Bound To The Alpha's Curse

. His wolf surged so violently beneath his skin it felt as if his very bones might shatter from t

yr

e, but the night outside answered with noth

had only just stepped out. It was wrong. Whoever had taken

er his hand, splintering into the darkness as he bolted into the clearing. The wind rushed past

tion to follow. Yet the air still held her, faint as a dying ember

**

War

stormed in, the vast room echoing

the words thick with the wei

His stillness was calculated, almo

n Thorne's tunic, the other pinning him against the wal

nything to do

y calm even with Kael's forearm pressed to his throat. "

claws pricking skin. "W

he mountains. The cursed reflection won't k

ct rattling the weapons mounte

***

er Lyra

ent she couldn't tell if she was standing on her own or being held upright. The cavern around her glowed

n when she stood still. They slithered over the flo

ct of possession. Her fingertips trailed along Lyra's sho

k, every word dripping with amusement. "But you'l

arm away. "Wha

"To show you the truth. The part of you Kael keeps lo

's that?"

, her breath warm agai

***

g pace in a tight formation. The scent trail was faint, fragmented-buried u

the undergrowth and the path ahead. His wolf straine

ted. "Alpha, if th

in. "But she's sti

**

er Lyra

of her bound counterpart. Her eyes burned with

That heat under your skin when you fight. Th

er lips pre

ed, leaning closer. "That's your birthrig

ightened. "A

on't need to let you-I am what you could

narrowed.

like sharpened obsidian

**

e Mou

Snow crunched underfoot despite the warm summer a

t Kael's mind: She'll w

with that thing made som

ks, long and mocking. It rattle

ack in a snarl. "She

***

er Lyra

f strange black metal. They were warm against her skin,

dian, her posture regal, her smile patient. "Do

red. "You don't kno

but slicing. "Because I was there. Watching. Feeling. He

meet the endless black

ted her head

**

ithin flickering against his face. The opening seemed t

flank left. Two right. No one

dded si

the air, then stepped

hen her body, as though she had always

ed. "How thoughtf

, but unbroken. Relief flared in

go," Kael

h the cavern like smoke. "And deprive you

ne," Kael

corrected sharply. "An

ered and dissolved into nothing. She s

me, and I'll give you everything. Stay

was a low war

the world seemed

e step toward

ough his skin in a b