Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 174

Reject Her

Reject Her

Matt POV

Although I had agreed to marry Tulip, after seeing Tam on her fifteenth birthday my resolve seemed to falter by the day. But it was not the right thing to even approach her, so I restrained myself as much as I could. Often, I would ask Seth to lock me up in the dungeons of my pack with silver chains to stop my bear, Torben, from going to the Shadowfang pack just to see her. I was sure that I was going insane. And the only way to stop this insanity was to restrain Torben in silver chains. It hurt so much. I had bruises on my body, but there was no way I would go to meet her.

Tulip told me how Tam spouted poison about me to everyone. At first, I was so fucking upset that the only emotion I ever felt was fury. Tulip would keep feeding me info about Tam's accusations once in a while. It aggravated me. I wanted to confront Tam about it, but what was the point? Slowly, I came to terms with it. The fact that I needed to stay away from her was more important, no matter what rumors went by. If Tam felt good accusing me of taking money from her father to stay away from her, it was fine. She could use that hatred for me. It helped my purpose.

Tulip would insist that I marry her as soon as possible, but I didn't want her to suffer because of me. I had to get Tam completely out of my mind, and then only I would marry her. She would get upset and go away for days altogether, which was fine. Because when she returned, she was refreshed, looked brighter. It was different that she always went into some hiding, where even her parents couldn't trace her.

For three years, I restrained Torben from going toward the Shadowfang pack. All the restraint in silver chains didn't affect my beast. He was as strong as ever, as ferocious as ever, and then some more. However, it was on Tam's eighteenth birthday that he broke it all and just ran toward the Shadowfang pack like a bat from hell. I struggled hard to make him go back, but he didn't.

And it was then I care to know what was the reason. When he reached there, he stood in the shadows as if waiting for a miracle. And then he saw Tam's beautiful silvery wolf. She was running through the forest in the silvery moonlight, looking like a goddess, looking like life.

'Mate.' Torben growled. 'Mine!'

Fuck me. I forced Torben to give way to me. As soon as I was out, I rubbed myself with. foliage and wet mud to hide my scent, because I knew that if she saw me and recognized me as her mate, she would instantly hate me, reject me for all I had done to her. For the way I had ignored her all my life. Realization slammed inside me. I had never hated her. I had tried to, but failed at every instance. Tears welled in my eyes. I had treated her so badly. There was not a moment when I hadn't loved her. My feelings for her suddenly made sense. Veles knew it. He forced me to save her that day when I could have abandoned her. My love and protectiveness were wrapped in

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hatred which was nothing but something I had invented. But why did my parents love

Tam's wolf started running toward me. No. I turned in the opposite direction and ran away. This was not how I was going to meet her. Like a stalker, like someone she would reject immediately. Veles! I couldn't even think of that scenario. It made my heart

rumors that Tam spread about me, I was going after her. They were nothing compared to what I did

it carefully. In a way that I was close to her, had the opportunity to woo her while she still had interest in me. I knew that it was a difficult. task,

that chance.

going to construct your temple in

confronted Tulip and said, "I have to break this

feeling so light and

she asked with a

her the ring back. "Tamara Vaslof is my mate," I

blood drained. "What?" she

a mate. And that too in Tamara. I was going to move mountains to be with her. "You heard me. Tamara

you?" she hissed. "How dare you say that to me? I am your fiancée. You are supposed to

head back. "Why will I reject my mate, Tulip? Veles has been kind and bestowed

and raised her hand to slap me. A growl escaped my lips. I caught her wrist midair, and

you dare to do that again!" I growled. My warriors came inside to