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"

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 was huge. Because of me,

he said softly 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 to mark you. But now- He kissed the crown of my

to look

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

even if I'm here with you for a

you to leave me. And if you will, I'll follow you.

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 of Sable, the chaos of the trial, Bram's

again." I

you to live and live

life without

the heart of the woods in the north of the park's territory, I was an ancient wooden hut 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

as the Shaman opened the heavy wooden door. "Alpha Lama!" He lowed to us, his wrinkly face bursting in

incense and herbs burning in

name.

that were stacked withi

are

he wild, waving at a bench on the side. As

on us.

me. "What

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lips curled into a small, knowing smile. "I can see that those

his shirt without hesitation as if hoping for some miracle, revealing the dark thorned vines that curled over his arms,

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

Lucien who nodded. I turned slowly and opened the first few buttons of my shirt to reveal my back. Lucien gasped as he touched me over my birth tattoo "What is it?" I asked, trembling slightly. He traced the spot where my golden moon

"It's gone!" he rasped.