Imara Parker is running from a curse that is supposed to kill her before she's 25. When she moves to a new safehouse, a young farmer (werewolf) named Ben delivers food to her, and they realize they are mates. Her brother tries to keep them apart but eventually gives in, and they get married. Things go well for a while, but Nightmares of Imara's death plague ben. One day he comes home to find a strange man at his kitchen table, realizes his family is dead, and the stranger curses him to relive his torment over and over for eternity, then kills Ben. Fifty years later, Ben wakes up in a house that doesn't belong to him, recovering from the stab wound that killed him. As he's leaving, he comes face to face with Imara and her brother again. Ben and Imara have blocked out their traumatic memories and don't realize they are mates. But her brother remembers and hires Ben to be Imara's bodyguard. Ben eventually remembers and vows to never allow Imara to remember or to let her love him, thinking he's the curse. Imara eventually remembers as well and is so heartbroken over what happens that she is inconsolable. They both die again, but while Imara is in the spirit world, she is given magic knives but the Darke King, who happens to be Ben's ancestor. With her new tool against their enemy, Imara returns fifty years later and is reunited with Ben; they train to defeat the man that cursed them. Ben is able to defeat the warlock, then goes in search of Imara in the magical world; they live happily ever after.

Cursed (The Broken Immortals Book 2)

Before he heard the clicks of her shoes, Ben felt her broken heart coming nearer, and he dropped the muffin he was eating to the counter as his stomach turned.

Thorin’s eyes moved over his head, and he managed a smile to hide his concern about her dark eyes and weight loss. /"Did you need something, Sweet Girl?/"

From the doorway, she pulled the charm on her chain back and forth under her fingers. /"I wanted to tell you I’m going to the Order party this evening./"

He spent the last few weeks doing his best to stay out of her way, but Ben’s eyes drifted to the side, and his chin met his shoulder. /"Not tonight./"

/"I’m not a child, and I wasn’t asking for permission, Ben./" Her arms crossed her chest, and she nodded her chin to Haldir. /"Would you mind the trouble of escorting me, Uncle Haldir?/"

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