Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien) novel Chapter 42

Chapter 42

Auren POV

Disbelief blasted inside me but it was revulsion that warred with every other emotion I was feeling for Brain. I stared at him as my mind scrambled for words. How could a wolf be so selfish to his mate! He openly told me that when I was in his pack, my smell calmed his wolf, and yet he didn’t once come to soothe me or help me out. He just continued to watch me suffer.

“You threw me in the dungeons for something I never did. “Maris accused me, beat me, and you stood by and let it happen” My throat tightened, but I pushed forward. “You let me suffer because even though I was thrown in the dungeon. I was there in your pack. Your wolf could smell me and stay calm even as you did everything to torture me. Not once did you come to see me or ask if I was okay–because as long as my presence soothed your wolf, my pain didn’t matter.”

He clenched his teeth in frustration. “You need to understand. Auren–you’re just an omega. How could you expect me to accept you! Your rank is far beneath mine. Do you think it was easy for me to accept the Moon Goddess’s choice! I mean how could fate give you to an Alpha like me? It felt like a mistake–one I wasn’t ready to accept.”

Oh. My. God. He was so shallow. “And that’s why you let me suffer? And if that is so, why have you come back to me now?” asked, trying to rein in my tears. How much more could he hurt me

“Because now, I can’t live without you,” he said, his voice laced with impatience. “It’s unbearable inside me. My wolf–he’s falling apart without you. He is a mess, but now that I am standing with you, he is calm. He exhaled sharply, shaking his head. “So I want you back. Auren. I see it now–t

v–that denying you wasn’t right.”

I closed my eyes, my heart torn between that fading mate attraction and the one that he was trying to ignise. When I opened my eyes, I said. “So let me get this straight that you knew that I might be your mate, and while you were constantly attracted to me, you went ahead and brought Maris to your pack and declared that she would be your Luna?”

He shified on his feet, tipping his head up. “Yes, at that time I didn’t have an option. Maris has Alpha blood and she was stronger than you. Bur- He looked away. “I underestimated the power of a mate bond” His eyes landed on me again. “Come back with me. Auren.

I scoffed. “So let me sum up for you, Alpha Bram. You played with me, you neglected the mate bond we had. It was you who rejected the band, not me. You favored Mans over me to the extent that she kept blaming me for the smallest of the mistakes 1 didn’t commit, and you just overlooked to please her. She punished me because I breathed the same air as you. She knew that you were my mate, and she punished me severely for that, and you you continued to stand on the sidelines and watched me endure her torturing me. Why? You were so selfish to me at that time, and now that your wolf is unable to bear it anymore, you want me back?”

“Look Auren, I realize my mistake, and I’m ready to make amends,” he said, trying to assure me

“Really? Can you give me back all the time I spent suffering?” I asked, my voice so hoarse with clogged emotions that my throat was hurting.

“can’t, he replied. “But if you’ll come, I’ll try to make up for that time.”

you’ll com

“Wow!” I shook my head at his reply. He didn’t have the audacity to ask me out loud in front of others or in front of Alpha Lucien because he was scared of him. That’s why he chose to comer me when I was alone. I crossed my arms across my chest. “And what about Maris?” I asked.

He replied instantly, “Tll ask her to leave.”

“Oh, so you haven’t asked her to leave until now? Even though you are suffering from inside and want me back!”

He gaped at me. “I want to be sure that you will come back to me, Auren,” he said without an lots of remorse. “How can I ask her to leave otherwise!

“Goddess, you are so horrible!” I fumed. “She’s the bird in your hand, while I’m the one in the bush–the one you hope to catch”

He narrowed his eyes as his hand shot to my throat. He growled. “Auren, you are getting way ahead of yourself. Behave yourself! 1 am still your Alpha and you will talk properly with me, and listen to my command. I will be doing a big favor to you by asking you to come back with me and then rejecting Maris. So you better fucking understand my dilemma. It’s not an easy decision!”

1 gripped his wrist with both hands. “Leave me!” 1 heard a low warning snarl from nearby.

He whipped his head to see who was there. There was no one, but he left me nonetheless,

A4 I rubbed my neck, I asked, “And what about the treaty you’ve signed with /

Alpha Lucien!”

“I’m sure Lucien will understand it. Since we are mates, he won’t be able to stop you. If he stops you. I’ll go to the High Council. In fact, he won’t even attack us because if he does that, the High Council would impeach him and imprison him. A moon bond is sacred above anything else,” he pointed

My eyebrows shot to my hairline. “If a moon bond is so sacred, why did you reject me? Why did you send me to Alpha Lucien as his doomed bride?” He opened his mouth but I put my hand up to stop him. “It was because you were inconsiderate, greedy and egocentric. Not only you got rid of me, you used me to form an alliance with Alpha Lucien, and you tried to secure your future with Maris”

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