Todos los capítulos de Bound To The Cursed Lycan : Capítulo 41 - Capítulo 50

THEODOSA.The night air slapped my face when we stepped outside.For three seconds, I thought it might clear my head. Then the alcohol reminded me who was in charge and the cobblestones started moving under my feet.Nala grabbed my wrist and I held on because the alternative was eating pavement.The women from the bar flowed through the streets ahead of us. All that silk and bare skin catching moonlight as they laughed and spun and drew everyone along behind them. The crowd followed without question. I did too because going back to Nala's cottage meant sitting alone with my thoughts about Binny trapped in silver.Hard pass.The brothel rounded into view and my drunk brain lagged trying to process it.Three stories of dark stone that looked black against the night sky. Red curtains hung from every window and doorway, bleeding color into the shadows. Music thumped out into the street along with sounds that made heat crawl up my neck.Base walked ahead of us with his hands in his pockets

XAHEN.The third bottle went down wrong.I drained what was left anyway, waiting for my thoughts to blur into something manageable. Something that didn't involve red hair and freckles and the way she'd looked at me from across that brothel like I'd personally offended her just by existing.Didn't work.My wolf was gone. Buried so deep I couldn't feel him scratching at my control. But everything else? A mess. Irritation and heat and something uncomfortable lodged in my chest that I refused to examine.I'd tracked her all night without meaning to.Felt her walk into the bar with my council. Felt her laughing like she belonged there, like she wasn't my prisoner, like she had any business being happy. The mate bond pulled at something vital every time she moved, dragging my attention toward her even when I had just gotten back from buying whiskey that clearly wasn't strong enough.The brothel had been my refuge for decades. My council and Nala liked to joke that I spent more time there th

THEODOSA. I sat there watching him, completely lost.My gaze traveled to the wall of shadows still blocking the door. Still trapping me here with him.I looked back down at Xahen in confusion.Muffled sounds came from outside. Probably Nala and Anfie being just as confused as I was and unwilling to leave.I shifted, trying to push myself up from the couch.A band of shadow snapped over my legs.It locked me in place, pinning me to the cushions with enough force that I couldn’t move an inch.“You have got to be kidding me.”Xahen’s voice came out calm, almost lazy. “I didn’t tell you that you could go anywhere.” I glared at him even though his eyes were still closed. “Why are you keeping me here?”“So Nala can figure out why you keep coming back to haunt me.” His words slurred slightly at the edges. “So when I kill you after she finds a solution, I’ll be certain you won’t be coming back.”My glare intensified. “I meant here. In this cabin. Why did you send Nala and Afnie away but not

XAHEN. My skull was trying to split itself open from the inside.I became aware of that first. The pounding behind my eyes, the pressure building at my temples like something wanted out. Then came the rest of it in pieces. Warmth on my left side. The crackle of a fire. The familiar smell of herbs and old wood that meant I was somewhere I recognized.I peeled my eyes open and regretted it immediately.Light stabbed straight through to the back of my head.I was under a blanket. My feet were planted on the floor but the rest of me had sunk into the cushions of Nala's couch like I'd been dropped there and hadn't moved since.The fire in the hearth was burning low, casting orange light across the room. And in the corner, Nala sat in her rocking chair with knitting in her lap. Her needles moved in that steady rhythm she always fell into when she was thinking too hard about something.She didn't look up when she spoke. "Welcome back to the land of the living."I frowned and pulled t

XAHEN.I leaned back in my chair and stared at her like she'd grown a second head.She couldn't be fucking serious right now."You kept this from me?"Nala didn't even flinch at my tone. "Now that I've told you, what does it change?" She had the nerve to look calm while she said it. "Knowing you, you're just going to assume the worst and kill her the moment you leave my cabin."My jaw clenched so hard that my teeth started to ache from the pressure.I leaned forward and jabbed my finger into the table hard enough to rattle the cups. "You just told me she could end me." I jabbed it again for good measure. "Not just end me. Eradicate me. Wipe me off the fucking map for good." My voice was climbing but I couldn't bring myself to care. "She's the mate out of all the ones I've met that's actually going to finish whatever her fucked up mission is. And you've been sitting on that information for how long exactly?"Nala threw her hands up in the air like I was the one being unreasonable here.