All Chapters of THE CURSED ONE : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

Laura fell to the ground with a thud, as her eyes rolled to the back of her head. “Laura!” Enforcer Fay’s voice cracked with urgency.Frok stood beside her, hand already on his comm.The pressure in the room dropped like an invisible weight had been lifted, and a chorus of gasps, shudders, sighs of relief swept through the cadets. Fay knelt beside Laura and gently turned her over. Her eyes–were unblinking. White. Void of iris and pupil.“She’s….her eyes won’t close.” Fay whispers slightly tapping her cheek.“Laura! can you hear me?”No response.The girl lay unmoving. Blank. Mouth slightly parted. But faint words–mumbled in a strange language. It was rhythmic as the language escaped her lips. It wasn’t gibberish. It was something ancient. “She’s speaking something.” Frok said his brows drawn. “Not English.”——————Hours passed.Laura had been placed under a monitoring in the medical ward, hooked up to a drip though her vitals were stable. No wounds. No broken bones. No visible or i

The sterile hum of the fluorescent lights buzzed overhead, a soft counterpoint to the rhythmic beeping of machines surrounding Laura’s still form. Three days. Three whole days of unbroken silence, her breathing even and shallow, her expression blank, her eyes unmoving and open.Enforcer Fay stood at the edge of the ward, her arms crossed tightly over her chest, concern etched across her face. The scent of antiseptic hung heavily in the air but it could not cover the stench of guilt crawling up her spine. “I wonder when she’ll come back….” Fay muttered under her breath. She knew that Laura wasn’t any ordinary trainee. She was The Weapon. Alpha Damian’s weapon.With each tick of the clock,the pressure mounted. Alpha Damian’s words rang in her ears like a warning bell, his orders precise and absolute. “No harm. No distress. No trauma. She is not to faint beyond six minutes. She must be protected above all.”And here Laura lay, unmoving for three days straight. Trance–induced, the

Alpha Damian steeped into the pack house clicking his boots rhythmically against the polished floors, his mind turning with questions and possibilities. Before he could even take a few steps further inside, Marisa eagerly came practically running towards him. Her heels licked too loudly as she outstretched her arms with a false sugary smile plastered on her face. “Damian! My love, your back.” She cooed throwing herself against him, her arms looping around his neck as she pressed a kiss on his cheek. But Damian’s body turned rigid, his jaw clenched and eyes narrowed in cold distaste. He didn’t touch her back, or even blink.Instead he pulled away slowly, his voice a low growl “ Don’t ever do that again.”A suffocating silence fell instantly.Two guards by the entrance exchanged smug smiles behind their stoic expressions, their eyes twinkling in excitement. A couple of maids by the stairs nearly choked on their laughter, quickly covering their mouths and slipping away.Marisa’s fa

The scent of sweat filled the air in the girls bathroom after the morning drills. The barracks echoed faint voices, water trickling, the shuffling of boots and occasional laughter. Laura sat in one of the far stalls, eight other girls scattered through the space, washing up and adjusting their uniforms, brushing their hair. Laura’s legs ached, her shoulders sore but her mind was calm until it hit.A jolt.Like lightning rippled through her spine, an electric surge blazed through her body.Her back arched instinctively, a silent gasp escaped her lips. The walls around her seemed to pulse. Startled and shaken Elara yelped.“What the hell was that?” Laura muttered panting.“Elara?” She called out in her mind, but the wolf was still recovering from the shock. “Laura?” Shiela’s voice rang out from the sink area.“ Are you okay?” “I—yeah.I’ll be right out.”She stumbled out the stall, wiping her face quickly her hands trembling. Shiela tilted her head watching Laura.“Come on let’s wash

The fire in the cave had been snuffed out by a strong unseen force. The witch stood up from the ground and noticed her bleeding head. She quickly said a spell to stop the bleeding. She stood in the middle of the cave, her fingers twitched sensing the unseen force. In one swift motion, she turned to Melody who was unconscious on the floor.“Melody.” She called out. Shaking her.Melody stirred, blinking. Holding onto her head, her vision was blurred. “Auntie?”“It’s dawn. You must return to the pack now.” The witch said wrapping herself in a thin black shawl.Melody stood and stepped outside, peering toward the horizon. Morning light crawled over the distant forest canopy. Her heart jumped in her chest—Ryan would be looking for her. Her parents were visiting the pack, they had left two weeks after Laura was sold. Ryan had been talking of visiting the elders about the competition for the position of Alpha King.Melody said “I have to go. Ryan would be looking for me. My parents—“