problem. We're about to go to war!"

~~~

"What do you want to talk to me about that couldn't wait?", I asked the elders impatiently.

I was ready to go to war with Lebinnin and take all that belonged to them, but for some reason, the royal elders needed to see me.

"We know that you're bloodthirsty and you want to put Lebinnin in their place ...", elder Fenris began "... but we can't allow you leave. Not until you get yourself a mate."

I honestly didn't know whether to be pissed or be confused. "What's the meaning of all this?"

"My Alpha, we need you to understand. You can't keep going to war without an heir to the throne or a Luna, at least. If you go to war and don't come back, the throne will be taken away from your lineage, and we can't have that happen", Elder Obed tried to explain more of this bullshit to me.

"Do you think that I will die from warring with Lebinnin?", I questioned them.

"It's nothing like that. We know you're the most ruthless Alpha in the whole wolf realm, but we can't keep taking our chances anymore. We need you to find a mate before you go to war with Lebinnin."

I hated every word they said, but I knew they were speaking the truth. It was an abomination for an Alpha to stay this long without a wife or family.

But I had my reasons. I knew I would never be a loving husband or father with this curse of mine.

I had no choice but to comply, and there was only one female that came to mind for this suicide mission.

Chapter 2 Something new, something strange

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