Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

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I could feel the brat crawling up my neck and spreading across my cheeks like fire licking at dry wood. I bit my bottom lip to stop my embarassment. My face must've been as red as the tomatoes I used to slice in the park house kitchen back at the Crimson Howl pack. I tried to look anywhere but at him, while his gaze remained forward as he carried me to the car.

No one had picked me up in their arms. Maybe my parents had done that when I was a babe. So this was new, and wa

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The harder I tried to steady my breath, the more my blush deepencil, spresiding over my skin. It was as if my cheeks had turned into glowing embers for everyone to see.

Alpha Lucien made me sit in the car and then sat beside me. However, the moment he ut, he saw a red stain on the leather seat. His eyes narrowed and anger flared in his eyes. "Show me your food" he said darkly

When the wine glass had shattered next to my feet, one of the pieces scattered next to me. So when Alpha Lucien pulled me up and I started walking, I stepped on a tiny shard. It was lodged in my skin but I didn't make a fuss about it because everything was happening so fast. I was used to so much more abuse that this little wound lundly affected me.

"It's nothing" I said, shrinking under his dark gaze. And hiccupped

"Show, Me. Your Foot He said a little loudly.

I must have been a bunny in my last life. His loud voice made me jump so hard that I instantly slapped my left foot on his thigh. He jerked his face back 1-I'm sorry." I said, giggling when I should have scolded myself. What the hell was happening to me? When I tried to pull away in a hurry. he grabbed my ankle, his eyes landing directly on my skin where the shard was lodged.

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his jaw. "Why didn't you tell me about it!

"It's absolutely nothing." I reminded him. "Back in my old pack-

"I don't care what happened in your old pack, Auren," he cut me off sharply. "This

is my pack. You can't walk like this with a shard stuck in your Cool You understand?"

1 hiccupped and then bobbed my head nervously as he focused on removing it using his claws. The moment he removed it. I hissed in pain. He muttered something under his breath and then took out his hanky, which he tied like a temporary bandage around my foot. And for the rest of the journey, he didn't allow me to keep it down. When we arrived at his home, once again, he scooped me in his arms and carried me all the way to my room, taking the stairs like I weighed like a feather.noveldrama

ly eyes darted to his beautiful bow-shaped lips and my breath lodged in

As he set me on my mattress, our faces were merely a few inches close. My eyes my throat

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Ir covered me with the blanket and said, "We will not leave the house for the next two days, okay!"

"Okay." I somehow managed to say.

"If you want anything from me, ask Tarian, and he will pass the message."

I nodded, my gaze now darting between his eyes and lips. "You're so beautiful!" I breathed.

He raised an eyebrow and I slapped my mouth with my hand for being so daring and also because I couldn't stop giggling. Silence hung between us for a few moments after which Alpha Lucien straightened. Then without a word, he turned and left. And only when he shut the door behind him, I loosed my breath Goddess, he was so intimidating and huge and strong that couldn't help feeling like a bunny in a wolf's den.

Ten minutes later, the doctor of the pack, Dr. Kenny, arrived. He was an old wolf with gray eyes and a receding hairline. He shook his head as her saw my wound "Lucien sounded like it was a deep gash, but this is so tiny that it doesn't need my intervention. It could have healed on its own in

That night I didn't change and went off to sleep in my formal dress However, at night the weather outside turned bud

The wind outside was loud, howling like an angry wolf. It shook the windows, making them rattle in their frames. Kain poured down hard, harring the glass so fast it sounded like someone was Growing tiny stones. Thunder rolled far away at first, a soft rumble, but it got louder anst louder unul it felt like the whole house was trembling. I pulled my blanket tighter around me, but i didn't help. I felt scared, alone as my teeth chattered. The storm ounide felt like it was trying to get inside my chest, making me uneasy and cold.

1 lay down and closed my eyes, but the noise wouldn't let me rest. Each crack of thunder and flash of lightning made me jump. After what felt like forever. I fuually drifted off, but my dreams turned dark.

In any nightmare, I was running through a forest. The trees were tall and black, their twisted branches reaching for me. My feet burt with every step, bleeding from shurje rocks and thorns. The moon shone above, golden and beautiful, comforting for a moment. I stopped for a moment to watch the full moon. Suddenly, thick thorny vines started climbing my body and reached my back, squeezing me tight and crawling under my skin. The thorns dug into my flesh, drawing blood that dripped down the vines, and the moon's light began to fade. My back started to buri like fire. I

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tried to steam, but muxund came out.

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scream filled the room. I sat up so fast my blanket slid off. My heart was pounding fast, and I was sweating even though stime flashed lighting up the walls for a moment before plunging the room back into darkness. I sat up, shaking, trying to

someone was there. The room was quiet except for the rain, but I could feel it-like someone was standing in the dark. winching me: I reached for the bedside lamp and switched it on. As soon as the room was lit. I took a deep breath and examined it, but there was no

Perhaps I was going insane. I had never had this kind of dream earlier

Feeling restles, † bolted my door from inside and curled beneath my blanket, closing my eyes tightly. I don't know when I drifted off to sleep, but

I woke up. I had a terrible headache.