Fated To The Alpha novel Chapter 257

Read Fated To The Alpha by Jessica Hall Chapter 257 – Katya POV

We had just got to this b****y camp in the wilderness, surrounded by men barely clothed and reeking of were-bear. Shake my head at how crazy this s**t was. Of course, I knew of their existence but to be frank, when I looked into the fountain of past? Honestly, there were too many fountains to keep track of. I thought for sure, it was a trick of the light. The fact they knew who I was shocked me. Mateo sat next to me, sitting around this campfire as I watched the chaos ensue.

“Did you know?” Mateo asked me, nodding toward a group that was huddled around Casen. Every move he made had them on edge. I can’t believe the mess we found ourselves in because of my niece. I love her, but I would also love to k**l right now.

“Yes, Celeste cursed them; I didn’t think literally, though. They were a rival village or something, and they stole her bear skins, so she cursed them, she had a temper,” I tell him.

“You can fix it, right? I think that is what they want in return for Rose,” Mateo asks, and I scrunch my face up at the thought.

“Do I look like I am running a d**n circus? Not my circus, not my monkeys. I have enough s**t to worry about without chasing after Winnie the Pooh because they stole someone else’s honey. They need to figure it out themselves; I didn’t curse them. I sure as s**t can’t un-curse them.”

“Woah, settle love, just asking. No need to get your panties in a knot.”

“I’m not wearing any for them to be in a knot.” I hissed. Mateo wiggles his eyebrows before I hear a gagging sound, and my eyes narrow in on my son.

“I do not want to hear about your panties or your private bits,” Eziah whines.

“You came out of my private bits,” I growl at him. Hands fall on my shoulders, and I look up to see Ezra and sigh as Maddox comes forward.

“Lose the mood. You have been insufferable lately,” Maddox snarls.

“Well, if you and Mateo here didn’t chase our daughter off,”‘ I snap at him.

“How many times do I have to apologize for that? She freaked us out. We didn’t realize how powerful she was,” Maddox said, bending down and nipping at my neck.

“Cut it out, or I will feed you to the bears,” I tell him. Maddox sighs, and I feel the change in the air as he handed control back to Ezra, his aura lessening.

“Have you found out anything remotely helpful?”

“Yes, they keep calling Casen the mate k****r, something about Celeste and if we want Rose back, you need to help them.”

“They are holding her hostage?” I huff.

“Kind of, not really Rose wants to stay,” Ezra explains.

“Not my monkeys, not my monkeys,” I mutter when I feel Sage’s aura getting closer. I smirk. H**l has no fury like a woman scorned or, in this case, a mother. She was a raging inferno. I had never, ever seen her so goddamn angry. She almost made me scared until I remembered who I was.

“Why are you smirking?” Mateo asks, nudging me.

“Sage,” I chuckle. Eziah, Ezra, and Mateo look at me, and I notice Andrei spins around and looks in the direction I feel her coming from.

“Now you have done it,” Andrei tells Rose.

“She has done it alright; I don’t think I have seen an angry bone in that womans body, and she f*****g livid,” Eziah chuckles and smiles. That boy has a warped sense of humor. Enjoys watching people’s h****r. I glanced up just in time to see Rose’s eyes look past us. “Mum?” she says, obviously shocked.

“You little brat, you wait until I get my d**n hands on you,” Sage was furious, pulling leaves and twigs from her hair as she stomped toward her daughter. Her clothes were torn from the forest. Rose yelps and jumps up, and I roll my eyes when she darts behind Casen.

Didn’t want him before and now wants to use him as a shield, he pushes her away. Also, clearly not happy with her. Andrei tried to intervene when Sage grabbed her by the ear. The tribe elder or chief, whatever the heck they call themselves, stood up but quickly sat back down when Sage pointed a shaking, angry finger at him. Wow, he backed down plenty quick enough, sitting back on his log-like scolded the boy. Eziah cackles and kick him as he laughs at Roses’s embarrassment.

“You brat, how b****y dare you. Do you have any idea how many people are looking for you? This is no behavior for a future Alpha,” Sage scolds, dragging Rose away while she tries to pry her mother’s fingers off her ear.

“Hours, b****y hours spent negotiating with them, and she just walks in no care in the world rips her out by her ear,” Andrei puffs out his chest, and I see the leader get up.

“Sit down,” Andrei and I both snap, and he does.