Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Lucien POV

Even though I was trying to focus on my happy moment, the dark magic curled around ine, seeping into my mind, trying to twist reality, bending my thoughts Shadows coiled at the edges of my vision, getting into the fractures of my mind. My breath turned ragged.

We have to facus, Remus growled inside me 'Auren. Mate

My mind wanted to reach happiness, so I focused. "Auren." I nummured like she was an anchor to pull me out of this abyss. And there she was. Standing in her wedding dress, bathed in the soft nonlight. My breath hitched. She looked ethereal. Her silver eyes shimmered when she looked at me, piercing through my darkness,

The shadows around me hissed. I focused harder, remembering how my chest warmed when I saw her that night. She looked untouchable. Mine

My vision cleared. The tendrils of magic retreated, but not completely. They still lurked to find my weakness,

My voice was uncertain as I murmured, "Auren?"

She smiled beautifully. "You called me?"

shudder ran through ine. She was standing in front of me, untouched by the dark magic with soft silver moonlight clinging to her. "But how?" 1 reached for her, halt expecting for her to disappear. But she reached for me and intertwined her fingers with mine.

"You will always find me when you need me," she replied with amusin her eyes. The suffocating thickness lifted off my chest and my mind felt freer, cle "Come," she softly said. "Let's go somewhere better."

The world around me shifted and I found myself standing by the river at the pack's northern border-my favorite place as a pup. The water reflected the stars above. The air smelled of damp earth and pine. She stood by me, her hand still in mine. "What were you looking for?" she asked as she plucked a lower and smelled it.

A foliage of herbs appeared in front of me. Moonshade blossom, bloodroot, silverleaf, wolfsbane and Starfire herb. My eyes widened at the array. These were available at the banks of this river?

1 let out an exhale, letting my shoulders drop. "You've taken me to the right place. How do you know about this?"

her eyes spilled out on the edges. "Of course

walked along the riverbank as

knees. Her pain rumbled through me. "Auren!" I shouted, reaching for her. "Don't got" The skies thundered and drops of crimson rained on us. Before I knew her wedding gown was covered in blotches of blood. "No. No!" 1 rasped. "Auren!" Goosebumps prickled my skin. And then, just like that,

back through the inirage into reality and saw that I was half bent over a pile of books, some open, some closed. The dark magic began curling around me faster than before. It invaded me fiercely, pressing hard against my skin. Remus growled in warning. And I pressed the

Auren POV

as I sat huddled in their center. I didn't want to get out of it, feeling weak. Without

see clearer. My eyes widened when I found Lucien standing in front

did you find me here?"

me." He wrapped his

a riverbank, beneath a sky full of stars. The world was quiet except for the soft mustle of wind and his hand in mine. We walked in silence and I felt better, untouched by

on my dress. My breath hitched as I looked at him in confusion. "No." I gasped, reaching for him. But he slipped away, dark

my voice was swallowed by the shadows. And then there

I heard a faint voice. "Auton." It seemed to come

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grasped me and tucked them next to a

spice smell wrapped around me and I immediately calmed down. I surrendered to the warmth I had craved

rasped. "When did you

heart flipped. His tousled hair and two-day stubble gave him a rugged edge. All the anxiety and darkness that 1 felt over the past days,

he kissed his finger that was on my

Did that mean he returned in two days instead of three? I blinked my eyes at him

Then he crashed his lips on mine I moaned in his touch greedily. Before I knew it, my

deep growl, he delved his tongue inside me, stroking me, tasting me, devouring me like he was starving, like I was the nly thing that could satisfy his hunger. My body melted into his, heat pooling low in my stomach as he grounded himself

to my embarrassment, my stomach growled. Goddess, it always had wrong timing. He

have to eat."