Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien) novel Chapter 188

Chapter 188

Matt POV

Tulip looked like she could murder me. Or Tamara. I was waiting for her to take action. Any action. And I would go full on feral on her. My objective was to annihilate her after what she did to me, after how she tried to force me into submitting to her. I had to, for Tamara. But the way Brad and Tamara saved me, now I had to leash on my anger toward her. So, yeah, I was waiting for one fucking mistake from her, and I would find the perfect excuse to snuff her life.

According to my instructions, Seth had already passed an order to expel her from my pack. I knew that she would go back to her pack to her parents, but I had taken care of that too. I had talked to my father and told him about her misdemeanors. Father was more than furious. He wanted to send his warriors to kill her for threatening me. But it was my mother, Shehla, whose kind heart overruled my father’s decision. In anger, Daddy expelled Tulip from the pack.

She was practically a rogue in our packs, and no one would dare to take her in. So I knew that she had no home to go to except this college. If she fucked up again, she was going to be in so much trouble. Basically, Tulip was cornered. And I liked my prey cornered. I’d fucking wrench her neck and rip her apart limb by limb if she attempted to harm Tamara. She thought that had the upper hand. She didn’t know that soon I would bury her six feet under.

The class went well, not because of the way Tulip glared at me, but because Tamara was sitting close to me. Too close. I knew that she was doing it more to show to Tulip rather than because she wanted to be, but it was a wonderful feeling. And me? I shamelessly put my hand over her thigh, or prushed her cheek, or whispered nonsense in her ear, making her giggle. It was different that my heart was hammering in my chest like it had gone wild. All blood rushed to my cock. The fucker wasn’t going down. Torben wanted to break free.

‘Claim her. Rut her.‘ He pushed me incessantly.

I had to push him down using all my strength because I wanted Tamara to come to me. If I jumped on her, I knew I would lose her.

In the evening, Tamara went to meet Bradley. The omegas had made so many dishes for all of us. And I was delighted to see how Tammy was gobbling it all up. Maybe her wolf needed that much food.

I told them about my new house which was just a block down. Bradley was surprised, and asked me to show it to him. I took him there and Tamara tagged along. The way she looked around with wide eyes full of curiosity, made me proud. Through the bond, I could sense that she liked it. Her gaze lingered on the main bedroom for far too long. A gush of warmth surged through me. As I chatted with both of them, trying to sound casual, Tammy told me about the colors she loved. I memorized every word coming out of her mouth. Veles, I was going to worship her if she gave me a chance. I would worship her if she didn’t give me a chance.

After we returned, Tamara had to go for practice alone. I didn’t like how Lexi, Sarah and Coach Dana talked to her. They were all trying to eye–fuck me. If it had been my pack, I would have already killed them for even talking to Tammy like that, but this was a different place. I needed to be very careful around humans. They didn’t know about mates, and college students–they fucking around like rabbits in heats with an extra dose of

steroids.

While Brad returned to his house, I had to go to my dorm because father wanted to talk to me about something urgent.

“The Elders want to talk to you, Matt,” father said as soon as I put on the video call.

I frowned. “Why? Is everything okay?”

He took a deep breath in. “Everything’s fine, but they are restless. I haven’t seen them like this ever in my life.”

Mother was sitting right beside him. Even she looked worried. I just couldn’t help admiring her with each passing day. Despite the fact that Uncle Magnus was killed and I always blamed Tammy for it, she took Tammy in, and was always so nice to her. Did she sense that Tam was my mate? I didn’t know. She never told, and sometimes there were no answers to the questions you had. It was… destiny.

“The Elders are here,” Father said. “They have gathered around us to talk to you especially.”

As much as it sounded bizarre, I nodded. Tension bunched in my shoulders. Father turned the camera toward the two Elders, Harper and Kael.

I bowed to them. They nodded, their faces showing years of wisdom. “I hope all is well,” Elder Harper,” I said.

Elder Harper’s voice broke the silence. In a deep, urgent voice, he said, “Alpha Matt, we’ve felt a disturbance, a stirring of ancient energies in the old temple of Veles.”

I met his gaze, confusion furrowing my brow. “What are you talking about?”

The old temple of Veles was located about ten miles away from our packs. It was near the Eldermere temple, which was just outside the Shadowfang pack. No one was allowed to enter the ruins of the Eldermere. As for the Veles temple, it was in a very dilapidated state. New ones were constructed where the bears went to pray. However, the ancient one remained in its place. No one knew the reason why the two temples of the Moon Goddess, Cressida, and that of Veles were constructed together. They were both over a thousand years old.

Elder Harper sighed. In a gruff voice, he said, “Both of us had visited the ancient Veles temple along with the Shaman. He sighted something odd over there. There were shadows which circled the temple.”

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“What?” I exclaimed. “Shadows? There must be someone there.”

Elder Kael shook his head. “No, there wasn’t. But these shadows emerged at night, and as soon as the Shaman saw them, they disintegrated into smoke. It was a strange sighting, but we believe that these shadows emerged from the Eldermere ruins.”

“But that’s history!” I pointed out. “We all know about the curse that was associated with the ruins of Eldermere. Luna Auren broke that curse. Those shadows have retreated. So why would they emerge now? And why will they come to the Veles temple? It’s not like the two temples are situated side by side! They are at least five hundred meters apart. Are you sure that the Shaman saw what he saw? It could be an illusion.”

Elder Kael exchanged looks with Elder Harper before speaking again. “We can’t say much about it, Alpha Matt. But there’s one thing that I wanted to point out.” He lowered his head and paused for longer than I liked. When he looked up, his eyes had mystery to them. “The main reason why the two temples were built near each other was because the bear clan’s lineage is intertwined with the Moon Goddess.”

My mouth dropped as my eyes widened. This was something that was never mentioned. Heck, no bear knew about it. “I’m sorry, what?” I raped.

ancestors were her guardians. They were tasked with protecting the bloodline of the Moon Goddess.”

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