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

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head, just a tiny movement, her eyes flicking toward Axel and Fiona

the bond.

We had an

surprise, forcing my expression

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I shouted, letting the raw terror that had gripped me moments before flood my

his wolf form, his teeth bared in a snarl. I saw his eyes momentarily widen as he saw Audrey

my chest then, vibrating through my entire body. In an instant, I was on my feet, muscles

I could muster into my voice. “You killed

and Fiona’s eyes widened in tandem. Around us, the rogues who had been closing

could utter a word, I lunged, my body shifting

crashed into Axel, knocking him off his feet with the force of a freight train. But he shifted beneath me, his own wolf form taking over his body before I could injure

erupted around us, the clearing descending into chaos as Charles engaged Fiona, their bodies a blur of fangs and claws. Some of the more daring rogues surged forward, but Charles and I fought

This was between us-me, Charles, Axel, and Fiona. Not them. Not yet,

But I was fueled by something far more potent than his

with enough force to send him staggering backwards. While he was stunned, I lunged

my mouth, bitter and

could end it. Right now. One quick twist and it would all be over. Axel would

memory stopped me in my tracks. A memory 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 us all apart and sowed

I hesitated.

scrambling back with a

holding Fiona down, her eyes wide with terror. But like me, he also hadn’t delivered the killing blow just yet. Our eyes met, and in

do it. We wouldn’t become

I roared, shifting back into my human form.

laughed as he shifted too, but it was a bitter, hollow sound. Weak, Edwin. So weak.

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shattered that

I’ll show you mercy. But if you don’t, then maybe I’ll let him loose one

his head and chuckled again, cracking his knuckles. “I

suddenly rang out. “I don’t think you

her power surged. The broken arrow

The rogues moved backwards, terrified as the

Wolf had

taking a step back.

harm me?” she asked. “I am silver. It is my essence, my power. It

stared at her, frozen in

down by my Beta’s powerful

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