Semua Bab THE BROKEN LUNA: MATED TO THE CRIPPLED ALPHA: Bab 1 - Bab 10

The world was quiet, too quiet.Aria’s eyes fluttered slightly. She had fallen asleep after Lyra had left her there on the snowy plains. Her entire body hurt. With a grunt, she opened her eyes and winced in pain.She blinked as she noticed the rays of the morning sun shining down on her. She had not meant to fall asleep, but after her body had been broken again the previous night, it had given up. She had curled into herself and ended up falling asleep half-buried in the cold deep snow.She tried to sit up, but she fell, her eyes widened as she realized the reason why she could hardly feel any pain in her body. It had become numb.She grunted and, with more force, pushed herself up, teeth chattering. Her body shivered as she allowed herself a reprieve to look around the forest. Her wedding was supposed to happen today. She knew that there was no excuse she could give that would stop her stepmother from killing her if she ended up being late to her own wedding.With a groan, she took a

Aria stood still, her heart pounding, her breath shallow. Her hands trembled as she stared at her new home.Lucien’s home was a far too small cottage. It was made of stone and had uneven surfaces. It looked like the residence of a servant.“Is this your home?” She asked in disbelief,“As much as I hate to say this,” Lucien said as he stood in the doorway of the house, “This is now our home. Now, get in,” he ordered.Aria gulped and with fast steps, she hurried forward and followed him inside the small cottage.The moment she walked in, the door slammed shut behind her.Aria jumped at the sound, a shiver running down her spine as she realized that for the first time in her life. She was alone in a room with a man.She blushed, her cheeks blooming red as she cast her gaze down.She glanced around the house, her sharp gaze noticing the tiny bedroom room, a corner that obviously passed as the kitchen and what was obviously both the latrine.“Is this how a former alpha of a Clawhold is sup

Aria’s breath hitched, her body stiffened as she felt the hard sturdy wall behind her.Lucien took a step forward until he was standing beside her. He glared at the market, his menacing fiery gaze made all the wolves stop talking.“Oh.” The female warrior sneered, her mocking eyes wandered across Lucien’s body and lingered on his wounded leg, “What’s the cripple about to do?” she mocked,Lucien raised his cane and struck the stone beneath him with enough force that it cracked.“Say that again,” he growled, his voice dangerously low as he took another step forward. “Another word from you, Vera, and you will not leave this square alive.”Vera gulped, her smirk faltered, the sneer wiping off her face in a moment. Her face grew paler as she took a step back in shock.She opened her mouth, about to retort, but stopped. Her thoughts raced as she watched his stance.He was serious.He would really attack her if she said another word. She frowned and turned around and without stopping to look

Aria fidgeted, she shifted her weight from one foot to another, her head was down as she held her breath and tried to make herself as silent as she could possibly be.The silence stretched across the room. Alpha Alder lounged on his bone throne, his eyes narrowed into slits as he stared at the enigma in front of him.Aria wasn’t an ugly werewolf, she was beautiful, exactly his type. He even thought about taking her in as one of his women but shook his head, her curse would never make that possible.He allowed the silence to fester and to grow, sneering as he watched Aria squirm under the pressure.Aria could feel his eyes on her. They weighed down on her like a pair of heavy metal shackles,Alpha Alder judged her and found her lacking.She kept her eyes lowered, held her breath and waited patiently for him to speak to her. She knew he was going to. Why else would he call for her?Aria felt her hands tremble, and she balled them into fists and hid them by her side.Alpha Alder saw her

Aria’s hands burned.Even with the leather gloves that were thrust on her by Lily, she had still suffered many scratches on her arms.The blood was sticky, too sticky.It was thick and by the time she had reached the courtyard, it had already dried. The dried blood clung to the crevices of the stone floor. If she didn’t know better, she would have thought that the blood actually belonged there.Aria’s fingers were raw as she continued scrubbing, her breathing was rough, her body drenched with sweat. She glanced up and frowned when she saw that the sun was almost setting.She must have been scrubbing for longer than she realized.Her knees throbbed with pain from all the hours that she had spent kneeling and crawling on the hard stone floor. But she didn’t complain, she didn’t even have anyone to complain to.Ever since Lily had led her to the courtyard to clean, she had not seen anyone.“I need to go faster.” she muttered under her breath,She took a deep breath and gripped the brush t