Chapter 3The Alpha’s Hidden Curse
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For a long moment, neither of us spoke.
The forest around us seemed to hold its breath.
Adrian Blackthorn stared at me like he was trying to decide whether I was insane…
Or dangerous.
Perhaps I was both.
“Explain.”
His voice was cold.
One word.
But it carried the authority of an Alpha.
A command.
I could feel the invisible pressure pushing against me.
Most wolves would have lowered their heads.
An Omega would have trembled.
But I had spent years working with impossible problems.
And Adrian Blackthorn was just another mystery waiting to be solved.
“I already did.”
His eyes narrowed.
“You said my pack will fall.”
“Yes.”
“And I won’t survive.”
“Yes.”
A dangerous silence followed.
Then Adrian laughed.
This time, there was no amusement.
Only disbelief.
“You came to my territory, told me my pack would be destroyed, and expected me to welcome you?”
“No.”
I looked at him calmly.
“I expected you to question me.”
That answer seemed to surprise him.
Most people who challenged an Alpha either feared him or wanted something from him.
I wanted neither.
At least, not in the way he expected.
“What do you want?”
There it was.
The real question.
Not why I came.
Not who I was.
What did I want?
I looked past him toward the dark mountains behind the gates.
“I want to join Shadow Moon Pack.”
His expression hardened.
“You don’t even know what you’re asking for.”
“I do.”
“No, you don’t.”
His voice became colder.
“Shadow Moon is not a place for weak wolves.”
I almost smiled.
Because those words sounded exactly like something the original Adrian would say.
The entire world saw Shadow Moon as a group of monsters.
But the truth was…
They were a group of people who had been abandoned before they ever had a chance to prove themselves.
“You think I’m weak.”
Adrian looked at me.
“You failed your awakening ceremony.”
His words were direct.
But not cruel.
Interesting.
He wasn’t insulting me.
He was stating a fact.
“I know.”
“Then why come here?”
I met his gaze.
“Because being weak is temporary.”
Something flickered in his eyes.
Only for a moment.
But I noticed.
“Power isn’t everything.”
I continued.
“Sometimes the people everyone ignores are the ones who change the world.”
Adrian remained silent.
For some reason, that seemed to bother him more than anger would have.
Because he had probably heard countless people say they were special.
But nobody had ever said:
The abandoned ones matter.
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A sudden pain flashed across Adrian’s face.
It was quick.
Almost invisible.
But I saw it.
His hand tightened slightly.
His breathing changed.
And the silver in his eyes became darker.
There it was.
The curse.
I knew it.
The moment I saw him in person, I confirmed it.
The novel only mentioned that Adrian carried an ancient curse.
But it never explained how it started.
Only that the curse would eventually consume him.
“You’re hurt.”
His eyes snapped back to me.
“No.”
“Your wolf is unstable.”
The atmosphere instantly changed.
The coldness around him became dangerous.
“Who told you that?”
“No one.”
“Then how do you know?”
I didn’t answer.
Because I couldn’t.
The truth was impossible.
But my silence gave him the answer he needed.
He stepped closer.
Too close.
His Alpha aura surrounded me.
“What are you?”
A normal Omega would have been terrified.
But I noticed something else.
His hands were shaking.
Very slightly.
He was not angry.
He was afraid.
Not of me.
Of himself.
Interesting.
The future Alpha King was afraid of losing control.
“You don’t need to know yet.”
His expression darkened.
“You’re in no position to make demands.”
“Neither are you.”
The words left my mouth before I could stop them.
The forest became silent.
Even Adrian seemed surprised.
Nobody talked to him like that.
Especially not an Omega.
I took a breath.
“You’re trying to push everyone away because you’re afraid.”
His eyes turned cold.
“Careful.”
“You think if nobody gets close, nobody gets hurt.”
I continued.
“But that doesn’t protect them.”
His jaw tightened.
“It only makes you alone.”
For a second…
Something in his expression broke.
A tiny c***k.
Almost impossible to notice.
But I saw it.
Because I knew him.
Not the rumors.
Not the stories.
The real Adrian.
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Before he could answer, a loud howl echoed from the forest.
Adrian immediately turned.
His entire presence changed.
The cold man disappeared.
The Alpha appeared.
“What happened?”
I looked toward the trees.
Another howl answered.
Then another.
Adrian’s face became serious.
“Rogues.”
Of course.
The original story never mentioned this.
Which meant one thing.
The future was already changing.
Because I was here.
“Stay behind me.”
I looked at him.
“You’re injured.”
“That doesn’t matter.”
“It matters.”
His eyes flashed.
“You’re an Omega.”
“And you’re a cursed Alpha.”
The words stopped him.
For the first time…
Adrian looked at me like I was not just a weak girl.
Like I was someone who could actually see him.
A movement came from the darkness.
A rogue wolf jumped out.
Its eyes were blood-red.
Its body covered in scars.
A wolf that had completely lost control.
Adrian moved instantly.
His transformation was terrifying.
Black claws.
Silver eyes.
An overwhelming Alpha aura.
Even weakened…
He was powerful.
But I noticed something.
Every time he used his power…
The black marks on his skin spread.
The curse was getting stronger.
He knew.
I knew.
But he still fought.
Because that was Adrian Blackthorn.
The man who would rather destroy himself than let someone else die.
Three rogues attacked together.
Adrian blocked one.
Then another.
But the third moved toward me.
I froze for half a second.
Not because I was afraid.
Because I remembered something.
In the original story…
This was never supposed to happen.
A sudden pain burned through my chest.
Then the moonlight above us changed.
Silver light poured through the trees.
The rogue stopped.
Adrian stopped.
Everything stopped.
A voice appeared inside my mind.
Ancient.
Powerful.
Familiar.
“The Moon Goddess has awakened what was hidden.”
My breath caught.
The silver flames from the Awakening Ceremony appeared again.
But this time…
They surrounded me completely.
Adrian stared at me.
Shock appeared in his silver eyes.
Because he recognized something.
Something that should have been impossible.
The mark of the first Luna.
The bloodline that disappeared hundreds of years ago.
The power of the Moon Goddess.
My body trembled.
Not from fear.
From realization.
I wasn’t a failed Omega.
I was never powerless.
I was simply waiting.
Waiting for the right moment.
And Adrian Blackthorn…
The Alpha everyone feared…
Was the first person to witness my true awakening.
The first person who would know my secret.
And the last person I expected to become my destiny.
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End of Chapter 3
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