All Chapters of The Cursed Alpha Substitute Bride: Chapter 1 - Chapter 7

Evalina's pov"Patricia, look at me and tell me the truth!"My stepmother pressed a hand to her chest like I had hurt her. "I swear on my life, Evalina, I don't know anything about blood in that bowl.""You spoke before I even said whose face I saw!" I shouted. "How did you know it was Alpha Magnus? You knew because you put him there. All of you did!"I looked at each of them. Leah hid behind Leo. Father wouldn't meet my eyes."You wanted the bowl to show Magnus," I said, "so Leah could stay here with Leo and their baby."Nobody denied it. The silence said everything.I turned to my father. "You're choosing Leah over me. Again."Father sighed. "Leah could never survive up in Ironpeak.""And I can?" I laughed, but it hurt. "I don't even have a wolf, Father!""Leah is carrying a cub!" Patricia snapped. "Magnus lives far away in those freezing mountains. He is cursed, and his rage has no limits. He already has a crippled child from his first wife. We can't send Leah into that nightmare."

Daisy's pov"Come on, Daisy. You can do this. You don't need anybody's help."I whispered the words to myself as I held on to the fence. My crutch was leaning against the post beside me. My bunny, Mr. Buttons, was tucked under my arm.One step. Just one step without the crutch.I let go of the fence. My left leg shook. My right leg felt like it was made of jelly."Look, everybody! The broken little Alpha pup is trying to walk!"I didn't have to turn around. I knew that voice. It was Brody, Vespera's son. He was nine, two years older than me, and he was the meanest boy in the whole Ironpeak Pack.Four other kids ran up behind him, laughing."Leave me alone, Brody," I said. I grabbed the fence again so I wouldn't fall."Leave me alone, Brody," he copied me in a squeaky baby voice. The other kids laughed even louder. "Hey, Daisy, why don't you run away? Oh wait! You can't!"My face got hot. I picked up my crutch and held it tight."My daddy is your Alpha," I said. "You have to be nice to

Evalina's povMy heart was racing.I had only known this man for two hours. Husband or not, I was not ready to share a bed with him.I took a step back and looked down at my wet boots. "I'm not ready."Magnus didn't move. He didn't say anything. I made myself look up at him."I'm sorry," I said quickly. "I know we're married. I know that's what wives do. But everything is happening so fast. Yesterday I was getting ready to marry someone else, and now...""Don't apologize."I blinked. "What?""You need time." He picked up a folded blanket from the arm of a chair. "I'll take the couch for now."I stared at him. "You would really do that for me?""I'm your husband, Evalina." He tossed the blanket onto the couch. "I know this marriage is part of a peace deal between our packs. But you are not my prisoner here."I didn't know what to say. Back in Redwater, everyone said Magnus was a monster. They said he had no heart.But monsters didn't offer to sleep on the couch."I'll take your bag to