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)

Her toes splashed against the cool water of the pool as Imara’s legs sliced back and forth, and her eyes rose to the sky. /"I can’t do it anymore. Please, let me go home this time. Don’t make me come back./"

She heard the glass door shut behind her, and she fanned her face dry. The metal chair Thorin pulled with him scraped against the concrete until he sat down in it beside her. /"Is there anything I can do for you, Imara?/"

Her head nodded a little as she got lost in the ripples under her feet. /"Are you going to tell me the truth now? I think the time for keeping secrets is long gone./"

Hands clasped between his knees as he leaned over and faced her. /"Who told you?/"

She licked at her chapped lips before she pressed her hands on the ledge she was sitting on. /"Thomas./"

Chapter27