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Chapter 8: The Part We Hide
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Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 9: A Name In The Dark
LyraThe trees whispered as they passed, low murmurs of warning, of memory.Lyra’s boots sank into damp moss, her senses sharp and stretched thin. The bond between her and Ronan vibrated with unease, but neither of them spoke. Not since they crossed the perimeter.The foot trail had been faint—barely there, masked with the scent of herb smoke and decay. But Lyra knew it now. It clung like rot to her memories.“Still no shift in the trail?” Ronan murmured behind her.“No.” She paused, touched the bark of a dead tree. “But I know where it’s leading.”He stepped beside her. “Where?”Her hand clenched. “The Hollow Den.”Ronan went still.“That place is sealed,” he said. “Your people closed it decades ago.”“No. The Council sealed it.” Her eyes flicked to him. “But Hollowborn magic never truly obeys.”The forest opened into a clearing ahead, ringed with stones that pulsed faintly under moonlight. In the center, a gnarled staircase led down into shadow. No door. No barrier. Just darkness bre
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LyraShe didn’t sleep after Kale disappeared.Couldn’t.His voice echoed in her skull like the aftermath of a storm: You’ll become what they fear.The Hollow Den’s rot still clung to her clothes. She stood beneath the wash of moonlight outside the safehouse, breathing sharp night air like it could cleanse her soul.But nothing burned away the cold inside.Her magic churned, restless and too close to the surface. She hadn’t been able to cage it since that vision. Since Kale. Since that future she’d seen; Ronan on his knees, blood pouring from his chest, her hand raised.“I’d never hurt him,” she whispered to the dark. “I wouldn’t.”But even as she said it, her fingers curled, and the bond trembled like it wasn’t sure anymore.The door creaked behind her. She didn’t have to look to know it was him.“I felt you leave,” Ronan said, voice low. Careful.“You didn’t stop me.”“No,” he admitted. “Because I trust you.”She turned, meeting his eyes. “Then why does it feel like I’m losing myself?
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You know what you must do. Go now. And DO NOT come back till it is done.LyraThe moon was full. Too bright. Too hungry.Lyra Vale moved like she belonged to the forest, but tonight, the woods didn’t want her there. The trees whispered, and the shadows scattered along the ground like something was watching. Waiting. Like hunger needs satisfaction.She didn’t care.She wasn’t afraid of things that stalked or went bump in the dark.Her cloak puffed out around her legs as she followed the narrow, root-choked path out of Black Hollow. Most people stayed indoors during a full moon. But Lyra wasn’t like most people. She never had been.The air was thick with the scent of pine, moss—and something else.…Smoke. Fur. Heat.She stopped walking.Her fingers ghosted toward her satchel, where a vial of wolfsbane pressed against her palm like a promise. Her heart pounding, but her steps stayed steady.She could feel him before she saw him.A shift in the air. With a weight pressing down on her skin
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LyraShe knew the forest well. Every path, every twist of root and earth. But tonight, the woods pulsed with something different. The air wasn’t its usual self. She began to run. Not from fear, but from a feeling she couldn’t name. A pressure behind her ribs, in her heart, thumping in her blood.Her magic sparked before her mind caught up.Something was watching her. And it wasn’t the Alpha she just ran into. She turned just in time to see the creature leap from the shadows, not human, too fast, nothing natural. A hybrid, twisted with dark magic.Clawing at her.She threw up her hand. Light flared—silver, fierce, shot into the creature.It shrieked and staggered. Attempting to stop itself in its tracks. Not dead but definitely not done.And then, he was there.A blur of black.Fur. Claws. Teeth. Fury.She gasped as Alpha Ronan Thorne shifted mid-charge, no hesitation, no sound but the crack of bone and growl of something ancient. He ripped the creature apart like it was made of paper
