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"

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

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 head. "There's

to

and-"He closed his eyes

him. "Alpha Lucien, even if I'm here with you for a

"No, I don't want 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 evil plans going down, and our

again." I murmured. "I

live

life

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

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

was thick with incense and herbs

name.

that were stacked withi

are

bench on the side. As we sat down, he kept

gaze on us.

me. "What do you

Chapter 101

see that those tattoos are fading, Can you show

miracle, revealing the dark thorned vines that curled over his arms, chest and shoulders.

Luna Auren?" he said in a

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

"It's gone!" he rasped.