The Alpha King\\\'s Cursed Bride

Fairy tales had always been Serena’s refuge. Growing up as the only wolfless girl in a village of shifters, she had clung to the stories of common girls rescued by princes, of curses broken by love, of magic transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary. But the day the tax collector came to their cottage, fairy tales proved to be nothing but lies.

Her father, trembling before the Beta wolf, offered Serena—his defective, barren daughter—as a slave to the Alpha King Darius, a ruler feared for his cruelty. Stripped of dignity, she was taken to the castle, where dark secrets lurked beneath its marble beauty.

Chapter 1: The Beast’s Chambers

Serena expected death. Instead, she was thrust into a lavish suite where a monstrous beast awaited her. Claws, jagged teeth, and a twisted form—yet his voice was hauntingly human.

\\\"Put on the gown,\\\" he commanded.

Trembling, she obeyed. But when he asked, \\\"Will you be my wife?\\\" she refused. Instead, she offered a riddle:

\\\"I am held by those who cannot touch me, broken by those who never speak me, and kept by those who never sought me. Kings command me, but I command fate. What am I?\\\"

The beast, intrigued, granted her another night.

Chapter 2: Stories in the Dark

Night after night, Serena returned. She spun tales of cursed princes and brave heroines, leaving each story unfinished, ensuring her survival. The beast listened, debated, and challenged her—unlike anyone in her life.

By day, she scrubbed floors under the cruel eye of the head servant, Birdie. By night, she found solace in the beast’s company.

Then, he gifted her a library.

\\\"Write your own stories,\\\" he said.

Tears filled her eyes. No one had ever given her such a gift.

Chapter 3: The Truth of the Curse

One morning, curiosity led her to his chambers at dawn. As sunlight touched him, the beast’s form twisted—and King Darius emerged.

\\\"You weren’t supposed to see this,\\\" he whispered.

A witch’s curse split him in two: by day, a feared king; by night, a monstrous beast. The curse would break only if someone loved the beast, knowing nothing of the king within.

But Serena had already fallen for him.

\\\"I came to say yes,\\\" she admitted.

Darius, believing her love tainted by knowledge, sent her away.

Chapter 4: The Broken Wedding

A year later, Serena returned to witness Darius’s wedding to a princess. But assassins attacked, and as the sun set, Darius transformed before the crowd.

Serena, without hesitation, ran to him.

\\\"I love you,\\\" she declared. \\\"Beast or king, it doesn’t matter.\\\"

Light engulfed him. The curse shattered.

The truth? The curse required him to love her more than his crown. By choosing her over his secret, he proved his love was real.

Epilogue: The Storyteller Queen

A year later, Queen Serena stood beside her husband in a kingdom reborn. Humans and shifters lived as equals. And in the royal nursery, twin heirs slept—a miracle for the woman once called barren.

At a ball, a diplomat posed a riddle:

\\\"I am held by those who cannot touch me...\\\"

Darius smiled. \\\"A promise.\\\"

He had known the answer all along.

Serena laughed, leaning into his embrace. \\\"My beast. My king.\\\"

And so, the girl who believed in fairy tales found her happy ending—not in a story, but in a love that defied curses, forms, and fate itself.