Moonbound :The Alpha's Curse

ot the cold, not the fear, but him. Lucien. His voice had echoed in her head like a ghost wrapped in shadow, smooth and cold, yet terr

said he knows I'm alive.". Kael stiffened. "That's not possible unless the mate bond is still active," Aria finished for him, her voice barely a whisper. Kael stood up, p

pain... it was like being torn apart." Kael turned back to her. "Maybe it wasn't th

nto something deeper. Something stronger." Aria's heart pounded. "Stronger? But I'm supposed to be a reject. A cursed omega. That kind of bond doesn't happen to someone like me." "Maybe that's exactly why it

ill scanning the darkness. "Then where do we go?" Kael hesitated for a long moment, then said, "Somewhere they'll never think to look across the river, into Hollowshade." Her eyes widened. "Isn't that neutral territory? I heard no pack rules the

f that truth settled into her bones. And yet... there was something else beneath that whisper. Longing,Regret, A hint of

of her, clearing the path with his blade and staying alert. His silence wasn't cold, it was focused, protective. But Aria's thoughts were too loud to ignore. He knows I'm alive... The whisper had felt so intimate, not a threat, but a statement of awareness. A pulse of recognition. A tether. And now it pulsed in her chest like a second heartbeat. "Do you think he'll try again?" she asked softly, breaking the silence. Kael didn't stop walking. "He will. Now that he's reached you once, the bond will keep pulling at both of you, unless you

f the tears burning behind her eyes. "Then why does it feel like something I want to believe in?" He didn't answer. Instead, he motioned for her to keep walking. By late afternoon, the forest opened

f pack territory. That means no laws, no alliances, no safe zones. If someone attacks, there's no cou

tream at the dark wall of fog waiting beyond. It felt like crossing into another world. "Do you think they'

her belly. A gentle flutter met her palm. She

dened slightly, then softened. "Your first k

the Hollowshade fog." They crossed the stream quickly. The water was icy and reached their knees, soaking her boots and making her limbs tremble. But the moment they stepped into the mist, the air shifted. It was colder. Heavier. Quiet in an unnatural way. Kael's posture changed, alert and low. "Stay close to me." Aria obeyed, her steps soft, the sounds of the outside world swallowed by the thick fog around them. Trees loomed like shadows. No birds, No rustling,Just silence. After nearly half an hour, faint shapes appeared in the mist ahead,

"Because the girl isn't just broken. She's Moonbound." That word. That name. It drifted through the camp like smoke. Every wolf froze. Every gaze snapped back to Aria. She felt it then, power swirling in the air, not hers, bu

's eyes narrowed. "Then she better be worth the blood." Aria raised her chin sl