Bride of the Cursed Alpha (Auren and Lucien) novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Lucien POV

Even though I was trying to focus on my happy moment, the dark magic curled around ine, seeping into my mind, trying to twist reality, bending my thoughts Shadows coiled at the edges of my vision, getting into the fractures of my mind. My breath turned ragged.

We have to facus, Remus growled inside me ‘Auren. Mate

My mind wanted to reach happiness, so I focused. “Auren.” I nummured like she was an anchor to pull me out of this abyss. And there she was. Standing in her wedding dress, bathed in the soft nonlight. My breath hitched. She looked ethereal. Her silver eyes shimmered when she looked at me, piercing through my darkness,

The shadows around me hissed. I focused harder, remembering how my chest warmed when I saw her that night. She looked untouchable. Mine

My vision cleared. The tendrils of magic retreated, but not completely. They still lurked to find my weakness,

My voice was uncertain as I murmured, “Auren?”

She smiled beautifully. “You called me?”

shudder ran through ine. She was standing in front of me, untouched by the dark magic with soft silver moonlight clinging to her. “But how?” 1 reached for her, halt expecting for her to disappear. But she reached for me and intertwined her fingers with mine.

“You will always find me when you need me,” she replied with amusin her eyes.

The suffocating thickness lifted off my chest and my mind felt freer, cle

“Come,” she softly said. “Let’s go somewhere better.”

The world around me shifted and I found myself standing by the river at the pack’s northern border–my favorite place as a pup. The water reflected the stars above. The air smelled of damp earth and pine. She stood by me, her hand still in mine.

“What were you looking for?” she asked as she plucked a lower and smelled it.

A foliage of herbs appeared in front of me. Moonshade blossom, bloodroot, silverleaf, wolfsbane and Starfire herb. My eyes widened at the array. These were available at the banks of this river?

1 let out an exhale, letting my shoulders drop. “You’ve taken me to the right place. How do you know about this?”

She grinned and silver from her eyes spilled out on the edges. “Of course I know everything”

For a long time, we walked along the riverbank as the stars stretched endlessly over us.

Suddenly, something pulsed around me. Auren’s eyes went wide and pain etched across her face and she fell on her knees. Her pain rumbled through me. “Auren!” I shouted, reaching for her. “Don’t got” The skies thundered and drops of crimson rained on us. Before I knew her wedding gown was covered in blotches of blood. “No. No!” 1 rasped. “Auren!” Goosebumps prickled my skin. And then, just like that, she was gone.

I slipped back through the inirage into reality and saw that I was half bent over a pile of books, some open, some closed. The dark magic began curling around me faster than before. It invaded me fiercely, pressing hard against my skin. Remus growled in warning. And I pressed the bell.

Auren POV

There were shadows all around as I sat huddled in their center. I didn’t want to get out of it, feeling weak. Without Lucien, this was my life perhaps. 1 wished he was here.

“Auren?” a deep voice penetrated my mind. I battled with the shadows to see clearer. My eyes widened when I found Lucien standing in front of me. What kind of trickery was my mind playing?

“How did you find me here?” I whispered, excited.

His lips curled up “You called for me.” He wrapped his hand around mine. “Come,” he said. He took me to a riverbank, beneath a sky full of stars. The world was quiet except for the soft mustle of wind and his hand in mine. We walked in silence and I felt better, untouched by the pain that lingered on the edge of my mind

Suddenly, the wind shifted. A single drop of crimson landed on my dress. My breath hitched as I looked at him in confusion. “No.” I gasped, reaching for him. But he slipped away, dark mist curling around him.

“Lucien‘” I screamed, but my voice was swallowed by the shadows. And then there was nothing.

I don’t know how long but I heard a faint voice. “Auton.” It seemed to come from the sky. “Auren. Was that Lucien!

1/2

3:02 PM

Chapter 61

Strong hands grasped me and tucked them next to a hard, warm chest. “I’m taking her home,” he growled.

As if on instinct. I clutched the shirt of the person holding me in his arms. His pine and spice smell wrapped around me and I immediately calmed down. I surrendered to the warmth I had craved for days. Inhaling deeply. I moaned, and snuggled my face in his chest.

When I fluttered open my eyes next, I found myself staring into very dark eyes. “Lucien!” I rasped. “When did you come? I–I-“Was this even real? He was there in my dreams. “How long was I unconscious?”

Lucien stared intensely into my eyes, and my heart flipped. His tousled hair and two–day stubble gave him a rugged edge. All the anxiety and darkness that 1 felt over the past days, lifted, leaving warmth in its stead.

He placed a finger on my lips. “So many questione,” he said as he kissed his finger that was on my lips. “And you were unconscious for one day.”

One day? Did that mean he returned in two days instead of three? I blinked my eyes at him in confusion.

“But you’re fine now,” he added, leaning over me closer. As if he couldn’t stop himself, he rolled over me and pressed me to the mattress. Then he crashed his lips on mine I moaned in his touch greedily. Before I knew it, my legs wrapped around his waist, pulling him closer. My fingers tangled in his hair, tugging him toward me as his hands gripped me possessively.

I parted my lips and with a deep growl, he delved his tongue inside me, stroking me, tasting me, devouring me like he was starving, like I was the nly thing that could satisfy his hunger. My body melted into his, heat pooling low in my stomach as he grounded himself on me. A shiver ran down my spine when he grazed my bottom lip, sucking it into his mouth. And in this moment, I was his.

We were both breathless when to my embarrassment, my stomach growled. Goddess, it always had wrong timing. He jerked his head back. “You

have to eat.”

“What?”