All Chapters of Sold to the cursed Alpha : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

~Niki~"I'd like to officially introduce my niece Elara to our honored guest Niki," he said loudly, smiling big like this was normal.Elara stood up slowly, walked around the table, and Cassian pulled me up by the elbow, gentle but firm.I let him because Jace gave me a tiny nod, play nice.Elara stopped in front of me, a smile plastered on, eyes dead.She held out her hand like we were at some fancy ball."Niki," she said, voice dripping with sugar. "So nice to finally meet you properly."I stared at her hand a second, then took it, squeezed harder than I needed to."Yeah," I said. "Real nice. After you called me a whore and watched your aunt slap me around."Her smile twitched, fingers tightening back.Cassian laughed loud, fake as hell. "Young people! Always so spirited!"Elara leaned in a little, still smiling for the crowd. "Enjoy it while it lasts, stray," she whispered. "Daddy can't protect you forever."I grinned with my swollen lip, leaned in too. "Funny. Your daddy's the one

NikiI swear the whole time Jace was out there on that stupid dance floor with Elara glued to him like a bad tattoo I was standing in the doorway counting the seconds until I could murder him without witnesses. Every time she laughed too loud or leaned in closer or let her hand slide down his arm I felt this hot spike in my chest that made me want to scream or throw up or both. My nails were digging so deep into my palms I probably drew blood but who cares, right? I was too busy picturing all the ways I could make him regret ever agreeing to that one fucking dance. I kept telling myself it was for the mission, he got the info, mission accomplished, go team, but my heart wasn’t buying it. My heart was busy screaming: He’s touching her. He’s letting her touch him. And I’m just the idiot watching from the sidelines like always.When he finally walked over looking all proud of himself I almost decked him right there in front of the entire pack. Instead I turned on my heel and marched back

~Jace~I ran like my ass was on fire and the devil was handing out free lighters. Boots slamming stone, lungs burning, heart trying to punch its way out of my chest like it personally wanted to murder me for what I’d just done. The hallway stretched forever. I skidded around the last corner, nearly face-planted into the wall, and there it was our door. Shut. Quiet. “Niki! Open the damn door!”Nothing.I hit it again. Harder. “Niki, I swear to God, if you don’t open this right now I’m gonna… ”The wood didn’t budge. No footsteps. No yelling back. Just silence so thick it felt like someone had stuffed cotton in my ears.I pressed my forehead against the door, breathing hard. “Please.”Still nothing.My alpha scent was going haywire already sharp guilt, sour regret, desperate need all spiking so hard the hallway probably smelled like a dumpster fire made of feelings. I could feel it leaking out of me, pressing against the crack under the door like a dog trying to shove its nose through.

~Areum~Ever since Jace and that little firecracker Niki took off for whatever secret squirrel mission Rowan cooked up, things around here turned into a total shitshow faster than you could say "alpha meltdown." I mean, I get it, I was holding him together I thought but Rowan's been acting like a toddler who lost his favorite toy except the toy's a full-grown Alphas mind, and the toddler's our pack alpha who could snap necks without breaking a sweat. It's been weeks now, and every day feels like we're all tiptoeing around a bomb with a faulty timer. Me? I'm just trying to keep my head down, do my duties as the pack's unofficial babysitter for the big bad wolf, but Rowan's misbehaving has hit new lows, and it's got everyone on edge, whispering behind hands like that's gonna save them if he snaps.It started small, you know? Rowan barking orders louder than usual, skipping meals, pacing the halls at night like a ghost with insomnia. But then came the blackouts. His curse whatever ancien

~Areum~Things got weirder after that last blackout, like the curse decided it wasn't enough to just almost kill people, it had to throw in some ghost drama to really spice up the party. Rowan holed up in his quarters more, barely talking, and when he did it was grunts or snaps that made everyone jumpy. Me? I stuck close, because what else was I gonna do, let him drown in his own misery? But deep down, all I wanted was for him to snap out of it, to go back to being that strong, perfect alpha everyone looked up to, not this broken shell who couldn't look me in the eye without wincing. I mean, yeah, I was pissed at the elders for pushing this new Luna crap, but mostly I just wanted Rowan fixed, happy, whole again, like before Jace left and everything went to hell.It hit during one of his naps another blackout, but this time no lashing out, just him thrashing on the bed, eyes wide open but seeing nothing real. I was there, had snuck in with some food because the idiot wasn't eating, and