Chapter 234

Audrey

I slid down off of Edwin’s back, my legs quivering as they hit the ground.

Axel and Fiona stood in front of us, their expressions unreadable, but I could feel their gazes burning into us, waiting for our

next move.

My heart thudded violently in my chest-not from fear, but from anticipation. I was more prepared than they would ever know, but I needed to be careful. So I did exactly what we had practiced: I forced my face into a mask of terror, letting my wide eyes tremble, my lower lip quivering as if I were on the verge of breaking.

From the porch, Peter’s voice tore through the air like a wounded animal’s cry.

“Audrey, run! Get out of here!” His voice was raw, cracked from screaming. “Edwin, how could you? How could you bring her here?!” he shrieked, struggling against his bonds.

I turned slightly, stealing another glance at him. He looked even worse up close. His skin was pale, almost translucent, his veins close to bursting beneath his skin.

I’d seen this before-when my mother had almost died in the hospital.

Silver poisoning.

His eyes, though, burned with a fury so intense it was as if he were clinging to life solely through sheer willpower.

“You f****g m***on, Edwin!” he cried, each word more frantic than the last. “You’re a fool! A b***dy fool! Take! Her! Home!”

Beside me, Edwin shifted back into his human form. His eyes were full of barely contained fury, his hands balled up into tight white fists at his sides, the lines of his shoulders taut and hard.

“How could you do this, Axel?” His voice was hardly more than a low growl. “We’re family. You’re betraying your own blood.”

Axel laughed-a cold, jagged sound that sent shivers skittering down my spine despite my preparations. It was the laugh of someone who no longer cared about right or wrong. Fiona had been one thing, a brainwashed pawn of Coldclaw, but Axel.

Axel was just evil. Cruel. Hateful.

“Family? Don’t insult me with that word, Edwin,” he spat out as if the words were venom on his tongue. “The Brooks were never a family. All we’ve ever been were enemies, clawing at one another to try to get on top.”

“Maybe you,” Edwin growled. “Maybe Mother and Father and Malakai. But not me. Not Eliza. Not-”

off with his hand before he could

a dangerous light as he turned to look at me.

coiled in the pit of my stomach as he said that

Pack.

will never be a pack, Axel,” Edwin practically laughed. “Don’t be ridiculous. And even if it were possible to wrangle all of the rogues beneath

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that so?” His eyes didn’t leave mine. “Because I beg to differ. Once I have the Silver Wolf as my Luna, then

my blood run cold, but I didn’t flinch. Instead, I lifted my chin, silently daring him to

the rogues who were waiting in the trees moved forward. Rogues in various states-mangy-looking wolves, half-dressed men

nothing,” I felt Edwin’s voice ripple down the bond, bringing with it

nod. Edwin and I had talked about this-about making me

said, my voice trembling in just the right way. I pulled my shoulders inward, as if curling myself away from the oh-so-terrifying rogues. “Just let Peter go.

air as I took a step forward, “Audrey,

stretching further across his face. “Ah. Smart girl,” he purred.

brother back.”

shoved him roughly toward us. Peter stumbled across the clearing, his legs barely supporting him,

rasped, his voice a mere whisper as he reached for me with

knot in my throat, forcing myself to look away, blinking back the tears that threatened to blur my vision. “It’s going

have to stop

clamped around my arm, his fingers biting into my flesh. He yanked me closer, his breath hot and rancid against my ear. “Don’t worry, little thing,” he murmured, his voice low and possessive. “You’ll be treated like royalty here. The Rogue Queen, the Silver

my control faltered, and I couldn’t suppress the snarl that ripped through my throat. My fangs bared, and I felt the

“I’m not a thing.”

only chuckled, amused. “Oh, she’s feisty. I like that. She’ll make

have Peter back. Good luck finding

My stomach

listening anymore. He was already dragging me away, pulling me toward the dark outline of the cabin. My heart pounded

the antidote, give it to Peter, and fight off Axel,

grip, my heels digging into the snow. “Wait! You promised to give us

his head tilting slightly as he looked down at me, his lips

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