Cursed to the AlphaUpdated at May 16, 2026, 14:14
Cursed to the Alpha
Every wolf knows the rule: Never bind a child before birth. My mother broke it.I’m Ridah Hale, eighteen, and I’ve spent my life living under a curse I never chose. Before I took my first breath, I was promised to a man I’d never met — an alpha exiled for loving my mother, the woman who chose my father instead. The elders call me the girl born screaming under a blood moon. The night I was born, my cry shattered the pack house windows. The forbidden alpha heard it from across the territory line, and he went mad.Now the marking ceremony is tonight. It should be the night I finally belong to my pack. Instead, it’s the night everything falls apart.The beta who courted my mother for ten years and lost has come for me. Kieran. He swore that if he couldn’t have her, he’d have me. He stands at the edge of the Silver Forest with gold eyes and a hunger that isn’t love. He says my mother denied him, but I won’t. He says I’m his by right.He’s wrong. The curse in my womb burns the moment he touches me. A brand over my heart, a mark on my wrist that bleeds light. It’s fighting him off, fighting for the man it was made for.And he’s here.The forbidden alpha. The one my mother loved and lost. The one whose name is forbidden in my father’s house. He crosses the border he was exiled from for one reason only — me. His eyes are silver, his scent is smoke and iron, and his voice makes something ancient in me wake up. He tells me I’ve been his since before I drew breath. He tells me that if he stays, he’ll kill me. He stays anyway.Because the bond between us isn’t just a curse. It’s a promise older than the pack laws. A promise that could break the curse that kills everyone he loves… or start a war that drowns the packs in blood.Kieran wants me for revenge. The forbidden alpha wants me for survival. And I just want to decide for myself.But in this world, cursed women don’t get choices. Not unless they’re willing to bleed for them.Tonight, the marking ceremony begins. Tonight, the forbidden alpha claims what’s his. Tonight, Ridah chooses between running from her fate or burning the world to change it.*Genre*: Dark Paranormal Romance, Werewolf Romance, Fantasy *Tags*: Forbidden Love, Fated Mates, Possessive Alpha, Curse, Enemies to Lovers, Mature, Revenge, Womb Curse, Love Triangle---