Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

I groaned, bolding my head when I woke up. This was such a nightmare. I've never had wine in my life and yesterday I had three glasses. Tossing

Blanket away, I got down but noticed a glass of orange filer and tum pills on the side. There was a note on the side.

Have these pills with the juter. This is for your headache

surprised acto what had pit them here. I darted my gaze to the door, but it was bottel My heart pounded in my chest because it meant that room luas a secret door of which I wasn't aware of. There was a soft krock on the dent, breaking my reverie. I covered the gap to the door with sluky legs and opened the door only troser Vivi stanilnig there.

She boned to me with a smile. "Lady Auren," she said. "You are requested to come down in an hour. The Alpha of the bear shifters, Magnus Blackwood, will be coming to meet Alpha Lucien When I just blinked at her, confusion still swirling in my mind, she added, "I've come to help you to get ready"

"Vici" Tsaid. "Who has put that juice and pills on my bedside table?" I pointed with my thumb over my shoulder at the bedude table.

Visa preped in behind me and shrugged. She entered the room and said. "I don't know......"

Now wanting to raise an

to raise an alarm over a small issue, I closed the door, dismissing it. But I promised myself that I would find the secret passage if any that came to my rooms. I picked up the pills and downed them with juice.

An hour later I was in the main hall where Alpha Lucien was already there, waiting for me as he tapped his foot restlessly. As soon as he saw me, be averted his gaze, picked up a book and started reading it. My brows furrowed as 1 watched him doing so. So I walked up to him. He stiffened. "What?" he asked, irritation apparent on his face.

1 pointed at the book. "It's upside down," I said and turned it for him to read it properly.

He clenched his teeth as his nose turned red. Did he blush?

doorway. His dark hair fell neatly around his rugged face, and his hazel eyes sparkled with warmth as he stepped into the room. He was dressed in a crisp white shirt that hugged his muscular frame, paired with brown

bear shifters on the

like a

deep rumble as he approached Lucien, extending his

nod. "Magnus," he said, his tone flat and

said, "Thank you for your generosity. I came to

a flat tone again, "It

donated us one million dollars and

waving to the sofa opposite to

gaze landed on me and he bowed slightly with a smile

himself with such ease, unlike Lucien's ever-present fension 1 wasn't sure how long I was staring until Laicien's voice broke through my

"Auren," he said sharply.

my

Blackwood" Lucien vid,

turned to the with a kind smile. "And you must be Auren. It's a

et you.

small under

chuckled. "Well, I am a bear

smiled back, feeling more al

"That inakes

look really

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Chapter 12

throat loudly, his jaw tightening. "Magnus, let's get to the