Chapter 140
Mason
I wanted that, too, more than I’d ever wanted anything, but as soon as I turned the water off, all my fears. crept back in.
Without a cure for Braden, I didn’t see how we could have a happy ending.
We stepped out of the shower and tossed on some robes Rhiannon had left for us
“How are we going to get out of this?” Katie asked, searching my face for answers I didn’t have.
I took her hands in mine, trying to make my voice sound confident. “Maybe it’s better if I turn myself into the Council,” I said. “Maybe they’ll thank me for taking care of their little vampire problem.”
Katie looked horrified, but it seemed like the best option we had left. Perhaps I could even convince the Council that Xander and Zane were the reason Braden and I crossed paths in the first place. Then if I went down, at least I could take the Constantines down with me.
I just needed to make sure Katie was safely back in Stillwood before that happened.
“I’ll take you home,” I reassured her. “Even if things don’t work out for me, you can be with Asher and Quinn again, and eventually you’ll forget you ever came to Constantine”
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Tears sprang to Katie’s eyes. My heart sank to my stomach seeing her so upset.

“I just told you I love you,” she said thickly. “You can’t leave me now. We have to find another way”
She reached for my arms and clung to them desperately.
I didn’t want to fight her on this. Truthfully, the last thing I wanted to do was leave her and Stella
Rhiannon was a witch, for goddess’s sake. She must have other things she could try.
“Okay.” I told Katie. “Let me talk to Rhiannon and see if we can figure something out. You stay here until I
come back.”
She nodded and let me go.
After getting dressed, I made my way down the hall silently, listening at each door for signs of Rhiannon.
This loft apartment was deceptively large. But as I approached the second door, I heard Xander and Zane’s
hushed voices.
+froze, and Colt pawed around inside me, my wolf hearing perking up to catch their conversation.
“So it’s settled then,” Xander said. He sounded agitated. “We get my mother to drive her back to the
mansion in the morning, and we take Mason to the Council to hand himself in.”
What the hell? No f ucking way were they going to change their minds and throw me under the bus just when things with Katie were finally falling into place again.
And what the f uck was this about “driving her back to the mansion? They sure as hell hotter not he
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planning to lock Katie up in Constantine again.
“I don’t know about this, Xander,” Zane said. He sounded equally short-fused and also exhausted, and didn’t blame him. I’d rather fall on a silver blade than have to babysit Alpha Know-It-All As shole. “You’re letting Gustav’s threats get to you. You’re not thinking this through.”
“Yes, I f ucking am,” he roared. I could hear him breathing heavily, trying to calm himself. “Look, there’s a reason our wolves are drawn to Katie. And with Mason out of the picture, we might finally get to find out why
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