All Chapters of Spirit bound by the Alpha's curse: Chapter 201 - Chapter 210

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CHAPTER 200

"Did you really think you could be happy?" Julietta laughed. "You're stupid. You always have been. That's why Dad didn't want you to be his heir. That's why he chose me. It's why Axel chose me too. Who would ever want to be with you?" I tried to turn away, but I was tied to the chair. I recognized the room I was in as the basement in the Ironwood pack house. "Look at me when in talking to you!" Julietta snapped, gripping my jaw tight and turning my head forcefully. "You think you're all that, huh?" "Leave me alone!" I shouted. She cackled. "You don't get to make demands. You're powerless here. And I'm going to show you just how much." She whipped out a long, silver blade, held it to my chin first, then trailed it downwards until it rested against my stomach. I'd lived this scene too many times. I knew how it would play out. Panic made me freeze, but I forced myself to move, jerking madly, trying to loosen the ropes holding me down so I could escape."Julietta, stop," I begged. "

CHAPTER 201: CASSIAN

"This better be something fucking important," I grumbled as I stalked to my office on the pack house where Lily was waiting for me.Like me, she looked tired, but I suspected her own exhaustion had more to do with the emotional rollercoaster she was on. I hadn't had a chance to ask her how she was doing after finding out Saoirse and Sage were fated mates, but I got the feeling she wouldn't want to talk about it. Even Sage didn't want to. I hadn't seen her since yesterday, and from what the people in the pack house told me, she'd locked herself in her room and refused to come out. "Alpha," Lily greeted, standing up from behind my desk. I waved her back down and collected the two envelopes in the desk. "Sorry for disturbing you," Lily said. "But these looked official." I was inwardly fuming, but not at Lily. I was angry because I had a very good idea of why the Council was sending me a letter, and also definitely knew the contents of the letter from the witches. Couldn't they have

CHAPTER 202

I didn't remember calling Saoirse. One moment I was staring at Iris's hands, watching the curse slowly eat across her hands, and the next she was there, her face panicked, her hands already moving."What happened?" Her voice was sharp, but her expression was focused. I shook my head, willing myself to think straight. "I found her on the floor. She was... she was cold. Her pulse is faint. Do something!" My hands were shaking. I couldn't look away from Iris's face, the way her skin had gone gray, the way her lips had lost all color. "Fix her. Please."Saoirse moved to the bed, her fingers hovering over Iris's hands without touching. Her expression darkened."The curse," she said quietly. "It's spreading."Anyone could see that. I shook my head, trying to get my thoughts in order. "But she was immune. Wasn't she? The curse never hurt her. She touched the pieces of the urn, she healed Barry, she—""It never hurt her before." Saoirse cut me off, but her voice wasn't harsh, just tired. "I

CHAPTER 203: IRIS

I woke up to the sound of tapping keys. It was a strange sound, out of place in the heavy silence I'd been floating in. Fast, rhythmic. Click. Click. Click.My eyes were heavy. My body felt like it was made of stone. I tried to move and nothing happened. I tried to open my mouth and couldn't find my voice.Was I dead? If I was, then what was that clicking noise? Was hell run by a demon who used a tupewriter or something? When I tried to move again and felt pain in my arm, I realized I was still alive. The typing continued. I forced my eyes open. With my vision, my other senses also returned, and I realized the tapping noise really wasn't all that loud. The room was dim, the curtains drawn against the afternoon light. My eyes found the source of the sound — Cassian, sitting at a small desk he'd pulled beside my bed, his laptop open, papers spread around him. He was reading something, his brow furrowed, his hands moving across the keys occasionally. He looked like a man who desperate

CHAPTER 204

That night, I asked Cassian to tell me everything.We were in bed, the lights low, the curtains drawn against the dark. He was propped against the headboard, and I was curled against his side. My cast made this position a bit more difficult, but since Althea was recovering, I found I didn't mind the pain so much. The gloves were strange and felt foreign, but they let me touch him without hurting. "We've been summoned," Cassian said quietly, his hand moving in slow circles on my back. "Summoned? By who?" I asked. "The Werewolf Alpha Council," bs replied. "They want to meet us in two weeks." Everyone knew who the members of the Council were. Technically, Cassian was a member too, since he was an Alpha, and a powerful one at that. As the Alpha of Red Moon, I was also now a member, I realized. "What do they want?""Nothing they can get," he replied. "They're just being foolish." "What do you mean?" "They think I'm too powerful. Three packs under one Alpha — they're afraid I'll come

