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BOUND TO THE ALPHA'S CURSE

Chapter 2 Whispers in the Woods

Word Count: 1252    |    Released on: 15/07/2025

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any living soul. I should have turned back. Any sensible person would have bolted toward the safety of the village, but somethi

owled in shadow. They warned of voices that lured wanderers into never returning. I had a

bled against the press of shadows, and every crunch of leaves underfoot seemed far too loud. I clutched the shaw

cracked into the silenc

was worse than the sound.

t-two faint glimmers between the trees. Eyes. Not human. Not gentle. They gleamed with a pre

olf stood that tall. And no wolf st

eel caught on a root, nearly pitching me into the d

wl rolled thro

a warning. My body screamed at me to run, but my legs locked. I h

this time, brushing my ear thou

nd hit the ground. The flame went

my skirt snagging on thorns that tore at my skin. Branches clawed across my face. Behind me

gh the heavy sky. My lungs burned, my chest heaved, and the world t

s when

wild to be a man. A cloak of shadow wrapped it, shoulders carved with power, head lifted as if scen

f the cursed Alpha who ruled Bloodmoon Hollow, the beast who kept to the forest, fear

s here. W

oped around my ribs, pulling taut. His gaze locked to mine and for a heartbeat the forest

hoing through the woods like a call to war. Birds exploded from the t

aring. Another-and he stood bef

d me as he leaned close, his voice low, ro

. His presence was overwhelming, both terrifying and magnetic. Every in

stion came out broken,

might destroy me. Then he vanished into the shadows

mmering, breath ragged, body trembling wit

t time, faint and final.

fell sil

would ever be sil

ed Alpha himself. Yet as she staggers home, the silver of his eyes still burns in her

pressed too heavily, as if the woods themselves waited for her next step. She clutched her

it; her bones knew it. Every instinct screamed

shape moved in the shadows-too tall, too fluid to be a wolf, yet not wholly human. The sound of

ara

y earth beneath her feet. Her grip faltered on the lantern, ne

's t

the woods, closi

he presence moved closer, but when she blinked, nothing stood

t beyond the rise, through the crooked row of birches. If she could reach it, bar the do

her cloak, tugging her backward like living things. Her pulse thundered as she broke

a heartbeat. For just beyond the curve of her

till. W

ad shoulders, the suggestion of a face half-hidd

breath trapped

, slow, deliberate, and the ai

again, low and commandin

me, it

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1 Chapter 1 Ashes of Silence2 Chapter 2 Whispers in the Woods3 Chapter 3 The Alpha's Shadow4 Chapter 4 Marked by Fear5 Chapter 5 Moonlit Secrets6 Chapter 6 A Stranger's Touch7 Chapter 7 Unspoken Tethers8 Chapter 8 The Blood Omen9 Chapter 9 Eyes of the Beast10 Chapter 10 The Forbidden Library11 Chapter 11 Chains of Fate12 Chapter 12 Echoes of Betrayal13 Chapter 13 The Moonlit Pact14 Chapter 14 Wolves in the Shadows15 Chapter 15 Fangs and Firelight16 Chapter 16 The Scarlet Bond17 Chapter 17 His Wolf, Her Fear18 Chapter 18 Bound by Prophecy19 Chapter 19 A Kiss of Darkness20 Chapter 20 The Blood Omen21 Chapter 21 The Alpha's Bargain22 Chapter 22 Claws of Doubt23 Chapter 23 The Priestess's Trial24 Chapter 24 Shadows of Desire25 Chapter 25 The Blood Moon Pact26 Chapter 26 The Voice Beneath the Ashes27 Chapter 27 Whispers Beneath the Blood Moon28 Chapter 28 The Awakening Flame29 Chapter 29 Blood Moon Rising30 Chapter 30 The Memory Beneath the Stone31 Chapter 31 Echoes of the Forgotten Path32 Chapter 32 Veins of Silver Fire.33 Chapter 33 Whispers of Blood and Moonlight34 Chapter 34 Four: Whispers of Moonlight35 Chapter 35 Shadows Beyond the Wild North36 Chapter 36 Shadows Along the North Road37 Chapter 37 Shadows of the Wild North38 Chapter 38 Whispers Beneath the Veil39 Chapter 39 Whispers in the Wild North40 Chapter 40 Shadows Carved in Stone41 Chapter 41 A Bond Unbroken42 Chapter 42 Ashes of War43 Chapter 43 Serpent's Tongue44 Chapter 44 Heart of the Wolf45 Chapter 45 The Witch's Bargain46 Chapter 46 Flames in the Hollow47 Chapter 47 Threads of Prophecy48 Chapter 48 Hunter's Oath49 Chapter 49 Moonlit Chains