All Chapters of (BoyxBoy) Torn By The Alpha's Curse: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

21 Chapters

Chapter 1: The Price of Desperation

I couldn't take my eyes off the white walls as I continued to ponder on what to do. My father was three doors down, hooked up to machines that kept him alive, one expensive second at a time.Sarah, my younger sister, sat beside me. Her nurse scrubs were wrinkled from a double shift, and her eyes had that hollow look we both wore these days. She reached over and squeezed my hand without saying anything. We had run out of comforting words weeks ago.The doctor had been clear this morning. Dad needed a specialized treatment, something new and experimental that insurance would not cover. The cost made my stomach turn.Even if I worked three jobs for the next five years, I could not make that kind of money. And Dad did not have five years. He had months, maybe less."We'll figure something out," Sarah whispered, but her voice cracked. She did not believe it any more than I did.I nodded anyway, because that is what you do. You pretend there is hope even when you are drowning.My phone buzz

Chapter 2: Shadows and Signatures

I did not go home right away. Instead, I drove to the cemetery where my brother was buried. His headstone was simple, just his name and dates. Thomas Carter. Beloved son, brother, and mate.I sat down on the grass in front of it, pulling my knees to my chest."I don't know what to do, Tommy," I said quietly. Talking to a gravestone felt pathetic, but I had no one else to ask."Ethan wants me to pretend to be you. Well, not you exactly. Just close enough that his wolf won't completely lose it."The wind rustled through the trees. No answers came from the dead.Tommy had been everything I was not. Confident, strong-scented, and charismatic. When he walked into a room, people noticed. When I walked into a room, people looked right past me to see if someone more interesting was behind me.We looked similar, though. Same dark hair, same blue eyes, same general build. If you didn't know us well, you might mistake us for twins instead of brothers two years apart. Ethan clearly thought the re

Chapter 3: Moving Into Shadows

The contract felt like it weighed a thousand pounds in my bag as I drove back to the small apartment I shared with Sarah.I gripped the steering wheel so tightly my knuckles turned white. I had just sold three years of my life, and I couldn’t even tell if I felt relieved or terrified.Probably both.Sarah was waiting up when I got home, sitting on our worn couch with her arms crossed. One look at my face and she knew.“You signed it.” It wasn’t a question.“I signed it.”She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. When she opened them again, tears were streaming down her face.“I understand why you did it. I even think it’s probably what I would have done in your position. But that doesn’t mean I have to like it.”I sat down beside her and pulled her into a hug. She clung to me like I was already gone.“Three years,” I whispered. “Then I come back and we figure out what normal looks like.”“What if you don’t come back? What if you…”“Shhh…” I cautioned her immediately as I disengaged

Chapter 4: Restless

Ethan’s POVI barely made it out of Noah’s suite before my wolf clawed at the inside of my skin, demanding I turn around. Demanding I go back in there, lock the door, and finish what my eyes had already started.The image burned behind my lids even now. Noah standing there, fresh from the shower, water droplets trailing down from his navel, and disappearing beneath the towel that did nothing to hide the soft, heavy outline of his cock. It had shifted slightly when he moved, and the sight had punched the air straight out of my lungs.I forced myself down the hallway, clenching my jaw so hard my teeth hurt. I shoved through the double doors of my office and slammed them behind me, the sound echoing off the high ceilings. My hands shook as I braced them on the desk."Breathe. Just breathe." My subconscious said.A sharp knock interrupted before I could pull myself together.“Enter,” I growled.Marcus, my Beta, stepped inside. Tall, steady, annoyingly calm as always. His nostrils flared

Chapter 5: First Dinner

I changed into the nicest dark jeans I owned and a navy button-down shirt, the only outfit I had that wasn’t meant for funerals or job interviews.The door opened without a knock. Martin stepped in, his hands clasped behind his back in that formal way of his.“Mr. Noah? I’m here to escort you to the dining hall.”I nodded, glancing at the scattered clothes still on the bed. "I’ll deal with them when I get back," I thought.I followed him through the long corridors. The dining hall was enormous, and there's a long, polished table that could easily seat twenty people.Ethan sat at the head, scrolling on his tablet. The moment I stepped inside, he looked up, eyes locking on me, and gestured to the chair immediately beside him.I sat down slowly, hyperaware of every movement. His Alpha scent hit me like a quiet wave, it made my Omega instincts purred, urging me to lean closer, to relax into it, to trust. I locked every muscle in place and stared straight ahead.A woman I hadn’t seen befor