CHAPTER 205

The third day was even worse. I'd been in bed for almost two days straight, if you didn't count the time I'd been unconscious. Every time I thought about moving, about facing the world, the weight pressed down harder. My limbs were lead, my lungs filled with something that felt too thick and fluid to be air. I lay there, staring at the ceiling, and I couldn't remember why I was supposed to keep trying.Cassian didn't leave. He canceled meetings, ignored mindlinks, pushed away everything that wasn't me. He brought me food I didn't eat, water I didn't drink. He talked to me in a voice that was trying to be calm, trying to be patient, but I could hear the fear underneath."You need to eat," he said. "Just a little. Please."I looked at the tray. Toast. Eggs. Tea. Things I used to like."Not hungry.""Iris.""I'm not."He set the tray aside. His hand found mine. The gloves were a thin barrier between us. It felt almost symbolic. "Talk to me.""What is there to say?""What you're feeling.

CHAPTER 206

My eyes snapped open as I pulled myself out from my latest nightmare. For a long moment, I just lay, staring at the ceiling. Cassian was sprawled beside me, his arm thrown across my waist, his hair mussed from spending days in bed. The only good thing that had come out of my depression, I thought, was the fact that Cassian got some more rest. There wasn't much else he could do when he basically spent the day wrapped around me. He'd gotten some much needed sleep, and the circles around his eyes were lighter. This was it. Today was the day. I had to get moving, whether I liked it or not. I couldn't keep pulling Cassian back like his. My arm had healed enough that I could put some weight on it, so it was easier to sit up and begin to scooch myself out of bed. Of course, Cassian's eyes opened the minute I moved. "Iris?" I forced my lips to curl into a small smile. "Bathroom," I whispered, not wanting to speak tok loudly in case he woke up fully. "Sleep. I'll be back." He gave me a s

CHAPTER 207: CASSIAN

"There's something you might wanna see," Saoirse informed me, just as I was visiting the last of the paperwork I'd set aside for the day. "Can it wait?" I asked. I'd ended up being in the office all day, playing catch up. All I wanted to do now was return home to my mate, hold her close, and sleep. "Not if you don't want your mate's sister to die before the morning," Saoirse said. I paused, staring at her. "Julietta?" "Who else?" "What's wrong with her?" "She's going mad," came the reply. "You better come see for yourself. It's the curse." Sighing, I followed Saoirse down to the dungeons. In the madness of the past week, I'd almost forgotten about the bitch's existence. She was determined to not let me though. I hadn't decided yet whether that was a good or bad thing. I was of the opinion that Julietta and Axel deserved to die, and would have already sentenced them, had I not known the kind of person Iris was. They could have done something worse to her, and she wouldn't want

CHAPTER 208

The pack house kitchen was quiet when I slipped in to grab dinner. Most of the pack members had already eaten, the dinner rush long over. Betty was cleaning up behind the counter, her movements slow and tired. She must've taken a shift at the kitchen just after returning from her coffee shop. Hands were stretched thin everywhere in the pack these days. "Alpha." She looked up when I entered, something like surprise crossing her face. "I didn't expect to see you here tonight.""I need food," I said. "For three. Whatever's easy."She nodded, already moving to the warming trays. "How is she?"Everyone always seemed to ask me that question these days. Sometimes, I didn't know who they meant, Sage or Iris? The two women I cared about most were hurting. "Better," I replied. "Some days."Betty didn't push. She packed containers with stew and bread, and the cookies both Iris and Sage liked. I forced myself to smile at her even though I wasn't feeling it. "Thank you." "You tell her we're a

CHAPTER 209

I snarled, lunging forward, going for Max. Wrath was close to the surface, and my claws and canines extended. Max betrayed me, and betrayed Iris. He wasn't supposed to be near her ever again. I was so blinded by my fury and fear for Iris's safety that I knew I would have killed Max if I'd gotten my hands on him. I didn't. I was pushed back by an invisible force. I whipped my head around to the Covenmaster, who was looking at me with an eyebrow raised. There was a shield in place around them both, and I was willing to bet she was the one holding it up. "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE!" "Good evening, Cassian," Max said with a familiar grin. "Sorry for dropping in unannounced. We were in the neighborhood." Behind me, Iris stirred and woke up. Immediately she saw the situation, she sat up, and climbed out of bed. "What's this? What do you want?" Her voice was thick with sleep, but no less hard. "Come here, Iris," I ordered, keeping my eyes on both Max and the Covenmaster. Iris

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