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BOUND TO THE ALPHA'S CURSE

Chapter 9 Eyes of the Beast

Word Count: 1078    |    Released on: 15/07/2025

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o me long after I should have walked away, long after I told myself she was nothing more than a villager under my

d, I lingered in the shadows of the forest, watching her return to her cottage with that

me growled,

tened. No.

The curse was unraveling faster each night, and near her, I felt it slipping beyond repair. H

m meant

ay from her and toward the forest. The hairs

rply. Wolf. N

ough the night air, and my

ocked on the trees where I stood. She could not see me fully, yet she paused,

ached-not from rage, not from the cu

truder stepp

s gleaming with hunger. His teeth ba

rol sha

round as I collided with him before he reached her. The impact cracked through

rced through the s

into me sharpe

ill, but my mind screamed to get her away, to shield her from the horror of

napping, Elara did not flee. She stood frozen in the

e Alpha. The

d not

ove me to snap his throat clean. Silence fell, bro

. They were locked on me with

ew then-she ha

jaws. She staggered back against her doo

ied no strength. Her fear was laced with some

to close the space, press her against that door

bones cracked and flesh knit. My body ached,

," I r

the sound of her

ot be here,"

ly, as if realizing it all at on

as a blade

I adm

orpse at my feet, then b

ere chains, and she was the key I could not afford to touch. Y

ady know,

her eyes did not leave

re than claws or

any longer. "Go inside. Do not step out

red, "What if the danger i

stion f

otect me. Then tell me why the wolves are hunting near my home. Tell

me like a strike to t

in triumph, clawi

ened between us, heavy with power, with fate, with

, my voice a warnin

rself-but to touch me. Her fingertips brushed agains

control shattered, and my wolf surged forwa

arting as if caught be

s..." she

I claim her now. My breath fanned over her skin,

s thundered th

d the sound, snarling.

eyes wide with the unspoke

she would see the worst of me. If I

e ripped

he night gav

he forest, a voice br

neered. "You cannot

r safe, and a riv

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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