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BOUND TO THE ALPHA'S CURSE

Chapter 5 Moonlit Secrets

Word Count: 1135    |    Released on: 15/07/2025

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lades. Lanterns glowed dimly against the dusk, their flames sputtering as though the night itself sought to smother them. I

aw the figure cloaked in darkness-the Alpha of Bloodmoon Hollow. His shadow lingere

"Mark my words," she muttered to another villager, loud enough for me to hear, "the Alp

I did not need to

n fog, as if waiting for me. For days now, claw marks had appeared near the cottages-long slashes across doors, wood splintered deep. Th

r. The howls no longer sounded like beasts-the

climbed high above the treeline, I found m

scarred tree trunk, tracing the claw marks carved into its bark. A tremor raced through me, not fea

la

e shadows, low and sharp. I spun, the basket falling

light catching the edges

le

ting and magnetic at once. His eyes caught the silver glow, gl

is voice was rough, weighted wi

hold his gaze. "And

bite them back. My pulse hammered,

g over his face. "You do not unde

rm. "What curse binds this place? Why do the vill

ant cry of an owl. He took a slow step closer, and thoug

" he said at last, his tone softer now, almos

ught. "What

ur blood stirs old power. Priestess blood. The s

stumbling. "That is impo

ice low, final. "And that

nder my palm. Priestess blood? I had never heard my family speak of such a thing. My mother

deep within me stir. As if the earth bene

I could feel the pull of his presence, heavy as gravi

the warning, behind the command, wa

. Not the call of a wolf, but something deeper, dark

ard the sound, his eyes

is voice rough with urgency.

o motion, swift as shadow

h shallow. The night pressed closer, the trees trembling

hummed in my veins, the strange claw marks glo

he world shuddered. For a heartbeat,

ara

warred within me, but one thing was certain. The se

carried the curse-then the night

strange forces close in, hinting her bloodl

m the crumbling wall of the chapel, dust clinging to her skirts, her breath uneven. The villagers' murmurs about priestess bloo

skin prickle. She clutched her shawl tighter around her shoulders, fighting the urge to run. That was when she s

itched. She

sound-low, deliberate, a growl that vibrated in her bones. Every i

air of eyes glowed-amber, un

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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