Novel & Cerita The Lunar Curse: A Second Chance With Alpha Draven

The door clicks shut behind us. I stagger the last few steps and collapse onto the bed, face-first into the pillows that still carry the ghost of his scent. Why me? Why? Haven’t I earned love? Haven’t I given enough? Every time it’s been under a blood moon. Every single time. The first one… I can still smell the iron in the air that night I turned eighteen a month after my parents had been killed and a day after I assumed my role as Alpha. The crimson glow painted everything red. His name was Rowan the Alpha of the Ironfang Pack.

Cara voice was heard as she walked up to the Luna “Go serve drinks to the alphas now” Luna commanded before walking away with Cara and they both left talking sweetly to one another Seeing the mother and daughter relationship brought tears to my eyes as I thought of my mum and what would have been if she was still alive. I suddenly felt dizzy and my body ached badly with a shaking hands I started serving the drinks. They were all focused on Cara who stood at the stage looking gorgeous and captivating. Both the older and younger alphas couldn’t get their eyes off her and immediately I place drinks in front of them then turned to leave only to bump my head on something very hard which was confu

“Come take it.” The witch’s sister smiles, her teeth black. “Bold, but you’re already dead, little wolf. The double curse means you die when the babe draws first breath, or you kill the babe before that. Choose.” The Summit erupts, Alphas shouting and bets being called like this is entertainment. Draven roars, the sound breaks the altar in half, stone shards fly and one cuts my cheek. “Enough,” he says, turning to me with eyes that are black now, no gold left. “Wren.”

Children peeked out from behind their mothers, their small faces dirty but bright with wonder. For a heartbeat, Alaric stood still among them, the hero they thought he was. But the warmth pressing toward him made his curse twitch beneath his skin. It came alive, a dark pulse under his veins hungry, eager. He stepped back sharply. “Stay back.” His Beta, Edric Thorne, raised his hand at once. “No one touches the Alpha!” as he struggled to push them back stopping them from touching the Alpha, he knew what could happen and how quickly victory could turn to sorrow.

Power stabilized, flowing freely without hunger. But the field wasn't silent. A guttural snarl rose from Draven's corpse. His body twitched, violet light reigniting in dead eyes. Rogue magic, unbound by death. He rose on shattered limbs, fur matted black, ribs exposed but knitting with dark threads. The true rogue alpha, spirit fueled by ancient curse, refused the grave. Pack gasped. Thorne shifted fully, hackles raised. "Draven lives?"

“That kiss earlier… we should finish what we started sometime when rogues aren’t trying to kill us.” A low, hungry sound rumbled in his chest. He rose slowly, pulling me up with him until our bodies were flush. “Careful what you wish for, Inara. Once I start, I’m not sure the curse will let me stop.” Our lips were inches apart again, the heat building fast when a knock interrupted. The beta from earlier. “Alpha, the prisoner is talking. Says Liora didn’t just elope—she made a deal with rogue factions. Something about breaking your curse in exchange for power. And she might be coming back for her sister.”

Twice was no coincidence. “Understood, Alpha." I stopped walking and faced him, the dim light casting shadows across his face. “Don’t fail me, Draven.” “I won’t,” he replied without hesitation. With that, I dismissed him, watching as he turned and left without another word. I trusted Draven implicitly, but even trust had its limits. And right now, I can't afford any mistakes. Not with everything. A curse, they said. A wicked little spell, cast to rot the soul and poison the body, taking life in its cruel grip. I grunted at the thought.

She screamed, making list of the people flinch and younger children cry in fright. "But you know what, I will leave and you will never see me again. Of course I won't leave without a gift for your unborn child, whether male or female, the child shall not experience the feeling of full wolf transformation. You can try to break the curse but you will fail and you will also beg to find me and you will also fail. This is my parting gift to you," she smiled deviously and just within a blink of an eye, Rebecca was gone. ~JASON~

Tonight it just feels like a countdown to humiliation. The Moon Priestess climbs the stone steps at the center of the courtyard, staff in hand, silver robes catching the moonlight. The chatter dies to a hush. Then a new sound ripples through the crowd — not laughter this time. Something closer to a held breath. "He's here." I don't need to ask who. Alpha Draven walks in like the ground owes him something. Broad-shouldered, dark-haired, eyes the color of a storm that hasn't decided whether to break yet.