Chapter Twenty One

The Eastern WallEmily's POVI ran straight to Lucas in the corridor.He caught me by both arms before I could speak. He had already felt it, I could see it in his face, that sharp awareness that meant Caius had picked something up through the mate bond before I even reached him. His silver eyes were wide and focused."How many?" he said."More than ten. Eastern tree line, moving in a wide circle around the packhouse." I placed my hand to the wall and closed my eyes for just a second, reaching outward the way I had done in the rogue building. "Fourteen. Maybe fifteen. They are already past the outer markers."Lucas turned and moved fast. He was already on his earpiece before we reached the main corridor, relaying positions to Alena in clipped, precise language. Adam appeared from the study doorway, took one look at us, and went straight for the weapons cabinet without being told.George was still at the study table. He had not moved. He looked up when I stopped in the doorway."Troy,"

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Chapter Twenty Two

His Blood on the FloorEmily's POVLucas was in the main corridor outside the study.He was still standing. That was the first thing I registered, the relief of it hitting me so hard it was almost physical. He was standing and fighting, two attackers working together against him with the coordinated efficiency of people who had been specifically trained to take down an Alpha. A cut along his left side had soaked through his shirt. He was moving through it without slowing, but I could see the effort the not slowing was costing him.Caius would not let him stop. Alphas pushed through injury with their wolf's force behind them in a way that was useful in the short term and genuinely dangerous in the long term. Lucas needed this to end before the blood loss made the decision for him.I did not think so. I moved into the corridor and reached outward with everything my wolf had, not light or physical force this time, but the bond-reading, the thing I had done in the rogue building that I st

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Chapter Twenty Three

What Aden Came to SayLucas's POVAden came alone and unarmed.Both of those facts were interesting. A suspended Alpha showing up at the gate of the pack whose Alpha he had been trying to undermine for two weeks, with no Beta and no escort, in the middle of the night hours after an armed attack on the same packhouse, that was either very brave or very desperate. Looking at him through the gate camera, I was confident it was the latter.Emily stood beside me. She had gone very silent the moment she saw his face on the screen. Not afraid because I would have felt that through Caius. It was something colder than fear. The stillness of someone who has prepared for a moment for a long time and is now deciding how to step into it."I will go out to him," she said."Emily""He is my brother." She looked at me. "And I think he has something to say that is going to matter. He would not come here alone otherwise. He is not brave enough for theatre."She was right about that. I had read Aden cor

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All Chapters of The Alpha's Cursed Bride: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

Chapter Twenty One

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Three