Tasting All My Mates by Alexis Dee

374-The Beginning Of His Curse

Author's POV:

Years Ago:

"Hi!" Alaric stepped ahead to appear in Shepard's sight while Shepard met with the people who

came to see him and pray for Mrs. Shepard.

"Thanks for coming." Shepard shook hands with Alaric. It shocked Alaric to see how dull and

lifeless Shepard looked. He used to carry grace and power whenever he walked around. Now he

had his head down and only one sentence on his lips.

"Thank you for coming,"

"My name is Alaric Fosters," Alaric introduced himself. Shepard thought he was going to leave,

but watching him stay made him raise his head and smile at him.

"How are you, Alaric?" Shepard asked, bowing down and then rubbing his hands on his face. He

felt like he was lost. He didn't even realize he was bowing down when he was the alpha of the

pack. His mate didn't leave alone. She took away his happiness, his power, his pride, and

everything from him.

"I heard what happened," Alaric murmured, looking uneasy as he stared around. His heart kept

telling him to make things right.

"I know it is a hard time with you and your pack. I am from the alpha king's pack. I am his

servant." Alaric was shaking when

talking to Shepard. The alpha noticed how sad Alaric looked.

"Come here," Shepard said, stepping forward to hug Alaric. It was a surprise to Alaric when Shepard hugged him

like that. He had always been ridiculed by the alphas and the alpha kings.

To see an alpha hug a servant was something he never expected.

"It is okay. We are all mooning; you are a good man for looking so sad for someone else." Shepard cried softly,

patting Alaric's back while keep hugging him.

Alaric's entire world shattered upon hearing those words. Shepard finally broke the hug and tapped his shoulder.

"Thank you for coming," Shepard said, then smiled weakly and shook hands with Alaric. His actions left Alaric

bewildered. He couldn't understand why they had turned this man's life upside down.

'Oh! What have we done?' Ric, his wolf, said, 'When did we become the villains of the world? This man is the best

Alpha we've ever met, and we ruined him. His entire life got snatched from him, and he couldn't even find out why?

It is all our fault. Why did we listen to the Alpha King?' His wolf had been very upset with him ever since he burned

the morgue down.

‘What do I do? How do I make things right?' Alaric asked his wolf, wondering when he would get out of this guilt and

be able to live freely again.

'You know what we can do.' Rick whispered, and Alaric's heart

sank in his chest.

On the other hand, Thiago was standing with Enya, talking about his mother and what he learned from her.

"What else? Your mom sounds like she was an excellent person. She taught you so many things," Enya mumbled as

she realized her mother had never taught her this.

She only told her how to snatch things from others. She now felt bad for asking for that candy. What if Thiago was

saving it for later and gave it to her because she asked for it and he wanted to do a good deed?

"And my mother used to sa—y," Thiago paused again, trying to recall more.

"Wait! I know I remember this because I was thinking about it when I was standing next to her grave," Thiago said,

closing his eyes to focus on the memory.

"It is okay. I can wait," Enya said, thinking she should also have started being nice and doing good things.

"She -- she said--," Thiago mumbled, "Why can't I remember it anymore?" He questioned his memory, and when he

opened his eyes again, there was an expression of shock on his face.

"It is okay; we can talk about something else she taught you," Enya comforted him, smiling at him.

"I d—ont remember what she looks like," Thiago whispered in shock, feeling like he had been struck with the worst

horror of his life.

"I cannot remember her face. How?" He panicked, shoving his hands in his pockets to look for a picture that he kept

with him. The moment he brought the picture out, he gulped in terror.

There was nothing there.

"Thhh—ere used to be her picture," he stuttered, taking steps back and feeling empty.

"I don't remember anything. Why are we here?" He then looked around, panicked, and became

lost.

"Oh No!" He grasped his hair in his fist and started bawling.

"Oh! please don't cry." Enya was startled to see him scream and cry like that. She instantly

stepped back from him and began sobbing with him.

In the meantime, Alaric had decided to tell Shepard all about the alpha king. He knew what he

had to do now.

"Actually, I've come here to tell you something," he said confidently this time, closing his eyes.

Shepard frowned at him in confusion.

"What is it, dear friend?" Shepard asked and watched Alaric take a deep breath.

"You look stressed out. Is there something I can help you with?" Shepard asked questions, and

the moment Alaric was ready to open his mouth, they heard a child's cries.

"Thiago! That's my boy," Shepard gasped at the blood-curdling cries of his son, "Please excuse

me," he mumbled while running like crazy in the direction of the cries.

"Where is Enya?" Alaric looked around in search of his daughter, and panic struck him. He

started rushing out of the graveyard and found his daughter standing behind them and sobbing

in her palms. Alaric rushed over to grab her and her teddy.

"We need to leave," he whispered in her ear, picking her up to run out of there.

"I can't remember anything." it was then Thiago's voice made Alaric slow down and give it a

thought. Something didn't seem right about Thiago's statement.

'She did something,’ Ric whispered from inside, and Alaric clenched his jaw.