Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien)

Tamara POY

I opened my eyes and everything felt... wrong.

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I talked at the dim moonlight that was filtering through the pillars of the Eldermere ruins. For a moment, I thought it was a dream, but the haze from my mind dissipated fast and as my senses came back, I realized I was lying on the cold stone floor. No, I found myself stretched out on an altar. The cold, air hung around me, and I could feel the pulse of ancient magic in the wor

A voice broke the silence and my heart skipped a beat. The voice was low, melodic. A man was chanting incantations. I turned to look at him. Selothis. As he spoke, I saw dark runes forming in the air around me, twisting and glowing like ominous, ethereal symbols.

His magic was wrapping around me, trying to suffocate me. The cold chill closed in on me, and the ruins swirled, trying to hover over me and make me their prisoner. The shadows crawled from beneath, hissing.

Bewildered, I let out a low chuckle, and then I pushed myself off the stone altar.noveldrama

No Selots shouted in frustration as his eyes glowed dark. Before I could react, he came to me to push me down so that he could complete his ritual, but in a turn of events, I raised my hand, twisted my body and grabbed his wrist, using his own momentum against him. In an instant, I shoved him back. He was sent stumbling down, his ass hitting the floor.

His eyes grew in disbelief as I jumped off the altar. "What? How?"

The expression on his face was priceless. Not in all his worthless life he could imagine that I would break his magic. I brushed off the dart from my shoulders, as a smirk tugged my lips. "I knew you were in the pack," I said. "Did you think that we were fools not to know that you were here, stalking us, trying to find me?" His eyes widened in shock

"You thought you were the one who lured me in, didn't you?" I continued, stepping forward. "But guess what? It was me who loved you here?

His face contorted into fury as he got up. "You imbecile!" he growled. "I am a God! You think you can control me, fool me?" He snapped his fingers, and the shadows around me moved as if obeying his command.

I clenched my jaw as the shadows moved closer to me, coiling toward me, and then they stopped midair. Instead of squeezing me in their grip, they slithered, like snakes, and retreated back to him.

Selottan's expression twisted into confusion and disbelief. He reached out to command them again. "Go!" he shouted at them. But they ignored him completely, curling around his legs instead of mine.

"You can control shadows here. But you forget who I am!" I said in an angry voice. "The shadows here," I said with authority lacing my voice. "They obey the Vaslof bloodline, not you! And especially not in the Eldermere ruins!"

For a momers, Selochis seemed to shrink back in disbelief. Then he suddenly flicked his wrist toward the runes. They seemed to close in on me with rapid speed. I covered my face with both my arms, ready for them to slam on my body and explode, but a loud voice boomed in the temple. The runes burst around me in tiny pinpricks, turning to ashes and falling on the ground

Sloths was shocked. He whipped his head to the side. I heard a rustle from my left. My pulse quickened and I saw Matt emerging from the shadows. His expression was a mixture of concern and controlled fury. He was on his way to me with long strides had right beside him were two Shamans. They were chanting incantations continuously, their eyes fixed on

"Tawara" Matt said in an urgent voice as he moved toward me. He pulled me in his embrace and glared at Selothis.

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At first, Sclothis's expression was that of disbelief. Like what happened in such less time? He had me in control, and now it seemed like I was in control. "So this the Alpha bear that Tulip fucked?" he sneered, his lips curling as he looked Matt up and down.

Fury blasted through me and I narrowed my eyes.

Sclothis let out a laugh as the Shaman chanted. "I know about Tulip," he said to me. “She fucked him well, ruined him for anyone else. Do you know that he goes to her every now and then?"

Fury tuned into hot lava in my veins. My breath turned shallow. "Shut. Up." I growled.

But he didn't. He continued speaking evil. "Even when you were with him, he used to go to Tulip. He had tasted her body. Why do you think he would come to you?" He winked. "Come to me, Tamara. This bastard doesn't suit you. I, on the other hand, will worship you. Every part of you!" He extended his hand toward me. "Take my hand, and you'll get everything you desired for."

"You fucking bastard!" Matt growled. In an instant, he was in front of Sclothis. He punched him hard on his face. "You liar! Did you think that Tamara didn't know of your movements?" He punched Sclothis again. This time Selothis hissed and punched him back. Matt stumbled back.

From the periphery of my vision I saw my father, mother, Bradley, Matt's parents, Seth and other warriors rushing inside. They formed a circle around us. My mother came to me and circled her arms around my shoulders protectively. Father came to stand behind us like a shield and Brad stood in front of us.

All at once, the Shaman raised their voices, reciting ancient incantations. Runes appeared around Selothis.

"Step back, Matt," Bradley rasped.

But Matt's eyes glinted with fury. With a deafening growl he attacked Selothis. "I will stop you! How dare you even think of killing my Tamara? How dare you try to plant seeds of doubt in her? Tulip is dead and so is her mate, Harison. And we suspect it was you who killed them!"

Selothis's eyes widened for a flicker of a second. "Fuck off!" he said and barreled into Matt, taking him down with him on the floor. I shrieked. What followed was complete mayhem. I couldn't believe that Selothis, a God, was so low in power that he couldn't match the power of a bear alpha.

Matt punched him in his ribs. The God snarled and hit him back. Bradley joined Matt. He attacked Selothis from behind, kneeing his spine Selothis let out a dangerous scream and turned frantically to deal with Bradley. But Bradley was quick to move away. Matt attacked him on his side with a force that cracked his bones. Selothis looked like a mad God. The magic that he showed earlier had vanished. Like it was the last left in him.

"Move away!" our Shaman shouted. On his cue Brad and Matt stepped back, and he thrust his hand forward. Larger runes. appeared and they surrounded Selothis in a way that he couldn't escape them. He spun on his heels in order to get out of

the circle, but the runes would burn his skin. He hissed as he looked wildly around him to escape.

"What is happening?" he asked himself, unable to believe that things simply didn't go in his favor.

I remembered when Matt hadn't

come home for three days. I was so disturbed that I wanted to go to the cult building and find him, but Summer had run away, the moment she woke that night. Brad was going mad. He wanted to kill everything and anything that came in his way to find Summer. However, Matt returned and told us about his research. He had snooped around the building to know about the cult. It was then that he found the truth

about Sclothis. He sent all the information to father. Father dug out history about Selothis.

My mom got a vision about Selothis in her dreams-an ancient fight between Cressida and Sclothis. She informed of her dream to father, and there was no stopping after that. I was called home immediately along with Matt and Bradley. Brad was reluctant to come, but he knew that our pack was at stake. No, our entire community of werewolves was at stake. He came back with us, and after that we just waited for Selothis to make contact with us.