Chapter 38.PEARL’S POV.Alpha Lucien’s long, sharp, terrifying finger came around my neck, pinning me to the nearest wall before I could even understand what was happening.Terror ran down my body, cold and raw.“Alpha Lucien.” A gasp stumbled past my lips, but it didn’t make it anywhere.His hand snapped my neck sideways and the roaring sound of his voice filled my ear.The air on my skin ghosted and my body froze.So this was it? This was my fate? I was going to die in the Green Valley. By Alpha Lucien?My breath seized and my body stopped moving.His teeth sank into my neck like he was about to mark me.I shut my eyes, giving in to the inevitable. To the moment I didn't know would mark my end. The air in the room stilled, my eyes burning from how tightly I had shut them. But I didn’t open them. I just stood there, waiting to be devoured completely. But none of that happened.Instead, Alpha Lucien stilled, his fingers twitching around my neck, his grip loosening.My heart beat for
Chapter 37. ALPHA LUCIEN’S POV.I didn't mean for her to see me like that. Green eyes alternating between red, it was the curse taking effect again. The moment she walked out of my room, I bolted into the woods, stumbling my way into the deep abyss. Thank Goddnsss the curse was just starting. Only the Goddess knows what it would have made me do to her. My legs weakened with every step I took further, a clear sign that the curse was about to take over me completely. The loud sound of my pounding heart, mixed with the anxiety that was curling into me. I need to get to Green Valley, I need to get there before this curse would take over my entire body and lead me to ruin the pack I have worked all my life to protect. My heart cracked, but I tightened my grip around my chest. The sound ripped through me, sharp and sickening. The curse mark bloomed beneath my chest, fire spreading from the cursed mark… burning into me.The moment I got to the valley, I crawled my staggering legs for
PEARLS POV. Chapter 36.I walked into the deepest part of the wood, fear curling around every breath, but I didn’t stop walking.For whatever subconsciousness this is, I could have sworn I didn’t know when I left my room. My legs kept dragging me until I found myself here in the woods, closer to the Green Valley—the place of doom and no return.Leaves rustled beneath my legs and every step I took sent a jolt of fear down my body.I shouldn’t have been here alone. I should have called someone. I should have called Imani, or Vera, or even Marco.What if something happened to me? Or a ghost suddenly appeared from somewhere and haunted me down?The cold evening air curled around my skin, and anxiety struck down my body like lightning, but I pushed my legs to keep walking.I have done great by dragging myself to this place. Besides, the messenger said a turn before the Green Valley, so I won’t really get to the valley, right?I moved my legs slowly, looking around while fearful.A deep, r
Chapter 34.ALPHA LUCIEN’S POV. Pearl’s pulse raced against my thumb as I tightened my grip on her neck, her body jerking and arching deeper into my hand.This should have been my warning to pull back, to pull away from her, but my fingers grazed the wetness on her thighs… slick, hot, and clinging to my skin in ways that branded guilt deep into me.Her body jerked against the touch, breath catching, the sound feeding the fire that should have been extinguished. Oh! My silly little whore. She should pull away, she should help me quench this demon that was threatening to confuse me, but damn it! Her body was rather yearning for more.I dragged a finger closer to her heat, the scent spiked, raw and sweet, curling into the air and burning with every breath I took.“Unmmm…” The subconscious purr tore past my lips and I tilted my head sideways, claiming her mouth rougher until she had no breath left to exhale.Our pulses raced in rhythm, the wet sound of our kiss turning frantic and dirty
Chapter 33.PEARL’S POV.Alpha Lucien’s lips crashed into mine, warm, rough, and demanding in ways I never thought they would have been.My breath hitched against my throat and a startled gasp slipped past my lips, body arching, pussy dripping. This was my first kiss. This kiss with Alpha Lucien, warm, rough, and demanding, was my first kiss and I hate to say this. I hate to say this so damn much, but every fiber of my veins was crawling, coming alive with fulfilled expectations. His teeth nibbled against mine and my body tensed under the pleasure of his mouth.So this is it? This is what it feels like to have his lips against mine?For years, I had imagined this moment, wondering what it would feel like to have Alpha Lucien’s mouth against mine, sucking and claiming me with every suck. And now, at the least expected moment, it was happening. His lips were on me, kissing my lips and claiming me like he didn’t push me away all these years.Alpha Lucien’s hand came against the side of
Chapter 33.Pearl’s POV.The moment my lashes parted, my eyes met the blurry ceiling. At first glance, I knew instantly that this wasn’t my room.I glared at the familiar ceiling through the haze of my blurry eyes, needing no hint to know where I was.I was in the room that gave me comfort. I was on the bed that I often crawled to when the nightmares came invading my sleep.I was in Alpha Lucien’s room. The very one he had banned me from coming to the very year I turned 18.A scent curled against my nostrils, strong and masculine, too familiar to be second-guessed.“Pearl.” His deep voice echoed in my ear, tender but startling.I sat upright immediately, wrapping my arms around my body like it was my first time in his room.“Alpha Lucien…” I bowed quickly, not sparing him a glance. Perhaps because I was trying to avoid the memories from years back.Silence settled into the room, but I could still feel the weight of his piercing gaze on me.My heart pounded against my ear, my body betr