Chapter 442: Exchange Of Life

Olivia’s POV

The masked man leaned back in his chair, his gloved hands resting loosely on his knees. For a moment, he just stared at me through that faceless mask. Then his voice came, low and calm, like a blade sliding across stone.

"My son is dying," he said. "And you... you are going to heal him."

I blinked at him, confused. "Heal him?" My voice cracked. "Why would you go this far—kidnapping Selene, dragging me here—just for that? If your son is sick, I can help. I can heal him. You didn’t have to do this."

He tilted his head slightly, like he pitied me. "It’s not as simple as you think," he said. "His illness is not a wound. It’s an exchange. A curse. His life for another’s."

My stomach tightened. "What do you mean?"

The man leaned forward, elbows on his knees. "If you heal him, the curse won’t just break—it will move. His heart will start beating again, and yours will stop."

I felt the blood drain from my face. My wolf growled weakly inside me, but the collar smothered her voice. "You’re insane," I whispered. "You can’t ask me to—"

"I’m not asking," he interrupted sharply. "I am telling you."

He sat back again, then turned his masked face toward Selene. She stiffened under his gaze, her lips pressed tight.

"And after you heal him," he continued, voice smooth, "my son will feed. From her."

Selene’s eyes went wide. "No," she hissed, her voice trembling but full of rage. "You touch me and—"

"You will do nothing," he said flatly. "Neither of you will."

need to do this," I said quickly, desperate now. "If your son is


even know how powerful you are yet.

her head

if amused. "Madness or desperation? Sometimes they are the same

fists, feeling the knife under my thigh strap pressing into my skin like a reminder. My mind raced. If I healed this boy, I

the same time... if I refused, would he kill us both

"My son will be brought here in a few hours," he said

"Don’t do anything foolish, Olivia. The collar

Then he left.

There had to be a

and replaying every possible way to break the collar. Selene sat still beside me, her eyes distant,

I overheard footsteps—slow at first, then heavier,

The door burst open.

My stomach dropped as I realized their intent. One reached for me, the other for Selene, their hands already pulling


"You’ll do as you’re told," one

voice trembled with anger.

my throat. But as one of them shoved his filthy cock

Hard. His scream tore through the room as blood flooded my mouth, metallic and

could react, the door slammed open

in, his presence like a thunderclap. His voice was no

you think

guards froze, the one bleeding collapsing to his

fun," the uninjured guard stammered, his

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