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LyraShe should have stayed in bed.Out the window, the moonlight bled across the forest floor, silver with a mist, like a warning. The remnants of the creature Ronan had killed still stained the dirt now on the bottom of her boots. Its black blood reeking of rot and magic twisted out of form.She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to ignore the pulse under her skin—the echo of the bond. It had quieted some, but not gone. Never gone.The connection had sunk deep, a pressure behind her ribs, like a hand gripping her from the inside.She didn’t ask for it.Didn’t want it.And yet… she felt him before she saw him. Again.Of course he followed her. Out of all the asshole things to do.Ronan Thorne stood at the edge of the clearing, shirtless, arms crossed over his chest like he was carved from shadow and arrogance.She rolled her eyes in disgust. “What do I have to do to get rid of this guy.” she mumbled to herself as she found herself stomping towards him.“You’re still here,” she sa
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LyraThe lie settled into her bones like poison.They had been walking all night since the run in with the Tribunal Moon Council.By the time they made it to the outer edge of Ronan’s territory, an old, stone-bound keep tucked deep into the mountains, the pulse of the bond had grown stronger, bolder. A living thing, no longer content to simmer quietly under her skin.It throbbed now. Especially when she looked at him, which she refused to do.The guards let them pass with barely a glance. That should’ve comforted her. Instead, it made her stomach twist. The lie seemed to be setting in.“Alpha” said a man who came running toward us. “We received this. It appeared out of thin air”. A piece of paper he was now handing to Ronan. It was from the Council.“They want us to be seen,” Ronan said, voice tight as they stepped through the heavy wooden doors reading the paper aloud. “Together.”“In public?” she asked, trying to keep her voice even.“And in private.”She spun to face him, fury spar
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LyraThe Council said they wouldn’t come until midday.They lied.By dawn, riders dressed in ceremonial black were already inside the keep, trailing the scent of smoke, blood, and ancient law. Their power pushed against her skin like cold steel, pressing in at her throat, demanding submission.She didn’t bow.She never would.But even standing straight-backed beside Ronan in the great hall, every instinct in her screamed. Run. Burn. Shift.“Stand down,” he whispered through clenched teeth.She glanced at him, tall, composed, every inch the powerful, dominant Alpha he was born to be. He didn’t touch her, but his presence blanketed hers like armor.Her magic simmered, unsettled.“I don’t like being paraded around,” she said under her breath.“It’s this or interrogation chambers,” he replied. “Pick your poison.”From the dais, a Council envoy stepped forward. A woman, tall, silver-haired, eyes the color of frostbite. Cold and unblinking.“You say the bond is real,” she said. “But we don’t
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LyraShe didn’t sleep that night.Again.The bond buzzed beneath her skin like electricity, unpredictable, volatile. But this time, it wasn’t desire driving. It was fear.What she’d seen in the mirror wouldn’t leave her. That second symbol; twisted, half-buried behind her mother’s mark; it had burned through her like a brand.And worse, Ronan had seen it.She could feel him pacing just beyond her chamber. His emotions echoed through the bond; sharp edges, unspoken questions, pressure he hadn’t yet voiced.He was waiting for her to come clean.But some truths weren’t safe.Some truths could break both of them.RonanThe moment the second symbol appeared in the mirror, he knew Lyra wasn’t telling him everything.And he hated how much that hurt.Not because he wanted her trust. Not really.He needed it. The bond made him feel the need for it.Because whatever that symbol was, whatever it meant, it had dark magic tangled in its roots. The mirror had recoiled from it. That never happened.A
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Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 10: The Hollowborn Heir
LyraShe didn’t sleep after Kale disappeared.Couldn’t.His voice echoed in her skull like the aftermath of a storm: You’ll become what they fear.The Hollow Den’s rot still clung to her clothes. She stood beneath the wash of moonlight outside the safehouse, breathing sharp night air like it could cleanse her soul.But nothing burned away the cold inside.Her magic churned, restless and too close to the surface. She hadn’t been able to cage it since that vision. Since Kale. Since that future she’d seen; Ronan on his knees, blood pouring from his chest, her hand raised.“I’d never hurt him,” she whispered to the dark. “I wouldn’t.”But even as she said it, her fingers curled, and the bond trembled like it wasn’t sure anymore.The door creaked behind her. She didn’t have to look to know it was him.“I felt you leave,” Ronan said, voice low. Careful.“You didn’t stop me.”“No,” he admitted. “Because I trust you.”She turned, meeting his eyes. “Then why does it feel like I’m losing myself?
