A Curse that Lives On

Welcome to Sunday Blog Share. Today, we’re delving into the paranormal, as we will all month. Our story this fine October day is all about a curse that pits two families against each other. Being as this is a short story, there isn’t a lot of backstory in it. The reader only sees the action as it plays out in the moment.



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Here is your chance to learn about Zan Courtland and Luke “L-Mac” MacGregor’s attraction to each other and why they’re destined to fight to the death.
It all began in upper Michigan, when a MacGregor man fell for a beautiful Courtland woman. They were bitter enemies in both ancestry and their strongly held beliefs.  Ewan MacGregor refused to take a rejection from the comely Heather Courtland. She, on the other hand, could sense the evil within him and knew that unless he left her alone, she would have to destroy him in all ways.
Ewan didn’t take her harsh words, “I shall never step out with a MacGregor.” well. He was more than offended by her brush off, especially since he was directing his affections to a Englishwoman, the lifelong enemies of the Scottish. To make matters worse, his mother had sensed this woman could be trouble for the MacGregor clan unless she wed Ewan before the night of the full moon.
Heather knew she couldn’t get anywhere near Ewan, for fear that she would have to do her sworn duty, yet she felt an attraction to the dark Scotsman. As the night of the full moon crept closer and closer, his protestations of true love became stronger and stronger. She was weakening, losing control of her sense of duty, and about to give in to his pleas.Yet, she also remembered what she’d been told by her granny on the old woman’s deathbed—No Courtland shall ever couple with a MacGregor. To do so is to invite tragedy upon all who walk this earth.—Heather repeated those words over and over, until the night of the full moon arrived.
Ewan transformed, as he always did on this particular night. Instead of rampaging and pillaging local villages, as he’d done since his thirteenth naming day, he found a beautiful woman in his path, carrying a weapon that would spell his doom.
Heather walked away an hour later, panting from her exertions, leaving behind the body of the man she loved. She’d been unable to look upon the monster he was and had done her duty. But the MacGregor clan was ready for her after she killed their laird. Five more MacGregor men became werewolves on the night of the full moon following her victory over Ewan. Heather took her family and left Scotland, where they finally ended up in the blossoming United States in the early seventeen-hundreds. The MacGregors, those who had taken the curse to avenge their laird, were soon on her trail, and a long history of each side killing off the alpha of their group went on for years. Until Zan Courtland and L-Mac MacGregor met in a final battle that would decide the final victor.

A curse uttered in 1422 sets two families against each other – each side determined to destroy the other. Now, Zan Courtland, unprepared for the task, must face off against her foe – who also happens to be her boyfriend.


Cheer camp had ended an hour ago, but Suzanne Courtland, called Zan by anyone who didn't want her in their face, was still hanging around. She bounced up from the warm metal bleacher and went in search of her boyfriend. Luke “L-Mac” MacGregor was the quarterback for the Landry Wildcats, an uber-cool guy she'd dated for the last six wondrous, exciting, happy months. They were the “in” couple, the one all their classmates envied and what all theothers wanted to be. When school began in two weeks, Zan knew everything would be absolutely perfect … if L-Mac would just hurry up.
“What's taking him so long?” she wondered aloud.
She had so much to do tonight, and he'd promised to come with her. They were going to the mall, to search out the last of what they needed for school.
“Two more minutes, and then I'm gone.” Right this very second, Zan would have cheerfully walked away from L-Mac and never looked back.
“How long does it take to shower anyway?” Zan grumbled. “Girls are supposed to take forever, not guys. I bet they're–”




Born and raised in Southern California’s Los Angeles basin, K.C. Sprayberry spent years traveling the United States and Europe while in the Air Force before settling in northwest Georgia. A new empty nester with her husband of more than twenty years, she spends her days figuring out new ways to torment her characters and coming up with innovative tales from the South and beyond.
She’s a multi-genre author who comes up with ideas from the strangest sources. Those who know her best will tell you that nothing is safe or when she is observing real life. In fact, she considers any situation she witnesses as fair game when plotting a new story.  





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