Yasmine's POV

We enter the pack house and while I expect a loud and expansive array of noises, we're instead greeted by pure silence. People interacting like normal while carrying out the movements of a conversation, but there's nothing but the beating sound of thumping heartbeats.

"I'm sorry, it's hard to get used to and Adam wants to change things around here honestly but, members here don't talk through normal means. I'm Alex by the way" He announces as he extends his hand towards me.

"You've mentioned Adam twice now, who is it?" I ask at the unfamiliar name

"The Alpha of this pack" He simply responds

"Alpha? What happened to Alpha Rane being control of the pack here?"

"You see...the one you have there is his mate" He glances towards Percy, and in response making me take a breath of relief. We won't be held hostages for the unsupervised visit cause we're holding the mate of an alpha...yay, that's one job out the way at least. My thoughts being disturbed by the sounds of rumbling from above us, thumping, crashing and stomping. I hear it getting closer and closer.

Alex stands still, freezing up and giving me the look of shock. Behind him stood a large pitch black wolf with golden gleaming eyes and staring at his target, Percy.

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Adam's POV

I was in my study, unprepared for the scent that was about to turn me into a feral dog. 'Chase it' My wolf Loch whispered in my head as the words echoed in my head 'It's our mate, chase the scent'. Without another moment I tore my clothing as I immediately shifted and found myself charging into the walls of the pack house, intoxicated by the pure ethereal scent of what I can only describe as a royal honey.

My body flying down the stairs, running past everything and everyone as they look at me terrified, as they should be. When I want something, I'm getting it. Now face to face with my fear frozen beta and a girl drenched like a morning dew leaf, and behind her a beauty like none other I've placed my eyes on before. Shifting back into a human, uncaring of my naked appearance, I walk closer to appreciate my mate's complexion that would only suit that of a god and skin as soft as a sheet of silk. "Wake up" I say while running my hand through his soaked hair as it comes undone between my fingers.

"What happened to him? Why is he sleeping so deep?" I angerly ask the two who still remain tongue tied beyond help. "W-we had to cross a cursed zone..." a girl with soft brown eyes finally glances at me as she begins to explain us. "Wait, what cursed zone? You guys didn't come from the direction of any known ones" Alex responds to her, now unfrozen and instead riddled with curiosity.

"It was a storm, the moment we came in contact with it Percy dropped and had to be carried by Thomas" She points to the male I failed to notice, so he saved my mate. Noted.

"There were sounds of a whisper as well, it was calling for Thomas to give over Percy I think. Following that, Thomas began to pass out as well so I had to drag them both" - Yasmine

"I'll check the alpha archives later to see the map of marked zones, thank you for taking care of them both." She smiles and begins to doze off, visibly losing a weight off her shoulders. The alpha archives are historic and important texts passed down, normally only one with alpha blood or beta heritage are able to access it. Hence why not many people know the existence of cursed zones.

"What was your name?" I ask keenly

"Yasmine, Delta to the Daybreak pack"

"We'll prepare a room for you all, and my mate stays with me. Rest well"

'Athena, meet me in the archives when you're done whatever you've been doing the past few days' I signal out to my sister.

'Will do, are you looking for anything in particular?' - Athena

'Preferably the cursed map layout, maybe something else...but I have to check for myself in a second.'

'I'll keep an eye out for "something else", now stop bugging me' She says while ending off the connection

"I'm taking my mate upstairs with me, Alex take these people to a room and prepare dinner"

"Yes sir, Yasmine come here and I'll drag Thomas with us"

"Okay" Is all she says, stumbling as she walks from the lack of rest I presume.

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Entering my room, nearly kicking down the doors in impatience of wanting my mate in my lone embrace. I place him down and begin to walk away to grab some towels when a voice grabs my attention, 'And the cycle repeats itself once more' the voice sounding dull of emotion and void of intent.

That isn't his wolf, all wolves have a certain wavelength in their subconscious to conscious mind that connects to their human. I lean in closer to prepare myself for a dive into his head, as I like to call it. I should be fine, this fragile frame of a body that my mate has, what could such a gentle exterior be trying to hide inside himself.

I lay myself on the bed and put his head on my lap, placing a hand on his hair as my consciousness drifts into him. His mind opening up to me like an artist's canvas to their imagination, show me why you won't wake up, my Percy.