Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 49

Chapter 49

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Was I dreaming" I was wrapped in the soothing smell of pine and spice. I snuggled closer to the source and allowed myself to calm down. The darkness that I was engulfed into brought nightmares, but within seconds they were replaced with different sensations.

There was a soft tickle on my forehead, like a breath. Then it felt like someone was brushing my jaw with soft fingers, tracing lines on my nose, my checks and my lips. The cold floor that I was lying on, was replaced by a warm and cozy softness and proximity. I didn't fight the feeling and leaned into it, sighing and inhaling deeply the scent of pine and spice.

A sensation like a kiss on the tip of my nose, followed by a dark chuckle made me snap open my eyes, and I found myself staring into the onyx eyes. of Alpha Lucien, I swallowed thickly, realizing that his fingers still lingered on my cheeks and they were the constant source of tingles across my body.

"How are you?" he asked, concern riched on his face.

I pulled myself away from him and his fingers, completely bewildered as I took in my surroundings. How come I was here, because just a few imonsents ago I was in the ruins of a temple! "I-I was—"

*—in the runs of Eldermere temple, he finished the sentence for me and brought his finger back to my forehead as if enjoying touching me.

My breath hitched when I saw that he was not wearing a shirt and was only in his jeans. Damn it. It was impossible not to look at that ripped body, those chiseled muscles and those biceps where suddenly 1 wanted to dig my fingernails in. I tried hard not to look at the dust of dark hair in the middle of his chest that went lower, lower, disappearing into the waistband of his jeans. Goddess, save me. Feeling embarrassed, I quickly pulled my gaze away from there.

"You didn't eat your big day today

breakfast and didn't make mine either," he complained as he smirked. "And then I found you in the ruins. You should eat. It's a

"You came to rescue

to rescue ine!"

didn't reply, but he got up and walked to the table where a tray fled with food was placed. Honestly,

"I

run away from me again. It took an hour for me and my warnors to find you. After all,

blushed hard

"I won't run away.

now. Especially now that I am with you saying that he leaned closer to me and inhaled deeply. Feeling awkward, I scrambled back. "So Auren What would you like to

in my y mouth because his face was hovering just

to you. That means we are short of time. So I have a solution for it," he said with a smile that dazzled the room. And it wasn't even a full

my eyes rounding at the

you eat

I squeaked, blushing till my neck. Was he trying to drown me in embarrassment or the bathtub! Scooting away,

the pillows where I was earlier. "Well, I

settled on the V of his waist. Before he caught me drooling on him, I hurried

me in a flash of a second. He grabbed my wrist and I froze.

what it was, but I realized that his heart was racing wildly as he held my wrist. "What's in there?" I asked. "I

off, "I don't want to talk about it. Promise me, you won't go there again. Just

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