Todos os capítulos de A Contract With The Cursed Alpha: Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 110

Lucian POVI lowered my head. Let out a slow breath that felt too heavy for my lungs to handle. For years I had lived through wars, betrayals, and losses that had taken whole generations but none of those memories had the quiet pain of seeing the woman I loved look at me as if my love was something dangerous.The joke wasn't lost on me.I had spent months worried the truth would scare her.Instead it was my silence that did the job.A pair of headlights shone briefly across the road before turning the corner and disappearing and the world went back to being still."You can come out now " I said without looking up.For a second there was no movement.Then Luke came out from the shadow of an oak tree across the street his hands in his pockets his face more controlled than usual. Normally he would have started asking questions before coming to me. Tonight he walked the distance without a single word.He stopped next to me.Together we looked at the road Anna had walked down."She's gone

Lucian POVThat promise became the hardest discipline of my existence.Luke glanced toward me as we sat inside the parked sedan across the street from the medical clinic, his expression calm but watchful. He had learned over the past months that silence usually meant I was fighting myself harder than anyone else ever could.“You’ve been staring at that entrance for forty-three minutes,” he observed.“I know.”“You haven’t moved.”“I know.”His eyes softened.“That’s progress.”A humorless smile touched my mouth.“It doesn’t feel like progress.”“No,” Luke admitted. “Growth rarely does.”The clinic doors finally opened, and every other thought disappeared.Anna stepped outside carefully, one hand supporting the underside of her swollen stomach while the other held a folder of medical papers against her chest. She had grown noticeably heavier in the weeks since I’d first found her, and every slow, measured step reminded me how close we were to meeting our child.Our child.The words sti

Anna POVThe rain started just before my shift ended at the café. When I walked out the streets were all shiny and wet under the streetlights. The cold raindrops were bouncing off the pavement. My body was hurting because the baby was sitting low and every step felt heavy.. I just adjusted my handbag and pulled my coat tighter.Mia was walking with me holding an umbrella over our heads. She was frowning at the sky. "You are not walking home tonight " she said. "You have a baby inside you Anna and you already worked ten hours." I smiled because she really cared about me."I will be fine " I said. "It is twenty minutes.""It was twenty minutes before you got pregnant " Mia said."I know " I replied."You always know " Mia said. "You just never listen."It surprised both of us.Then Jordan came out of the café locking the door. "I heard my name " he said. "What is happening?" Mia pointed at me. "Your friend wants to walk in this rain."Jordan sighed. "Anna.""No " I said."I did not even

Anna POVI picked a spot in the café this time even though there was nothing calm about why I asked Steven to meet me. The lunchtime crowd moved around us with a flow of talking and clinking plates but every normal noise felt far away because I had spent the whole morning thinking about one question. When he came through the glass door with that same practiced smile I already knew I wasn’t here to hear another excuse. I was here to see what happened when the truth caught a liar.He saw me away and confidence came over his face so easily that someone watching would have thought he was meeting an old friend instead of a woman who no longer believed in him.“Anna " he said in a way as he sat down across from me. "I’m glad you called because I’ve been worried about you since…”“You don’t have to act ”The words were calm enough that even I was surprised and whatever speech he had planned stopped in the middle of his mouth.His smile stayed.His eyes didn’t.“What do you mean?" he asked wi

Anna POVSteven looked at my face for a time before he let out a breath through his nose like he was upset with me."You've changed " he said in a voice walking back and forth in the room slowly. "The old Anna would have cried now. She would have asked me to tell her what was going on."I moved carefully on the bed my hand staying over my stomach. Every little move made me feel weak. Every feeling, from my baby reminded me that I couldn't give up."The old Anna believed in you " I said. "This Anna knows the truth."His face tightened."I didn't want things to turn out like this."I couldn't stop myself from laughing in a way.“You drugged me, kidnapped me, and locked me in a warehouse.” I slowly looked around the room before meeting his eyes again. “Tell me, Steven… at what point exactly did you lose the right to call yourself the victim?”For the first time since I woke up, I saw irritation on his face.It was really clear that he was annoyed."You always do that" he said to me.I as