The Alpha's Cursed Mate

Chapter One

The sharp sweet smell of mint wafted into my nostrils as I emerged from the bottom of the lake and I breathed it in greedily. Meadow Lake was indeed a gift from the gods because no scenery on earth could match this paradise. As I floated on the surface of the water, I couldn’t help but admire its skyline's silver colour. The wide span of Tuscany-blue sky, the surrounding hills, the waterfall and the old giant Douglas fir trees gave me a eureka moment. It was here alone that I found solace. I closed my eyes to breathe the freshness in and my heart bobbed at my most cherished sound, the shimmering emptiness of space.Exactly this day, about seventeen years ago, I lost Mother. I never got to meet her because I was the cause of her death. She died birthing me and rumour has it that that day was foreseen by pack mother to be a day of atrocity. The elders of the pack said while my mother was in labour, the pack mother(the eldest and wisest mother wolf) refused to tend to her, instead she ke