All Chapters of UNDER THE BLOOD MOON THE ALPHA'S CURSE: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Ava POV“I, Kale Blackwood of the Crimson Moon Pack, reject you, Alpha Ava Redwood, as my mate.”The words hit like a blow to my gut. I tried to breathe but it seems stuck to my throat.For one stupid second I think maybe I misheard him. Maybe I was hallucinating but his voice doesn’t waver as he repeats himself again. I hear the finality in them.“No…” The sound that comes out of me is small, broken.I take a step toward him, hands shaking as I reach out like trying to grab on the bond that once bid us and hold it together but it keeps fading away.“Kale—no. You promised. You promised me. After everything after every night we swore we’d face it together you can’t do this. You promised!”He clenches his jaw and looks away refusing to meet my eyes “I’m sorry, Ava. But we can’t be mates. The Moon Goddess was wrong. I feel nothing.”Nothing.The word echoes inside my head and my knees give out. I drop onto the marble, a sob tearing out of me before I can stop it.Tears burn my eyes, blur

Austin POV“…..I love you too, see you when I get back” I say before hanging up with a smile on my face but she doesn't know I'm surprising her by coming home early.The flight back felt endless, but I didn’t care. I’d cut the business trip short by two days just to surprise her. Two months until the wedding. Two months until Lila was mine forever.I’d spent the week in Paris and London making sure everything was perfect.My First stop The Graff on Place Vendôme. The private salon had been closed just for me. The saleswoman is an elegant, silver-haired woman , with a soft French accent. She presented the black velvet tray to me with utmost care.“Mr. Hale, she will never take this off,” she murmured, lifting the necklace.A cascade of flawless white diamonds formed the chain, framing a breathtaking pear-shaped emerald at the center; it has a. deep, vivid green color chosen to match Lila’s eyes exactly. The emerald glowed, it's surrounded by a halo of pavé diamonds. Engraved on the h

Austin POVI stayed outside,my back against the wall, until Jax’s truck pulled up. The orange Hermès boxes and the black Graff case were still inside where I’d dropped them like forgotten props from a life that no longer existed.When Jax’s headlights swept over me, I pushed myself up on my shaking legs, left everything behind, and walked to the truck I climbed into the passenger seat without a word. The door shut with a heavy thud.Jax glanced over at me then put the truck in drive without asking anything stupid.Ten minutes of silence with streetlights sliding across the windshield in slow streaks.He finally spoke in a low voice as if trying not to upset me. “You wanna crash at mine?”I nodded. That was all I had left in me.His apartment was dark when we walked in. He flicked on one lamp in the living room, the kind with the warm amber bulb that doesn't blind you. He goes to the fridge and comes back with a bear handing it to me. I took it but didn't open it. Instead I held th

Ava POVThe room was dark when I woke up . The pounding in my head had reduced to a dull ache at my temples.The city lights seeped through the heavy blackout curtains,casting faint silver streaks on the bed. Nyra stirred lazily inside me, not raging or whining for once. Just… waiting. Curious. I let out a sigh of relief at least she isn't blocking me out.The man was still there seated on the armchair across the bed . Austin I think I remember him telling me his name earlier in the bathroom. It was not a dream .Towel slung dangerously low on his hips, water droplets still clinging to the sharp ridges of his abs and chest. His dark hair is messy, jaw shadowed with stubble, and shoulders broad enough to block out the world if he wanted. Handsome didn’t do him justice. He looked like trouble wrapped in safety, the kind of man who could break you and then hold every shattered piece together afterward.My mouth went dry just watching him breathe.I sit up with the sheets dropping to my

Ava POVI barely stepped out of the pack house before my phone rang again.Sara.“I’m on my way,” I said, yanking open my car door.“Ma’am, you need to get here now.” Her voice was tight, sharp in a way I’d never heard before. “Titan Group pulled out overnight. Full withdrawal. No warning. No explanation.”My blood ran cold.Titan was our second-largest investor. Their funding was carrying most of our Q3 expansion plans. Without them…“How bad?” I asked, already dreading the answer.“Without Titan, we miss payroll in six weeks. The board is panicking. They want answers.”Six weeks.I shoved the key into the ignition and the engine roared to life.“I’ll be there in ten minutes. Don’t let anyone touch anything until I arrive.”“I’ll hold them off. But Ava…” She rarely used my first name at work. “Hurry.”The line went dead.The drive to Redwood Global Holdings was a blur of horns, red lights, and curses under my breath.I parked crooked in my reserved spot and stormed inside. By the tim