The Alpha King's Contracted Luna by Nelson Claudia

Chapter 107

-Grayson’s POV-

The silence stretched on, heavy and suffocating, as Maria’s words settled over me like a death sentence.

“Cursed.”

The word echoed in my mind, sharp and jagged, scraping against my sanity with every repeat. I gripped the edge of the table, my knuckles turning white. My pulse thundered in my ears, drowning out everything else.

“What do you mean, cursed?” I growled, my voice lower than I intended, my wolf stirring restlessly beneath my skin.

Maria’s sigh crackled through the phone, weighed down by hesitation. “It’s not a simple curse, Grayson. It’s old–ancient. Something that binds your bloodline. It’s why your connection to your wolf has been… unstable.”

My wolf’s instincts flared, primal and raw, a caged predator sensing unseen danger.

“Why now?” I demanded, my voice clipped, sharp. A chill crept down my spine. “Why is it affecting me now?”

“Because,” Maria said quietly, “it’s tied to you finding your mate. This is bigger than you think. I need you to come here. I can explain it all–face to face. How soon can you get here?”

I ran a hand through my hair, my frustration barely contained. “Twenty minutes.”

flickered Without another word, I hung up, pushing myself off the chair. As I strode toward the front of the estate, my gaze toward the house. For a moment, I considered going back inside to Ava. To tell her where I was going, what was happening

We were making progress. Slowly, painfully, but progress all the same. I didn’t like fighting with her, and part of me hated walking away like this. But I wasn’t wrong. I had only been honest about what I wanted and what I didn’t–what I couldn’t give her. That truth hadn’t changed, and it never would.

With that thought clanging in my head, I slid into my car and sped off.

The highway blurred around me, my mind spinning faster than the engine roaring beneath me. Cursed. The Blackwood bloodline couldn’t be cursed. I would’ve known. My father–cruel as he was–wouldn’t have kept this from me.

Would he?

It didn’t matter. If a curse was to blame for my fractured connection to my wolf, then it could be broken.

A grim smile tugged at my lips. Breaking things was something I was good at.

it. The door swung open before I even stepped out of the car, and Maria stood waiting, a shadow of her usual theatrics

eyes met, a sinking feeling settled deep in my gut. Whatever this curse was–whatever I had come to hear -it wasn’t something to smile about.

like it,” she said softly.

the house, my voice steady, masking the unease gnawing at me. “When have I ever liked anything?”

hung in the air, stronger than usual. I glanced around her cluttered living room, the mess grating on

watching me carefully. You’re calm for someone who just

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Not to mention the toll it’s taking

I’ll deal with whoever dared to curse me and my family,”

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halfway between a smile and a grimace.

head snapped toward her.

existence of the Moon Goddess. He scoffed at the idea that a ‘superficial female‘ was the source

began to fall into place,

to mate with anyone but their fated mate. A mate chosen solely by the Moon Goddess and if they didn’t find her and make themselves worthy

deep within me. My wolf growled

be,” I muttered under my breath.

me, unflinching. “You’re repulsing the idea, I can feel it. But you’re not

fated mate,” I snapped, my voice harsher than I intended.

is,” she said carefully, “but the curse is real. And it affects every generation

something I didn’t want to admit,

only person

surprise slamming into me

added, “with your…

her a glare. “I don’t have any

replied sharply, then sighed “Look, I know you don’t want to hear it-”

“Then don’t say

it.”