Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 81

Chapter 81

to leave A

The Shaman had called me on an urgent basis last night. I didn't want to mystery behind her birthmark, which was very important for me.

Auren, but I knew that I had to go. He was there to uncover the

Every day she was near, my craving deepened. It was like an ache that coiled tightly in my y chest. Remus prowled beneath my skin, restless, agitated, demanding what was ours. Her intoxicating scent clung to me like a torment I couldn't escape. I didn't want to escape. When her soft gray eyes looked at me, speaking a silent surrender, it took everything inside me not to give in

It was my fear that gnawed at me. What if she couldn't take my mark? But the need that burned inside me was unbearable. Every second without me marking her felt like a war I was losing.

When Freached the Eldermere nains. I saw that my warriors were standing all around it, their faces etched with tension.

"The Shaman is at the altar, Tarian said as he guided me inside.

This was the third time I had come here, and couldn't help feeling the familiar oppressive darkness. It was like it was pressing its cold hands on me. I took a deep breath as I followed Tarian inside.

The Shaman was standing near the altar, watching something through the dome above it at an angle. "This is what I've been thinking," he murmured

went to stand near him and looked at the open roof from where we could clearly see the sky where the moon hung low. It was bizarre how it had den edges when seeing it from here. It seemed shackled by the thorny vines that surrounded the altar and its columns. Goosebumps lined my skin as it reminded me of Auren's birthmark.

"Are you thinking what I am thinking?" the Shaman asked.

I couldn't even reply. This could be a great coincidence or nothing at all. But I refused to believe that it was nothing.

Shaman pointed at the moon. "I was waiting for it to become full before calling you. Can you make out how it looks like it is shackled by the thorny vines! Just like her tattoo! This could be an indication."

I stepped closer. "Indication of what?" I asked, my eyes going wide as I studied the pattern.

breath in "That Auren is

felt violently protective toward her. If she was the answer, then danger lurked closer than I thought. Remus growled

me, studying the alur, as he circled it. "He said that Auren was found at the steps of the Moon Goddess temple in his pack with a gold chain and a ring. He had given her to a caring couple to take care of her. The couple died while saving their Alpha. The Alpha was kind enough to allow he to study, but when Alpha

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her life

she was adopted. The Shaman doesn't know where she came from though he tried to

birth Apprehensive, he warned her adoptive parents not to reveal it to anyone, because it was

me. I

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my fingers in my hair. The Moon Goddess sure knew her way around to bring Auren to the taught made my eyes sting with tears. Auren always belonged

is the one this pack has been seeking to break the curse. That would mean

other evidence do

I wanted was to go back to her and mark her. To declare the world fat that was my mate.

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