All Chapters of Alpha's forsaken bride: The rejected and the cursed: Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

Breath. Breath. Breath. I keep chanting the same words as my father comes to my side. His tall frame casts a shadow over my reflection in the ornate mirror, his silver-streaked dark hair neatly combed for the occasion. "You look beautiful, my girl. Your mother would be so proud of you." His words do little to calm my nerves, forcing me to recall Mom. I lost her at eight to a monster. I close my eyes, chasing away the terrible memory of her being dragged away by a rogue wolf, her screams echoing through our home. "Thank you, Father," I manage, my palms sweaty from clutching my cream silk dress. The intricate lace sleeves my mother once wore on her own wedding day now adorn my arms. "Chin up. This has to be perfect," he says, but I hear his underlying message. I have to be perfect. Give them no reason to think I'm not fit for him. My silver hair and something else already marks me as different. When we enter the court chambers, he sees me, but his eyes hold little affection w

Julian. I watch this frail being. The rise and fall of her chest. They said she was weak and wolfless. She tried to kill herself. The defiance in her eyes when she thought she had won against me. The smile on her face when she coughed blood. Call it madness but in that moment she was the most beautiful creature I have seen. Trying to deny me what belongs to me. Her Mine Just like her mother. It must run in the blood. She should be dead by now. The content and amount she took, the healer calls it a miracle by the moon goddess. I call it will. “If she dies you die” the words come out of my mouth as a witch examines her again. “Yes Alpha King.” Raya turns to me. “You should rest” she says with concern but I will not sleep until she awakens. Not because of anything but she is on my bed. I cannot have her treated anywhere else except in my chambers. Raya here is not allowed to walk around freely so this has to remain a secret. “Alpha King” someone calls from outside a