All Chapters of The Cursed Alpha And His Rejected Bride: Chapter 101 - Chapter 110

DianaI loved good playtime. When I wasn’t breaking my back and brain trying to figure out reliable ways to break Edric’s curse without alerting him that I was trying as hard as I actually was, I was outside the mansion, playing with my babies – the wolves…especially the pups.“Go get it, Vye!” I called out, smiling as the little wolf pup dashed forward, tail wagging furiously.Vye’s equally scruffy siblings barked in protest when he beat them to it, but they quickly settled into their favorite game of pouncing on leaves and chasing dust motes. I dropped onto a patch of mossy ground and leaned against the roots of an old elm, feeling peace settle in my bones.This was nice. This was normal.The kind of afternoon I never believed I’d get to have.I closed my eyes for a moment, just listening to the wind in the branches, the distant rustle of paws, the easy rhythm of breath and breeze.They say sometimes, there is peace in noise. A mother of ten rascal children only fears a dang

EdricThe scream shattered through the air like a bolt of thunder cracking the sky open.It was Diana’s.I didn’t even think. My chair scraped the stone as I launched to my feet, the others right behind me. But the moment I hit the door, I stopped.The scent slammed into me like a wall.It smelled of putrid earth. Damp, moist and most of all, terrifying. But I couldn’t bring myself to feel fear. Not when Diana was experiencing it right now.“Charmer,” I growled.Raquelle’s face paled instantly. Muzan unsheathed his dagger, already sniffing the air like a beast. “It’s here.”“She’s gone,” I said, already sprinting into the courtyard. “Diana’s gone.”The world slowed around me as my instincts kicked in, every ounce of blood in my body screaming find her. My nose twitched once, then caught it.The scent of lavender and ash.Diana’s scent, tangled with the wrong, foul smelling one that belonged to the charmer.‘That smell,’ Bane growled, but I didn’t converse with him. Now was

DianaI had to get out of here.That was the only thing on my mind now.Nothing else mattered. Nothing else should have mattered, actually. Calvera had stepped out of the room. She said something about needing another bowl for the herbs or whatever concoction she was brewing, but I didn’t care. The second her footsteps faded down the wooden hallway, I sat up slowly, trying not to let the dizziness pull me under again.“Rhena?” I whispered, closing my eyes.There was a pause. Then her voice came, sluggish and low.‘I don’t normally curse, but what the fuck?’ she moaned. ‘I’m going to kill that witch.’But she didn’t sound like herself. It felt like someone had a foot to her voice box.‘You sound tired.’ I reverted to using my mind to communicate, so that even if she had good hearing, she couldn’t eavesdrop.‘I am. It’s… like everything’s foggy.’I swallowed hard. ‘Do you think you can find out what she gave us to make us this dizzy?’‘Nothing perse,’ Rhena observed. ‘It’s

DianaThe walls were rattling.I didn’t know from what, but I knew it wasn’t something that was supposed to be here, because even Calvera was visibly upset.I gasped, sitting upright in bed just as Calvera turned toward the door.“What was that?” I whispered.She didn’t answer me. Not at first. Instead, she closed her eyes and used whatever witchey sense she had to sniff the air.“They’re here,” she opened her eyes with a wicked smirk.Almost then, I heard Edric’s voice. It seemed to be from a distance, but it was enough to make me scream.“Ed…” Her hands clasped over my mouth, cutting my scream off.The rattling became even more violent, and it sounded like he was slashing at the wood.Calvera hissed. “Wait here...” but she gave it a second thought and waved her hands over the bed. Out of it grew vines that snapped around my hands and locked it in place.“No…no, don’t you dare!” I snapped, clawing at them. “You think I’m just going to sit here and let you…”“They’re no

EdricThe moment she crumpled to the ground, I stepped forward, sword raised.I didn’t hesitate.Didn’t blink.Didn’t breathe.But the blade bounced back like I’d struck steel. A sudden shimmer lit the air around her, soft and greenish, like sunlight seen through water and I was thrown backward with a sharp jolt in my shoulder.Raquelle caught me before I hit the ground. “Protective charm,” she muttered. “Woven into her skin. Probably takes effect the moment she’s unconscious.”I growled low in my throat. “Convenient.”“She’s smart,” Muzan circled her unconscious glowing body. “She has contingencies for everything. No wonder her curse was so strong.”I nodded. She had a hold on me for centuries in such a way that I didn’t even know who she was, or what I had done to deserve it.Never have I seen so much concentrated hate.Then, she screamed.It tore probably not just her throat but our ears as well. I had to press my hands over my ears just so that they’d stop hurting.“Wh