Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien) novel Chapter 164

Twins‘ Bond

Auren POV

All the while in the car, I couldn’t let my gaze drift from my pup. She had grown into such a beautiful baby that my heart felt like it was both breaking and healing at the same time. After eight long years, I couldn’t believe she was finally in my arms. The happiness I felt was something I thought I’d never feel again. But at the same time, there was this pain in my chest for missing so much. Those years without her, without seeing her grow, without holding her, made the joy feel bittersweet. And I knew that Lucien felt the same.

Through our bond, I could feel his overwhelming instinct surging through him. It was a

fierce protectiveness that he couldn’t control Neither of us could. When Tamara slept

in his lap, he murmured, “I want to shield her from everything and everyone who hurt her, Auren. From the world that had kept her away from me for so long.”

My heart squeezed for my husband, who had suffered silently for so long. Even though I told him that it wasn’t his fault, he blamed himself for Tamara’s disappearance continuously. For the first year, Lucien and I couldn’t speak properly with each other. However, now seeing him gently brushing her hair as she cradled in his lap, my heart swelled with relief, feeling that the worst was over. She was safe, she was with us, and we would protect her with our life. She was finally home, and we would never let her go.

When Tamara woke up, she was wide eyed, hesitant and even though I knew that the bond between us was flaring to life, she was reluctant to open up. It was natural. “I miss mom and dad,” she said in a low voice, as if scared.

“Do you want to talk to them?” I asked.

“Yes,” she replied, nodding and judging us.

Lucien immediately took his phone out and gave it to her. “You can talk to them,” he

said with a soft smile.

Tamara grinned, and Lucien beamed. Even a small reaction of Tamara was enough to make him ecstatic. He dialed Teddy’s number and gave it to her. Tamara quickly took the phone, got out of his lap and climbed over the seats to sit in the front seat. Lucien chuckled watching her. “Monkey,” he muttered playfully.

Tamara pressed her head to the window as if hiding her conversation from us. “Daddy!” she said excitedly.

“Tammy?” Teddy’s excited voice sounded from the other side. “How are you? Are you okay? Is everything alright?”

“Yes,” Tamara said. “I miss you…”

“Oh baby…” Teddy said in a hoarse voice. There was a pause on the other side. Then

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Twins Bond

he added, “Shehla wants to speak with you.”

“Tammmyyy!” Shehla squealed. “How are you? I am already missing you!” She let out a choked sob. “You will come and meet us, right?”

“Yes, mommy,” she said. “I’ll come soon.” She let out a cry.

When she addressed them as mommy and daddy, my heart wrenched. I won’t say that I wasn’t jealous, but I couldn’t do much because this was natural. How else was she going to address people who looked after her for eight years with all the love and affection one could think of? Lucien held my hand and squeezed it. “Give her time, Auren,” he said in a soft voice, understanding my predicament.

We reached the Shadowfang pack soon after. Tamara looked out the window with pure fascination. The pack had turned into a town of about six thousand wolves over the past few years. Lucien’s responsibilities had increased. The pack had all the modern architecture. We had integrated the latest technology that the human world boasted. And we had more connection with the human world now.

In fact, our newest member, Annie Jones, was a human, and she was our IT and Robotics chief. She had joined only a few months ago and knew about werewolves, and so it was easy for her to gel with us. But she was a hunter initially. I don’t know how or why, after she met with Tarian, she changed quite a lot. I wondered if she and Tarian were mates, but none of them spoke about their feelings. A few months ago, she had captured Tarian. Lucien had launched a massive hunt for his Beta. He had found both of them in an abandoned building. The battle that took place between hunters and Lucien’s wolves was intense. Tarian was finally brought back to the pack in a heavily injured state. Annie was brought as a captive.

The car screeched to a halt. “We’ve reached home!” Lucien said, jumping out of the car. He immediately rushed to open Tamara’s door.

“I got a lot of things to play, I mean, I’ve arranged a lot of stuff. Would you like to come, and see?” he asked her.

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