Chapter 236

Edwin

I watched in horror as the silver arrow tore through the air. Time slowed, and those moments felt like an eternity.

My body froze, every muscle locked in place by the icy grip of impending death. There was no escape. This was it. This was how I would die.

But in the blink of an eye, a blur of black and silver darted in front of me.

Audrey.

“No!” The scream tore from my throat, raw and broken, but I was too late.

The arrow struck her with a sickening thud, driving deep into her chest. The force of the blow sent her flying backwards, her body crumpling into a heap on the snowy forest floor.

The world around me dissolved into chaos, but it was distant, m***d, drowned out by the frantic beating of my heart.

No. Not again. I can’t lose her again.

“Audrey!” I roared as I leaped to my feet and stumbled to her side. My knees hit the ground hard, pain barking through my body, but I barely noticed. All I noticed was my mate’s limp body, curled up in the snow.

You idiot!” Axel snarled, whirling on Fiona. “You weren’t supposed to hit her!”

“Me?” Fiona’s shrill voice cut through the air. “It was your idea to shoot him to begin with! We had her, we-we could have just left!”

I blocked them out, my world shrinking to the figure laying in front of me. My hands shook uncontrollably as I reached for her and gently rolled her onto her back, terrified that her light had already gone out.

“Audrey,” I whispered, barely able to get her name past the tightness in my throat. “Audrey…”

Her eyes fluttered open, just a fraction, and for a split second, hope surged through me, a wild, desperate thing. But then my

gaze

fell to the arrow embedded in her chest, its gleaming shaft a cruel reminder of reality.

“No, no, no…” I muttered, panic setting in as I fumbled with her shirt, trying to see the extent of the damage.

I yanked the fabric aside, bracing myself for the sight of torn flesh, of blood staining her skin.

But what I saw… I never expected it.

There was nothing.

No blood, no wound.

Her skin was smooth, unmarked, as if the arrow had never pierced her at all. I blinked, my brain struggling to comprehend what I was seeing.

The arrowhead was shattered, the silver fragments scattered, broken against her as if they had struck steel instead of flesh. Audrey’s eyes met mine, and to my astonishment, a small smile tugged at the corners of her lips. She winked up at me. Alive. She was alive. And lucid enough to wink.

over where her wound

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movement, her eyes

the bond.

didn’t know. We

surprise, forcing my expression instead

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shouted, letting the raw terror that had gripped me moments before flood my voice once again. “She’s

was at my side again in his wolf form, his teeth bared in a snarl. I saw his eyes momentarily widen as he

entire body. In an instant, I was on my feet, muscles coiled as

bit of fury I could muster into my

in tandem. Around us, the rogues who had been

Axel could utter a word, I lunged,

a freight train. But he shifted beneath me, his own wolf form taking over his body before I could injure

Charles engaged Fiona, their bodies a blur of fangs and claws. Some of the more daring rogues surged forward,

Charles, Axel, and Fiona. Not them.

dirty, as always. But I was fueled by something far more potent than his desire for

brother’s claws, ducking low and ramming my shoulder into his chest with enough force to send him staggering backwards. While he was stunned, I lunged again, this time

blood filled my mouth, bitter and

and it would all be over. Axel would never

of us as pups, rolling in the grass, his laughter ringing out as I pinned him down. Back when things were still good, before it all went wrong. Before our parents ripped

a moment, I hesitated.

wrenched free, scrambling back with

me, he also hadn’t delivered the killing blow just yet. Our eyes met, and in that silent moment, we understood

do it. We wouldn’t become like

back into my human

was a bitter, hollow sound. Weak, Edwin. So weak. Whatever happened

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who shattered that kid’s eye

down now, and I’ll show you mercy. But if you don’t, then maybe I’ll let him

his head and chuckled again, cracking his knuckles. “I think I’d like to

rang

her hair glowing entirely silver as her power surged. The broken arrow fell from her chest, clattering to the ground in a

rogues moved backwards, terrified as the realization washed over

Wolf

taking a step

harm me?”

stared at her, frozen in

to shift,” Fiona whimpered, still held down by my Beta’s powerful paws. “She hasn’t undergone the bonfire

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