Cursed To Love The Hunter

dn't know. Couldn't know about the curse. The cu

my chin

he group here. Let him think I meant the s

is claws flexed at his sides. His muscles coiled like springs. I

then

g in the dark strands, and pulling

rashed agai

sn't a

a claimin

punish

like blood and wild things, like the forest after a storm. His grip was tight enough to bruise as

d have

t counted and run like hell b

tea

from th

n a world gone mad. My lips parted beneath his, surrendering to the heat of his mouth. Some traitorous p

- and something darker. Something hotter. Something tha

his voice rough wi

cause I was afraid of yo

mell the deception on me . Hunters weren'

my tongue, as it was

ou the moment I was s

e I'm w

. "You're lying again,

howls sta

forest in search of hunters in sight. But

run, to hide, to do anything but not to

rab my dagger before t

the way the moonlight caught in the dark strands of his hair, th

was the

hit the forest floor, the impact sending shockwaves of pain through my body. Hot drool dripped onto my face, thick and rancid, as

s how

ar. Not by Markus's hand, not in some glorious battle, b

en

atta

, the next he had launched himself at the wolf with a snarl that raised the hair on my arms. They crashe

metal of my dagger's hilt. Just in time to see four more wolves e

weren't a

been... w

ing. Bones cracked and reformed, fur receded into skin, until a naked man knelt where the be

!" Ronan snarled, his

ought her here for us to feed..." His voice was rough with disbelief, and

pure fury, the words vibrating

ph

I had left from my lungs. My grip on the dagger tightened until

? It might brin

n never ment

thought he brought

saw the exact moment the memory hit him, his

"We searched for you for few weeks, Alpha Ronan," he growled, his voice

istorted by the wolf lurking beneath his skin. His gaze snapped t

ging into flesh until fresh blood welled up, dripping down m

oded my

ew abou

y knew ev

oat for what I had done to an alpha like him. Instead,

s barely more than a whisper. "Becau

isappeared, we tracked your scent to the eastern border. And we found your blood on the hu

ng beneath sweat-slicked skin. I could see the war in

was hot and foul against my cheek. "Let

protest. Against five fully shifted werewolves? I was dead either way. But I

didn't

n only by the rapid hammering of my

N

but it sent the wolves recoil

ould react, R

he had grabbed my wrist. His grip was iron

he sn