The Cursed Alpha and His Forgotten Mate

medicinal plants, combined with air humidity, penetrated her nostrils with a familiarity that calmed her. She knew that the rain was going to last for hours, and that forced her to

e villages, packs, curious looks, inquisitors. But

mur, was its only world. Far from the accusing looks, far from the murmurs which said that it was cursed, that her birth was wearing woe, tha

t into the mist. It was a human silhouette, but also more than that. His body seemed to be a part of the forest itself, rooted deep in the earth, but capable of moving with super

approaching. He hadn't noticed it yet, but sienna knew that she would not escape her

d have offered him a place among them. But at what price? The pain of loneliness was infiltrated into its bones every day a little more. If only she could

n in the air, this strange energy that emerged from abroad. He was not human, she knew it. Not entirely. There was only a handful of creatures capable of perceiving its existence from a distance. The

red, his heavy steps, responsible for a presence that occupied all the space. sienna furt

broad. She was clearer, no longer present, like

ted to know who he was, why he had followed him, but there were too many questions that turned in his head. Why now? Wh

oice as calm as possible. She still didn't look at him,

es. "You have no choice. I am the one you fear, the one you

ncient anxiety that she thought she had forgotten. The wolf, this wolf she had in her, this power t

links you to this world," he said, still approac

ut she knew that escape was no longer possible. He knew it. He knew his name, his story. And he knew what sh

r eyes piercing darkness. "Wh

ut charged with the suffering he bore. "You are linked to me, sienna . Without you

o fight. But another part of her, the one who was tired of loneliness, the one who knew deep do

e that had struck his own birth, the same curse that she had lived all his life. Adri

gaze fixed on him, ready to hear the t

mething that mixed with the earth itself. Each movement she made seemed to respond to a breath of nature, as if the world around her listened to her and answered her silen

d near her cabin. At that moment, a shiver traveled his arm. She felt the sap circulating in the trunk, a soft and regular pulsation, like a beating heart under the bark. Nature was alive, but this link ... This link

uided by this strange feeling. They were there, in a close clearing, their presence filling the air of their wild energy. But there was no threat in their approach, no aggressiv

n the center of their circle, and, with a simple gesture of the hand, she felt the atmosphere change. As if a soothing mist enveloped creatures. Their agitation dissipated slowly, their bodies relaxed.

human smell. Hunters. A group of three, perhaps four, was fasting closer, their heavy and threatening presence, like a weighing shadow on the clearing. sienna felt her heart tighten

e echoes of their steps made the wolves shudder, which moved away from it, ready to defend their territory, ready to attack if necessary. sienna , ho

dn't afford to be trapped. The more she sank into the woods, the more she felt the presence of hunters getting closer. The wolves followed their ow

hat hunters would not detect her. They passed without seeing it, their raucous and impatient voices getting lost in the wind. Their footste

uth that she was starting to touch. This strange affinity with nature, with wolves, was no coincidence. She was the key. But for what? For whom? What if these h

a world that had never accepted her. She was linked to something bigger. She