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BOUND TO THE ALPHA'S CURSE

Chapter 10 The Forbidden Library

Word Count: 1168    |    Released on: 15/07/2025

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learing. His control had nearly snapped, his wolf clawing too close to the surface,

lood was humming, my heart thrumming with something older than fear, older than reason. That night I made a

olves, but because of something deeper, something spoken only in half-breaths by the elders. They said a place of

nst my legs as I reached the old archway, half crumbled, vines choking its frame. Symb

I pressed my hand to the stone. It w

seam of light cracked through its center. My breath caught as ancien

red beneath it-like old magic waiting to be stirred awake. I clutched the lantern I had s

aintly in the dim light. But it was the books that stole my breath. Shelves upon shelves of them, bound in

nto its center, pulsing faintly like a heartbeat. My fingers brushed it, and the

returns to us. T

ed, my breath shallow, yet a strange compulsion pushed me closer again. The w

lood and soul. Of destruction if that bond was ever broken. My skin prickled

l bleed. Only together

in that instant, I knew-I was bound to him. Bound t

broke th

the flame licked higher. I turned sharply, heart poundin

le

antern light, his jaw tight, his

voice was low, dangerous, thoug

to my chest. "I cou

nized the place. He stepped closer, each stride carrying

ng through my fear. "Not for me? Then

but only for a moment before the mask sli

cause I was not meant to know the truth

s more telling

iestess blood. Of bonds that cannot

eatures, gone as swiftly as it came. "Knowing doe

the fury swelling in my chest. "And what am I to you, Ka

is hand shot out, gripping the book, though his fingers brushed

ou do not understand what it mea

using to let go. "The

into mine, silver and wild. For a heartbeat, I thought he mi

pped the book

aid, his voice final, cold. He turne

wed at my throa

rn slipped from my grasp, crashing to the ground. Flame leapt to

on ancient words. Smoke rose, choki

g me away from the growing blaze. His arms closed around me, iro

oed through the walls, as if something deeper had awakened. Symb

it, fury in his voice. "You ha

something. The walls themselves seemed to bre

nd us, sealing the flames with

split the night-deep, monstrous, not b

ed, his eyes wide, his bre

ce was raw. "You h

awakens a monstrous, ancient force

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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