The Alpha's Cursed Heir

ith a mystical light as the moon, high in the sky, bathed them in its silver radiance. She had spent all her life getting ready for this night, and now

revered for their strength and dominance. The pack had long whispered about her potential, her bloodline tied to

ed at the edg

omething

a minute as his black eyes were fixed on her. His presence had always given her strength. He stood tall and imposing, his muscl

anticipating the well-known surge of energy to envelop her. The air crackled around her. The pack gathered

en...n

ubbornly human. No f

echoed from

nd her was deafening. Damon's expression shifted fro

whispered, her

fell. Their disappointment hit her like a kick to the gut. The p

e forward. She had felt her wolf before, just faintly, always lingering a

mered, backing away from the pack's

was seriously wrong, ev

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. His lips thinned as he looked at her, no longer with the pri

low Pack, reject you, Len

ngs and she staggered back. Rejection spread like wildfire through the audience, leaving shock and disbelief on everyone's faces. Wi

ling up in her eyes, but Damon didn't even flinch. His jaw

's judgmental stares burning into her skin, hearing thei

ne of the older women

the cold night air: "I can't a

in the middle of the circle by herself,

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oud leaders of the pack, now couldn't meet her eyes. Her failure to shift was seen as a mar

t pressure, but now

y. Some said her wolf was broken. Others said it was because of her, that she was cursed from

knew better. Their deaths were no accident. The curse that everyone whispered about had claimed them. And now the p

ords had been final, offering no room f

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lderness, away from the Grey Hollow Pack, away from the life she had always known. The dense forest

ning from shame. She was

oon T

idden somewhere deep within. The Moon Temple had always been a place of mystery and whispered about as a dan

ad no

her wolf and lift the curse that had been placed

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ve her acting as silent watchmen. All her life, not for once has she experienced

was alone an

ng in her chest, Lena froze. She turned, her eyes explo

the sharp fangs grazing her flesh and causing pain, she managed to get up quickly, her adrenaline pumping through her

hard bark of a tree, her hands shaking. She

er, snarling,

ast tumbling across the forest floor. Lena blinked in shock as a figure emerg

tated. The man's presence a

her throat. His cold, sharp eyes held a

wolf," he said, his voice l

ened to buckle. She

rival pack. The most f

s he do

oice a low growl. "We need to talk. About your

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something in Kaden's eyes held her frozen in place. He knew somethin

d she tr

he wind howled through the woods, Lena r

ttle was ab