Chapter 6

Ethan’s POVI stood under the scalding spray longer than necessary, letting the water pound against my shoulders. Steam filled the bathroom, thick and blurring the edges of everything, but it couldn’t blur the memory of Noah’s face across the dinner table, wide-eyed, guarded, trying so hard not to let me see how much the whole evening unnerved him.I shut off the water, stepped out, and wrapped a towel low around my hips. The mirror was fogged; I swiped a hand across it and stared at the man looking back. I looked tired. Hungry in a way that had nothing to do with food.I reached for the bottle of body wash, then paused.It had been two years since anyone scrubbed my back.That small, intimate ritual belonged only to my mates. Tommy’s hands especially, stronger than they looked. He’d always taken his time, pressing his thumb into the knots between my shoulder blades until I melted against the tiles. The simple act had felt more vulnerable than sex sometimes. No one else had ever been

Chapter 7

Noah’s POV My mind spun when Ethan finished speaking. Why had he asked that? Was it just curiosity? Or was it something else? My stomach twisted as Sarah’s voice echoed in my head . "If Ethan has intimacy with you three times, you’ll end up dead after a couple of months, just like the rest." I opened my mouth to say something, but Ethan cut me off before the words could form. “I asked a question,” he blurted out with reddened eyes, pupils blown wide in the dim bathroom light. I flinched and responded hastily. “Never. No one. Just… Just me.” Ethan didn't say a word anymore. Instead, he turned away, stepped fully under the rainfall showerhead, and let the water crash over him again. He dipped his head under the stream, then came up slowly, dragging both hands backward through his dark, wet hair. Water sluiced down his neck, over the broad planes of his shoulders, tracing the ridges of muscle along his spine. I stood frozen, naked and dripping, wrapping my arms around myself

Chapter 8

Noah’s POVThe next day, I spent most of the day dreading the evening. Martin brought breakfast to my room, which I barely touched. My stomach was tied in knots thinking about Ethan and meeting the pack. These were people who had known Tommy, who had loved him, who would look at me and see a poor replacement.Around noon, there was a knock on my door. I expected Martin, but unfortunately it was Ethan instead.“I thought you might want to see the grounds before tonight,” he said. “It might help you feel more comfortable.”I wasn’t sure anything would make me comfortable, but I nodded anyway. Better than sitting in my room spiraling.We walked through the estate gardens first. Everything was perfectly maintained, flowers blooming in organized chaos. Ethan pointed out different areas, his voice steady and informative. The rose garden his mother had planted, the meditation space near the pond, the path that led deeper into pack territory.“How big is the pack?” I asked.“About two hundr

Chapter 9

Marcus’s POVThe pack house lights still burned behind me as I stepped out into the night, the door closing with a soft thud that felt louder in my head than it should have.Laughter and conversation echoed through the walls—happy sounds from people who had no idea how close the knife was to their throats.I walked slowly toward the tree line, shoving my hands deep into my pockets, letting the cool night air burn my lungs. My wolf prowled beneath my skin, restless and eager, his hackles lifting as a familiar face flashed through my mind.Noah Carter.The little stand-in had lasted longer than I expected tonight. Chin up, voice steady when he answered me, even managed to throw that line about his dying father like it was a shield. It's cute and pathetic. The kind of quiet defiance that makes breaking someone so much sweeter.I stopped at the edge of the clearing where the forest swallowed the moonlight and leaned one shoulder against a thick pine, my mouth curving into a slow smile.N

Chapter 10: Morning After

I woke up to sunlight streaming through the windows and the immediate memory of last night crashing over me. I had told an entire pack gathering that I was a paid replacement, that nothing about this arrangement was real, that I was basically a ghost someone hired.I groaned and pulled a pillow over my face as everything replayed in my mind. My phone buzzed instantly, and when I glanced at it, I realized it's a message from Sarah."Still alive? Or did the pack eat you for embarrassing their Alpha?""Alive. Barely. Send help.""You knew what you were getting into.""That does not make it easier."I dragged myself out of bed and into the shower, letting hot water wash away some of the shame. When I finally emerged, there was a note slipped under my door."Join me for breakfast when you are ready. No rush. Ethan."Part of me wanted to hide in my room forever, especially when I remembered the look on his face last night after spilling the truths.But that was not an option. I got dresse

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