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 9: A Name In The Dark
LyraThe trees whispered as they passed, low murmurs of warning, of memory.Lyra’s boots sank into damp moss, her senses sharp and stretched thin. The bond between her and Ronan vibrated with unease, but neither of them spoke. Not since they crossed the perimeter.The foot trail had been faint—barely there, masked with the scent of herb smoke and decay. But Lyra knew it now. It clung like rot to her memories.“Still no shift in the trail?” Ronan murmured behind her.“No.” She paused, touched the bark of a dead tree. “But I know where it’s leading.”He stepped beside her. “Where?”Her hand clenched. “The Hollow Den.”Ronan went still.“That place is sealed,” he said. “Your people closed it decades ago.”“No. The Council sealed it.” Her eyes flicked to him. “But Hollowborn magic never truly obeys.”The forest opened into a clearing ahead, ringed with stones that pulsed faintly under moonlight. In the center, a gnarled staircase led down into shadow. No door. No barrier. Just darkness bre
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 8: The Part We Hide
LyraThe world felt too still.Sunlight slanted through the window, painting Ronan’s bare back in sunshine. He slept on his stomach, arm stretched toward her as if even in dreams, he needed to know she hadn’t disappeared.She watched him quietly, one hand curled against her chest, the bond humming low and warm beneath her skin.He had been… gentle. Reverent. When she’d cried, he hadn’t asked why. He’d just held her like she wouldn’t break, like she was allowed to fall apart and still be whole.And that terrified her.Because this, him, was something she could lose.Lyra slipped from the bed, dressing silently. Her power stirred with her nerves, making the air pulse. The silence wasn’t peace anymore.It was guilt.And if she didn’t tell him now, about the blood on her hands, the real reason the Council feared her, it would rot whatever they’d built.She was buttoning her shirt when his voice, low and rough, cut through the stillness.“You always run after you let someone in?”She turned
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 7: Something Like Surrender
LyraThe fire was low, throwing flamed light across the stone walls in the chamber by the time she walked back to the chamber. It was too quiet. She could hear her heartbeat. Could feel the way the air thickened between them like fog before a storm.Ronan stood at the hearth, shirtless, lean muscle haloed in shadow, and still as stone. And gods, she hated him for how calm he looked.Because she was coming apart. She shuddered as she got underneath the blankets.The bond between them thrummed with a new kind of hunger. Not just physical but emotional. Magic. A pull beneath her skin that begged her to close the distance. To touch. To take.She didn’t trust herself anymore. Not around him.“I thought you were going to bed,” she said.His eyes met hers, dark and unreadable. “I thought about it.”“But you’re not?”“No,” he said, voice low with growl. “I’m not.”Her breath caught. She rose from the bed slowly, wrapping the blanket around her, bare feet pressing to cold stone.“I don’t want t
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 6: The Fracture Beneath
LyraShe didn’t sleep that night.Again.The bond buzzed beneath her skin like electricity, unpredictable, volatile. But this time, it wasn’t desire driving. It was fear.What she’d seen in the mirror wouldn’t leave her. That second symbol; twisted, half-buried behind her mother’s mark; it had burned through her like a brand.And worse, Ronan had seen it.She could feel him pacing just beyond her chamber. His emotions echoed through the bond; sharp edges, unspoken questions, pressure he hadn’t yet voiced.He was waiting for her to come clean.But some truths weren’t safe.Some truths could break both of them.RonanThe moment the second symbol appeared in the mirror, he knew Lyra wasn’t telling him everything.And he hated how much that hurt.Not because he wanted her trust. Not really.He needed it. The bond made him feel the need for it.Because whatever that symbol was, whatever it meant, it had dark magic tangled in its roots. The mirror had recoiled from it. That never happened.A
