Todos os capítulos de A Contract With The Cursed Alpha: Capítulo 121 - Capítulo 130

Anna POVI held my daughter a little closer to my chest because she had finally fallen asleep. Her tiny fingers were curled around the edge of the hospital blanket. The room was quiet except for the sound of the machines around Lucians bed. I could feel that Luke was getting ready to tell the rest of the story he had been carrying around for a time.He stood by the window for a while looking out at the morning. When he spoke again his voice was different. It was not the voice of someone telling a story. It was the voice of someone remembering a time that had never really ended."Your husband " he said "did not lose everything when his kingdom fell." He looked at Lucian. "He lost the part of himself after that."I swallowed hard. "What happened?" I asked.Luke took a breath. "He got married for love " he said. His words were gentle. They still hurt.I looked at Lucians face. He was sleeping. For three hundred years I had thought of him as someone who did not love deeply before me. Now

Anna POV“The curse?”Luke nodded.“The day Lucian stopped trying to remove Maltheron…”He paused.“…was the day someone finally answered him.”My pulse quickened.“The witch?”“No.”He slowly turned toward me.“The Moon Goddess.”The words settled over the room with a strange kind of reverence.I had heard her name before.Steven had spoken it like a threat.Lucian had spoken it like someone carrying an old debt.But I had never imagined she had truly stood before him.“She came to him?” I asked quietly.Luke’s expression grew distant.“Not immediately.”He folded his arms.“She waited.”“For what?”“For him to understand that grief alone couldn’t undo what had been done.”His answer lingered between us.“When she finally appeared,” Luke continued, “Lucian had already spent years chasing impossible answers. He had exhausted every ritual, every ancient text, every promise made by scholars and mystics.”Luke looked toward Lucian.“He had nothing left except despair.”My fingers unconsc

Anna POVFinally Luke drew in a breath.“I wish I could tell you that the worst part was over after the Moon Goddess sealed Maltheron inside him " he said quietly.“I wish I could tell you his people stood by him after everything he did for them."His voice faltered, a little.“They did not " he said.I looked up at him slowly.“What happened then?" I asked.Luke did not answer away. He walked over to the window. The sky was turning gold. His shoulders looked older now.“The kingdom was safe " he said finally.“The enemy did not come back because there was no army enough to fight the king who had destroyed an empire almost by himself.”He laughed,. It was not funny.“They had peace " he said.Peace can be cruel. It makes people forget what they had to pay for it.I held my daughter tighter.“What do you mean?" I asked.Luke turned to me.“Rumors started before the funerals were over " he said.His face got darker.“At first people whispered in secret " he said.They said things like:

Anna POVHe sat with both hands on his knees. Took a slow breath.“The three hundred years weren’t part of the curse."My eyebrows came together.“They weren’t?"“No."His answer was quick and sure.“They came later."I frowned.“I don’t get it."“You will."Luke’s voice got softer.“This is the hardest part of his story."I reached for Lucian’s hand. His fingers were still. Lifeless under mine but the warmth of his skin made me feel better.“When did it happen?"Luke looked up at the ceiling for a while before speaking.“Two centuries after his exile."I blinked.“He had already spent generations searching?"“Yes."“Failing."The simple answer made me feel worse than I thought it would.Luke went on.“By that time he stopped believing the Moon Goddess wanted to set him free."His voice had no anger.“Every generation ended the same."“He would find hope."“He would lose it."“He would bury people."“He would keep walking."The way the words came out made me think of a life that wasn’

Anna POV“I believed finding you meant the prophecy had finally begun to heal itself.”He looked toward Lucian.“I was wrong.”I lifted my head slowly.“What happened?”Luke sighed, and the sound carried years of helplessness.“The Moon Goddess came back.”A chill crawled across my skin.“She appeared again?”“Yes.” He nodded once.“Not long after Lucian left the hospital.”The memory struck me immediately.“The day he asked me to marry him?”“Three nights later.”Luke’s eyes became distant as though he were watching the memory unfold again.“I found him standing outside the estate just before dawn.”“He hadn’t slept.”I looked at Lucian’s pale face.“He wasn’t sleeping much then.”“No.”Luke smiled sadly.“You probably thought it was because of work.”I nodded.“I did.”“He was waiting.”“For her?”“Yes.”Luke folded his arms.“I don’t know how he knew she would come.”“Maybe he simply expected that whenever life offered him something good, it wouldn’t remain uncomplicated for long.”