Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien) novel Chapter 192

Attack

Tamara POV

As the crowd was still cheering for us, I couldn’t help but feel a rush of relief and pride. Despite how Sarah tried to sabotage it, we had won, and I had led us to victory. I was proud of myself, but Matt was prouder. He paraded with me on his shoulders throughout the court, beating his chest like Tarzan. I was laughing all the time. Gosh, he was such a baby. But I could sense his genuine pride through our bond. Ah well… I wouldn’t reject him for now.

Finally, when we approached Coach Dana, he lowered me to the ground. Coach was in tears. She just pulled me to her and hugged me hard. When she removed herself, she wiped her tears. “In all my years, it’s the first time we have won against the Dolphins. Sarah and Lexi were fantastic players and I always used to think that how come they never won against the Dolphins. This also led me to believe that our team is perhaps nothing, and that we needed more practice. But-” She placed her hands on my shoulders. “-our team is perfect. Today Sarah’s game was odd. She wasn’t helping Lexi at all. Instead, she was-” Coach Dana shook her head. “But, I’m proud of you Tamara. I’ll recommend your name for a scholarship if you need it. If not, then you know that you have a permanent position on our team.”

Her words overwhelmed me. It felt like… closure. I always thought that she hated me. But in reality, she thought that I was useless for the team because if Sarah and Lexi couldn’t stand a chance against the Dolphins, I would never. “Thank you, Coach Dana,” I said with a smile. “But where’s Sarah?” I asked, looking around. “I was hoping to celebrate together.” No, I wasn’t. But I was suspecting some foul play on her part, and I wanted to expose it.

Coach Dana shrugged. “She gets upset after every match we lose, so she just leaves.”

“I see,” I said, forcing a smile. The moment Coach Dana left I had this nagging feeling that lingered in the back of my mind. The victory felt sweet but Sarah’s action played in my mind. They weren’t sitting right with me. Her lack of support for Lexi and me was too obvious, and I wasn’t going to let it slide. I needed to know what she was up to.

As we walked back to the locker rooms, Matt said, “Something’s bothering you.” He stopped right in front of me, and I halted.

“Yeah…” I replied, wondering if I should tell him or not.

He narrowed his eyes. “I can sense and see confusion clouding your eyes. So, you better tell me what is going on in that little brain of yours.”

I smacked his chest. “Little brain?”

He chuckled as he took my hand and kissed my knuckles, sending another jolt of electricity through my body. “I’m right here, Tam,” he said, his voice tight with concern. “Like your shadow. Just tell me everything.”

I sighed. I think it was better to involve him because after all, he was the Alpha of his pack. He must have come across such situations more than me. So as we walked to the locker room, I narrated everything to him. In the end I said, “I highly suspect that Sarah was actually trying to sabotage the game. She couldn’t do much with Lexi, so she thought she would disrupt my game, and if we lost, she would have blamed me.”

Matt clenched his jaw, thinking hard. There was a long pause, after which he said, “Go and change. Don’t say a word about it to anyone, okay?”

I nodded as unease knotted in my stomach.

“Meet me in the next class,” he added, and hurried away.

I let out a rough exhale and stepped inside. But the moment I stepped inside, Sarah’s cold, calculating expression was hard to ignore. She was cornered, chatting with a few of the other girls of the opposing team, but when she saw me, her posture stiffened. She clenched her jaw and glared at me with all the hatred in the world. That confirmed my doubts. Shouldn’t she be happy with me that we won the game?

I walked over to my locker, pretending to focus on changing, but my mind was working in overdrive. What was her endgame? And why was she speaking with the opponents so seriously? All the girls who were with her, looked at me. There was an awkward pause. One of them gave me a tight smile, and then walked away. I felt nervous, but I avoided them, took my clothes out of the locker, and went to take a bath. When I returned, I saw that Sarah and others weren’t there. I picked up my bag and walked out of the locker room. As soon as I was out, someone pushed me from behind. A black bag was shoved over my head and my hands were tied behind me. “You need a lesson!” someone hissed as they pushed

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“What is going on?” I rasped, confused as hell. “Who are you?”

They grabbed my arms and continued to push me roughly. A few minutes later, when the bag from my face was lifted, I saw that I was in a lonely room. And there were three girls with baseball bats surrounding me. “What do you want?” I asked, my eyes widening in anger and shock.

“You fucking bitch!” one of them said. “You had the audacity to win against the Dolphins? This match was going to take

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them to the country team, but you fucking sabotaged it! We will teach you a lesson now.”

“What?” I was shocked.