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 5: Performances and Promises
LyraThe Council said they wouldn’t come until midday.They lied.By dawn, riders dressed in ceremonial black were already inside the keep, trailing the scent of smoke, blood, and ancient law. Their power pushed against her skin like cold steel, pressing in at her throat, demanding submission.She didn’t bow.She never would.But even standing straight-backed beside Ronan in the great hall, every instinct in her screamed. Run. Burn. Shift.“Stand down,” he whispered through clenched teeth.She glanced at him, tall, composed, every inch the powerful, dominant Alpha he was born to be. He didn’t touch her, but his presence blanketed hers like armor.Her magic simmered, unsettled.“I don’t like being paraded around,” she said under her breath.“It’s this or interrogation chambers,” he replied. “Pick your poison.”From the dais, a Council envoy stepped forward. A woman, tall, silver-haired, eyes the color of frostbite. Cold and unblinking.“You say the bond is real,” she said. “But we don’t
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 4: The Heat Between
LyraThe lie settled into her bones like poison.They had been walking all night since the run in with the Tribunal Moon Council.By the time they made it to the outer edge of Ronan’s territory, an old, stone-bound keep tucked deep into the mountains, the pulse of the bond had grown stronger, bolder. A living thing, no longer content to simmer quietly under her skin.It throbbed now. Especially when she looked at him, which she refused to do.The guards let them pass with barely a glance. That should’ve comforted her. Instead, it made her stomach twist. The lie seemed to be setting in.“Alpha” said a man who came running toward us. “We received this. It appeared out of thin air”. A piece of paper he was now handing to Ronan. It was from the Council.“They want us to be seen,” Ronan said, voice tight as they stepped through the heavy wooden doors reading the paper aloud. “Together.”“In public?” she asked, trying to keep her voice even.“And in private.”She spun to face him, fury spar
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 3: Bound By Blood
LyraShe should have stayed in bed.Out the window, the moonlight bled across the forest floor, silver with a mist, like a warning. The remnants of the creature Ronan had killed still stained the dirt now on the bottom of her boots. Its black blood reeking of rot and magic twisted out of form.She wrapped her arms around herself, trying to ignore the pulse under her skin—the echo of the bond. It had quieted some, but not gone. Never gone.The connection had sunk deep, a pressure behind her ribs, like a hand gripping her from the inside.She didn’t ask for it.Didn’t want it.And yet… she felt him before she saw him. Again.Of course he followed her. Out of all the asshole things to do.Ronan Thorne stood at the edge of the clearing, shirtless, arms crossed over his chest like he was carved from shadow and arrogance.She rolled her eyes in disgust. “What do I have to do to get rid of this guy.” she mumbled to herself as she found herself stomping towards him.“You’re still here,” she sa
Kiss Of The Cursed Alpha Chapter 2: Fire Beneath the Skin
LyraShe knew the forest well. Every path, every twist of root and earth. But tonight, the woods pulsed with something different. The air wasn’t its usual self. She began to run. Not from fear, but from a feeling she couldn’t name. A pressure behind her ribs, in her heart, thumping in her blood.Her magic sparked before her mind caught up.Something was watching her. And it wasn’t the Alpha she just ran into. She turned just in time to see the creature leap from the shadows, not human, too fast, nothing natural. A hybrid, twisted with dark magic.Clawing at her.She threw up her hand. Light flared—silver, fierce, shot into the creature.It shrieked and staggered. Attempting to stop itself in its tracks. Not dead but definitely not done.And then, he was there.A blur of black.Fur. Claws. Teeth. Fury.She gasped as Alpha Ronan Thorne shifted mid-charge, no hesitation, no sound but the crack of bone and growl of something ancient. He ripped the creature apart like it was made of paper
