Fated to Doom novel Chapter 5

Axel POV

"She is your mate isn't she?" Penelope questioned as she walked into my office. "I saw how you were staring at the painting. That Nal, your Lycan right?"

"Why did you allow mate to go?" Nal also nagged me.

I heaved a sigh and inhaled deeply. I was happy to see her again after five hundred years but she was different and her attitudes were similar to Kourtney's. I didn't want her to go, I wished I could hold her in my arms again but I couldn't because she was a human. In her past life, Kourtney was a werewolf that died because of her sins.

"You have to reject her Axel if you want her to live."

She was right. I have to reject her if not, the curse will fall on her and she will die just like Kourtney. "Find out where she lives," I ordered.

"You don't have to get involved with her Axel. It will only bring memories of Kourtney." Penelope came to my side and placed her hand on my back. "I'll do whatever you want me to do but you have to make sure that you don't get involved with her."

"Get that crazy bitch away from me. " Nal shouted in my head." She is just jealous that we've found our mate."

Nal was right about Penelope's jealousy because I sensed it. She was jealous and I wondered why. I already told her that our relationship met nothing to me. "Just do what I ask you to Penelope," I pushed her hand away and stood up from the chair. "I have an event to get to."

"Axel," she called. "Think about the poor human girl. If you don't reject her now she'll...."

I raised my hand as a sign that I didn't want her talking again. I've heard her go on about how Camille could die and those words only make my ear bleed. I was unfortunate to be cursed because of my parent's Sin. I've learned to bear my cross when Kourtney died in my arms five hundred years ago.

"Don't say any words about Camille ever again," I warned her and headed out of the office. I adjusted my blue tie as I walked into the Elevator. There was someone else in the elevator, a male with his head lowered and his arms folded together.

As I walked into the elevator, the man raised his head but I couldn't see his face it made me wonder who he was and what he was doing on that floor accessible by only the staff of the gallery. "Who are you?" I questioned because he seemed suspicious and when he had no scent.

It was weird because humans always have a scent but in his case, there was no scent. "Who are you?" I tried to remove his hand but he grabbed mine and twisted it behind me. He pushed me towards the elevator causing the doors to open again. Before I knew what was happening, four other masked men entered the Elevator.

"Allow me to shift Axel, I can take them," Nal begged.

"Remember that we can't show our true self to humans." I reminded him.

The five men all came at me at once but I struggled against them. I lifted one of the men and threw him towards the others causing them to fall. Thank goodness, the elevator was large enough to accommodate a lot of people.

"Who sent you?" I grabbed one of the men and pinned him to the mirror in the elevator.

The rest I thought were on the ground came at me and kicked me on my legs. I dropped the man I was holding and turned to face them. I broke off the man's arm, hit another head on the mirror, and kicked another in the chest. They all fell groaning out in pain. My mistake was that I didn't realize that one of them had lunged himself at me with a silver dagger in his hand. He slashed my back with the dagger weakening me in the process. As an old Lycan cursed to walk the earth for eternity, Silver would only hurt for a while and healed but for some reason, my eyes felt hazy. It wasn't an ordinary Silver used on me. The silver dagger was laced with magic powerful enough to kill me.

I staggered and through my hazy vision, I got slashed on the back again. I had no idea who the men were but one thing I know is that they attacked me like they bore grudges against me. I tried to fight back but I couldn't.

Blood pooled out of my blue Louis Vuitton suit and dropped to the ground. I groaned out in pain as the Silver was starting to take effect on my body. I fell to the ground.

"Shift Axel, I can help you heal," Nal shouted

There was no way I could shift and risk my identity. I have managed to hide my identity for years from humans, I wasn't going to reveal myself yet.

One of the men lunged at me and attempted to stab me in the heart. I was weak to fight back and when I tried to mind linked Nathan, I couldn't. I groaned out in pain as the silver dagger made contact with my heart.

"You are hurting yourself, Axel! Let me help you!" Nal shouted yet again and tried to force himself out but shifting would only end in bloodshed.

Bells rang in my ears and I spat out blood. I held the assassin's hand and whispered. "Who sent you?"

"Die!" He removed the dagger from my heart and raised his hand to strike me again but then the elevator door opened and in my hazy vision, I heard someone scream. The men rushed out in a flash.

I sniffed the air and closed my eyes when I smelled a familiar scent. It was Kourtney and she had come to save me.

"Mr banks" she shouted and rushed to my side. She pressed her hand on my chest trying to stop the bleeding but she had no idea that her touch was enticing and it made my heart race faster.

"Kourtney," I placed my hand on her forehead. "You are here," Blood pooled out from the left side of my mouth and I felt my inside on fire. I pulled her closer to me and she fall to my chest.

"Mr. Banks," she shouted.

"Stay," I whispered and held her as if my life depended on it. Slowly, I closed my eyes but I was glad to have her in my arms.

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