Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Chapter 236

Summer POV

The week had dragged on

lessly. The days were filled with activities, but the nights… the nights were unbearable. I felt alone. Laura was becoming all the more frustrated by her situation and by something I simply couldn’t understand. It was like she was taking out her anger on me. Her rashes had settled down but the swelling on her face hadn’t reduced. It looked like her lips were stung by a bee repeatedly, and she had got fillers in her cheeks.

One day when I went to visit her, I heard her talking

to her father on the phone. I halted in my tracks on the side of the door of her room.

“Daddy, I hate it here. This place has all sorts of infections. The forests don’t suit me. I feel like I will never get out of the hospital!” she cried.

Since she was on the speaker–phone, I could hear the conversation.

“What the hell, Laura!” he shouted. “I’m struggling over here and you can’t fucking do one small thing. Besides, you aren’t even doing anything. It’s

Summer who is there in the trials on your behalf!”

She started crying. “Daddy, I am constantly unwell. And I hate Summer. She has started thinking that she is me. The organizers have given her a room to stay. Like a big room. It is bigger than mine. They have provided her with clothes and everything else. Now she answers me back. I’m afraid that the Alphas like her more than ever. With me out of the contest, it’s like I’m out of sight, out of mind. And… and… I feel Summer is taking advantage of the situation. What if she gets hitched by an Alpha, and I am simply thrown out?”

“Shut the fuck up!” he shouted. “How does it matter that she is being provided with luxury? It is temporary and it is for your success. You make sure that you have Summer in place. Keep an eye on her, and keep reminding her that she is nothing but a fucking maid!” Morelli continued, “Things out here have gone out of hand. I don’t know how but authorities are after me. Someone has tipped them off about our internal businesses. My casino was taken down, and now my brothels are getting busted. Do you even know the kind of trouble I am in? So stick to your fucking task! We need this wolf alliance now more than ever. Keep Summer in check. Use her. This is the most crucial time. I am trying to keep business alive here and you can’t fucking manage one

simple thing?”

Laura cried. “What are you saying? Our casino? Brothels? How is it possible daddy? Who is behind

to go after him? Whoever the person was, was my hero. I silently prayed for

would be free.

people are finding the perpetrators. I’ll soon come to know. In the meanwhile, just

and disconnected the call. I peeped inside only to find her shaking. Blood had drained from her face. I walked in. She

fear, my

her hand over her face.

be announcing it

I heard that you were last for the Nesting

face, blushing hard when I recalled

you bitch!” Laura said. “Don’t make yourself comfortable with all the luxury around you. It is temporary and once the trials are over, I will be the Luna of one of the Alphas,

don’t worry, Laura. I’m well aware of how temporary everything is, including you. At least, unlike you. I don’t

I could feel the tension thickening in

not here for your approval or anyone else’s. And unlike you, I don’t need to be

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Chapter 236

Alphas you want in

depressed as such. I had been missing Brad every moment, even though I had told myself I wouldn’t get attached, it wasn’t supposed in be like this. I was supposed to be focused on the trials, on my future, but all I could think about was him. His eyes. His touch. The way he made like i was the only woman in

(dot.

room felt larger without him in it, and I didn’t understand why it bothered me so much. Was I just lonely? Was it

was look around, hoping to catch a glimpse of Brad. But he was nowhere to be found. My heart sank each time. I tried to focus on the things around me the history of the pack, the beautiful scenery–but nothing could hold my attention. My thoughts always

wrong, Summer?” Tammy asked one afternoon when she noticed how down