ingers across the rooftops. My chest still pounded from the night before, from him fro

iosity but deep down, I knew the truth. I was drawn to

n he ap

me, there was a tension in them I hadn't seen before, something heavier tha

warning, though the tremor in his voice be

dmitted, stepping closer despit

almost a sigh. "You're reckless," he said. "Curiosi

ed, voice shaking. "I need

finally stepped closer, lowering his voice. "There are things... I cannot t

trembled. "How c

the curse doesn't just bind me. It binds whoever touches it, whoev

nd part of it did. But another part the part that had alr

just human,"

... they know me only as the Alpha they fear. They don't kno

ght of unspoken rules and ancient curses pressing down on us. And yet, i

"You shouldn't be here," he repeated. "But now that you are... you'll know. You'll

to demand answers. But instead, I no

stle from the shadows. Someone or som

behind me," he ordered, teeth flashing in the moonli

he pack, the shadows, the world around him... they all h

ed me, I couldn't pull

wasn't just a mo

erous, forbidden secrets... I

er pair of eyes watching, waiting. My pulse raced. The Alpha stepped forward, his claws b