Semua Bab The Cursed Alpha And His Rejected Bride: Bab 71 - Bab 80

EdricI hadn’t said it out loud, but everything felt emptier without her. The halls echoed more than they used to. The light pouring in from the windows felt paler somehow like the sun had decided we were no longer worthy of its warmth the second she left.Muzan sat across from me at the long dining table, poking absently at a plate he hadn’t even touched. He wasn’t much of a talker, but now, more than ever, there was nothing from him. It wasn’t the usual comfortable silence. It was more of a brooding, indifferent repose…like he still suffered from the guilt that plagued him.“You know, if she was here, she’d have made a better-tasting meal,” I chuckled humorlessly as I stabbed the piece of meat with my fork. Meat was the only thing I knew how to do well enough.The rest on the plate was a mangled scramble of nonsense. Green, red, and whatever colors looked edible, mashed into the plate, hoping it tasted like it could fit in the stomach.We were immortal, so poisoning wasn’t a conce

DianaI knew where Elaria was going.She was heading straight to the man she worshipped – Ronald. I’m sure she loved him more than I did…if I actually now do, but that’s some other talk. She was going to tell him everything.I could see the excitement in her glistening eyes as she told me she, “…would be back shortly.”I just let her leave and left to my room. If she was going to do what I thought she was, then I wasn’t sure I needed to be here any longer.I left to my room and focused all my attention on the blue skies above. I longed and yearned for the freedom that seemed to continually just stretch in front of me.It was unyielding, but I was relentless.But something else gnawed at me, something that didn’t want to fade away quietly like the sunset. That single word.“Mate.” I knew what it meant…I just didn’t understand the context. Why was my wolf telling me, “mate”?Why was that important?I swallowed the lump forming in my throat and closed my eyes, willing my inner self to s

DianaThe wolf pup.I couldn’t believe he was here again.Right there in the grass, tail swaying side to side like a tiny banner of joy. His silver fur shimmered under the sun, and as I blinked twice to be sure I wasn’t imagining things, that feminine voice echoed again inside me. It was faint and tired, but it was certain.Mate.My legs moved before my mind caught up. I climbed down from the window carefully, my heart racing with every inch. The pup was already waiting, tail wagging furiously, eyes bright as he’d just delivered the moon.I dropped to my knees beside him, running my hands over his fur.“Hey there, Vye,” I cooed as he pranced happily around me. I named him Vye. “Are you my mate? Are you?”His face was lit with innocent excitement, and I relished the peaceful joy that we brought to each other.Then, I caught it.It was a whiff, and I wasn’t supposed to be this good with smells, but here I was…filled with the scent of him. Edric.“Did you see him?” I asked my little ov

EdricI’d seen many things in my cursed existence…empires crumble, kings on their knees, death standing at the threshold, not coming in unless invited.Death not coming in, even when being invited.Still, nothing prepared me for what my eyes just witnessed.Diana stood in the center of the altar chamber, surrounded by fading sparks of glowing smithereens, that cooled into brown and red floating bits. The air sizzled around her, charged like lightning waiting to strike again. Ronald was gone.I missed it.I blinked, and I missed it.And she stood there, chest heaving, shoulders trembling, eyes wide with fear and awe.My mouth went dry.‘Now, that’s my mate,’ Bane’s voice rang through my chest, deep and satisfied in a way I hadn’t heard in centuries.I blinked, shaken. What?‘Wait…wait…you didn’t know all this while? I thought you did.’My heart thudded painfully. I couldn’t move. Could barely think. She’s my mate? The scent that had been tugging at my senses… the pull that made me cro

Diana“Well, so, you did know about this place,” I chuckled as he muttered the spell and the door appeared in front of them.“There’s so many things that I know that I don’t want you to,” he huffed so casually, as if he didn’t just confess that he had a whole archive of secrets.“See, now you’re making my brain itch,” I tsked.He smirked and opened the door.“I didn’t want you to see this place,” he said quietly.“Well, I found it,” I shrugged. “Now, you have to tell me what it is.”We descended in silence. The air below was colder and thicker… like it remembered all the things it had watched over the centuries. Everything was familiar. The same chills I got when I first came here came over me, but this time, I didn’t feel the hairs on my neck prickling.He was with me.“This was where I used to prepare the sacrifice,” Edric said, his voice flat. “Each cycle of hundred years made me more desperate. The more I lived, the madder I got. I…I wanted it to stop.”“And so, you were willing