My Cursed Mate

Evos raised his head when the woman suddenly backed away. His heart dropped even more when the woman refused to turn around and look at him. He was at a loss.

“How can this be? Isn’t this crazy? How could a werewolf exist in the 21st century?” She whispered to herself. Her doubts were clearly heard by the wolf so he shifted back to his human form and dressed while the woman had her back on him.

“Because we are real and we have our own community. Like humans, we also multiply to continue our bloodline.” Evos answered for her.

Ravina turned around and saw that Evos was back to being human. She only nodded before returning to her seat.

“That’s common sense. You need to understand that’s a bit too much for me right now.” She sighed and leaned back on her seat. “I don’t even understand why I’m actually fine with you being a werewolf and I’m accepting this like it is normal.”

Evos was silent for a few seconds before he spoke. “That may be because you are my mate.”

Ravina’s eyes widened and her head snapped towards the man. The slight pain on her neck at the sudden movement was ignored. She became speechless and started pointing at him and her several times before falling back on her chair in defeat.

“Are you okay?” Evos was about to stand up and go to her but she raised her hand to stop him.

“I’m fine, just stay where you are right now. I still need to think.”

Evos returned to his seat and stayed silent. He was afraid of interrupting her because she might get angry. He had been in different difficult situations both as a secretary and as a pack warrior but this one was the most nerve wracking.

“Mate? What do you mean mate? And what does that have to do with what I am feeling right now?” The question finally came.

“Mate is a werewolf’s mate, a lifetime partner. Every werewolf has a mate. And what you are feeling towards me right now is caused by the mate bond. The mate bond is a connection that connects me to you and it initiates the attraction between mates.” Evos did his best to explain it without causing any misunderstanding but it did not happen just as he expected.

“Are you telling me that I am attracted to you because of this mate bond and not because I really find you attractive? That this feeling of wanting to be by your side is only because of the mate bond? Then this might not be my true feelings then, it’s just because of this mate bond you are talking about, that I’m only being controlled by this connection. That’s twisted!”Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Ravina continued to mumble while Evos was fighting to control his wolf and emotion. It felt like a dagger was stabbing his heart, continuously. The subtle rejection from her was breaking his heart, painfully.

“I’ve never been controlled by anything before and knowing that something like this mate bond of yours is dictating my emotions and feelings, it’s difficult to accept. I don’t really like the idea of it. Is there a way to stop this mate bond?” She finally had the time to look at the man and finally noticed his state. “Hey are you okay?”

She left her seat and held his hand with her left hand and touched his forehead with her right hand. The woman was surprised at how his body temperature was. “What’s happening?”

Evos held her hand and shook his head. “I’m fine.” He gently pushed himself up and started to walk towards the entrance of the living room.

Ravina grabbed his arm and pulled him back. “Hey, you can’t leave in that condition!”

The man shook off her hand. He couldn’t stay there any longer because he knew that he couldn’t hold out. The rejection was starting to take a toll on his body. There was only one thing on his mind and that was to leave that place as soon as possible. Despite his blurry vision and unstable steps, he insisted on leaving.

“I said you can’t leave!” Ravina grabbed his arm again and this time she held him tightly.

Evos took a peek at the woman and was happy that she was worried about him but it was not enough to alleviate his pain. He couldn’t stay. He really couldn’t stay because any minute now his body would give up and he did not want Ravina to witness his downfall.

The thought of his boss and friend suddenly crossed his mind because he wouldn’t be able to fulfill his duties any longer and help. He even thought about all the work that he left and that he did not train anyone to replace him as Vega’s secretary.

His vision started to get blurry and his body was starting to feel numb and light. He knew that he was about to lose consciousness and all he could feel was the repeated tugging but he couldn’t hear anything. Evos finally collapsed but before his body could hit the ground, Vega caught him.

“Evos!” Ravina tried to pull him up, luckily Vega was just in time.

“He’s fine. Let me carry him to the sofa first.” Vega carried and laid him on the sofa. “His wolf is a bit unwell, let them rest for the moment.”

“What happened? He was fine a while ago…” Ravina’s voice faded with her eyes on the unconscious man.

“It must be related to rejection. Did you tell him anything that he might have taken as a rejection on your part?” Vega asked the worried woman.

Ravina looked at him in confusion. “What rejection?”

“Rejection is equivalent to denying or not believing in the mate bond.” Vega sat down at the couch that was vacated by Evos and crossed his legs. “Rejection can kill a werewolf or turn them rogue, that’s how the mate bond works. If you reject him, he’ll feel the effect of the rejection and if he doesn’t accept you as his mate, he still feels the effect of rejection.”

Ravina couldn’t believe what he was hearing. This was even more shocking than knowing that Evos was a werewolf and that she was his mate. “It wasn’t intentional though!” She shook her head and even raised both of his hands to deny it. “I was just expressing my thoughts and I didn’t even know that there was something like that!”

“I know. It can happen because you are human. If his mate was a werewolf, it wouldn’t happen because both knew about these things. Just be careful next time.”

“Will he really be, okay?” She asked again just to make sure because she was genuinely worried.

Vega nodded. “Yes, as long as you don’t reject him. I know that the mate bond sounds unfair but you can still spend time getting to know each other and develop your feelings for each other.”