Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 101

Chapter 101

Auren POV

The journey to the Shaman house was quiet, filled with tension. Tarian was with us as we went to his house. Lucien seemed to be preoccupied in his thoughts as we sat in the car

I took his hand in mine and kissed his knuckles. "What are you thinking?" I asked.

He sighed. "The last time I went to the Eldermere ruins, it was-" He clenched his teeth."-disastrous!"

"Why, what happened?"

"You wouldn't want to know he t

he replied, his eyes going to the forest outside. "The Sharlow Wolves circled me, and-"His breath became labored

and be shuddered

"I was horrible" Tarian completed his sentence. "They circled him for several hours. They kept whurling around him, as if punishing him for something he never did. It was impossible for us to reach him. We all thought that-Tarian shook his head, his body shaking at the memory. thought he would die."

Immediately my grip on his hand tightened, fear settling in my bones. "What Goddess! Why didn't you tell me? Please tell me what they do to you."

Lucien covered my hand with his large one. "The shadows entered my body and grasped me in a way I couldn't move. It seemed like they were punishing me for the mistake my ancestor made. The thorns in my body dug in my flesh, drawing blood. Had it not been for Remus. 1 would have succumbed to the injury. By the time they left me, I was lying in the pool of blood."

I gasped, sapping my mouth with my hand. Tears stung my eyes. "Why did you do that, Lucien!" I asked

He looked at me with tenderness. Cupping my checks he said, "I did it for you, baby, I wanted to find a solution to mark you"

and they slipped "Oh, Lucien!" I rasped and hugged him tightly. "Why would you do something so reckless““I scolded him. "Promise me, you won't do it again" My emotions were all over the place. The feeling of helplessness

as he stroked my back. "You are my mate, and I'll do anything to have you. You can't understand how I was feeling all those days for not being able

head up to look at him.

Bape's curse. I've marked you, and-"He closed his

if I'm here with you for a year, it is worth

tighter. "No, I don't want you to leave me. And

my face in the crook of his neck. Because now I had to find a way for him to keep going on with his life after me. After everything that happened in the past- the exposure

again." I murmured. "I

to live and live

life without you,

Vines curled around the weathered walli. Surrounded by a fence, it had a lovely garden with various flowers gently swaying in the breeze. From the looks of theve, kurw they were mostly berlin and not decorative plants. I was surprised that he stayed in such a humble abode when he could have

the heavy wooden door. "Alpha

herbs burning in a brazier Shelves lined the walls well dried herbs at

name.

that were stacked withi

that you are already changing,

a bench on the side. As we sat

us. "I can

me. "What do you

Chapter 101

Shaman's lips curled into a small, knowing smile. "I can see that those tattoos are

miracle, revealing the dark thorned vines that curled over his

me your mark, Luna Auren?" he said in a gentle

gasped as he touched me over my birth tattoo "What is it?"

"It's gone!" he rasped.