When The Moon Hides Her Crown novel Chapter 174

Chapter 174 Ten Minutes

ALPHA HUGO’S OFFICE

Alpha Jude burst into Alpha Hugo’s office, clutching an old, worn book to his chest. His face was stern, eyes

frantic.

“Alpha Hugo! I found this book!” he gasped, rushing to the desk and slamming it down. “Look, it says the curse can be killed!”

“Really?” Alpha Hugo’s reply was calm, almost disinterested, too slow, too measured for the panic that had caused the Alpha instructors. Everyone was going mad and the Academy was in chaos.

“Yes!” Jude insisted, pushing the book closer to him. “This could save the Alphas from their curses. They have to face their curse and kill it within ten seconds.”

Hugo exhaled a long breath and crushed his cigarette into an ashtray already overflowing with butts from the stress he had been under since the Alphas disappeared.

“Do you know what happened to the man who wrote that book?” he asked quietly, eyes shadowed with exhaustion.

Jude frowned at the sudden change of topic, “No.”

“He died eating those very pages,” Hugo’s tone was flat. Jude froze at the revelation. Hugo closed the book with a thud and looked up to Jude. “This is just a copy of that book written at that time, Jude. Even Alpha Gideon knows it. If it truly worked, he would’ve ordered every Alpha to kill their curse instead of telling them to run and never look back.”

He leaned back in his chair, voice lowering. “All that death, running, and chasing going on Ghost Forest would be meaningless if the curse could be simply killed. Think about it. If that man really found the way to end it….. why did he die eating the pages he wrote so proudly?

Jude froze, the question cutting through his thoughts. “Why did he die?”

“Out of guilt and failure,” Hugo murmured, “Because someone tried to kill the curse with the knowledge of this book,” Hugo said darkly, standing up and tossing the book into the trash bin. “Only when they attempted it, they didn’t see their curse appear before them, they saw their entire bloodline.”

Jude’s eyes widened in horror. “What?”

Hugo nodded grimly. “Not just the people from their bloodline, the entire pack. Every single one of them appeared real, smiling at that Alpha. And then, right before his eyes, they started killing each other. Even the newborns were killed. Then flames consumed them all. It took ten seconds,” he paused. “The Alpha died of sheer terror right along with them, unable to handle the death of his people.”

Jude’s hands trembled at his sides the truth behind the claim of killing the curse. For hours he had searched for hope, or something while Alpha Gideon was with Aran and desperately trying to do something but what he’d brought instead was death, a death that could wipe out a whole lineage if the Alphas were already fighting for their lives with the cruses.

He clenched his fists at his sides, furious at himself, “Then…why did the man write that the curse can be killed?”

Hugo’s gaze lingered on the trash bin. His voice dropped to a murmur. “I don’t know. But no werewolf I’ve ever known has killed their curse. No one could stand the curse even for a second when they meet the curse’s eyes…and no one ever will.”

The room fell into dead silence for a long time before Jude opened his mouth.

“What if someone did?” Jude pressed quietly.

Hugo’s eyes snapped to him, brows furrowing. “That’s impossible because the curse will not let you even

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think about killing or facing it. Think before speaking, Jude. Also make sure you don’t mention it in front of Alpha Gideon. He would be really pissed when he is going crazy over this ugly situation.”

Jude stepped forward, his eyes stern, “That’s why I am asking you, Alpha Hugo. What if someone really killed their curse?”

Alpha Hugo’s expression shifted instantly, the calm on his face hardening into something darker.

“Then they’d have to be a monster greater than the curse itself,” he said lowly. “Because what they’d be facing, what they’d have to kill in those ten seconds would be their own bloodline. Their pack. And no one,” his voice dropped, sharp and deliberate, “no one has the guts to slaughter their blood and kin, no matter what stands at stake. No matter if it is the only solution to save their bloodline.”

He took a step closer, suspicion glinting in his eyes. “Why are you asking about something so impossible, so stubbornly, Jude?”

Jude was silent for a moment. Alpha Hugo’s suspicion increased as he demanded, “What is it? Tell me!”

Jude slowly pulled out his phone, unlocking it with cold hands. He turned the screen toward Hugo. “I saw this in the Moonstone Chamber not long ago.”

A ten–second video played of the Moonstone glowing an eerie blood–red for five full seconds before returning to its coolness state.

Hugo’s expression hardened, then twisted in disbelief. His eyes snapped up to meet Jude’s.

“What the actual fuck happened? The blood in the Moonstone, tell me it’s not what I’m thinking.”

“Alpha Hugo,” Jude said, his voice trembling, “someone seemed to have killed their curse.”

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