Chapter 25 He Doesn’t Believe Me

Aubrey’s POV

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Alpha Henry turned his head slightly. His deep eyes were sharp and piercing, and that handsome face looked as impatient as ever–but the hand that had been gripping the doorknob slowly dropped.

I didn’t know why, but realizing he was actually willing to stay and listen made something bitter stir deep inside me.

“First.” I said, “the thing you probably hate me most for… is what happened five months ago, when you were drugged. Am I right?”

I sat by the desk, my voice calm. I was facing him, but I didn’t look at him directly.

The moment I brought up that stain on his record, Henry frowned again. Before he could speak, I suddenly looked up.

“That night… wasn’t me.”

I said it one word at a time, clear and firm. I didn’t look away. I stared him right in the eye.

His pupils shrank a little. It looked like something about that landed.

But in the next second, he snapped, “If it wasn’t you, then who?”

Of course. I shook my head. I never thought just one sentence would make him believe me. He hasn’t hated me for just a day or two.

one who handed you the drink. But I only wanted to start a conversation. I had


even though he wasn’t exactly warm toward me, his attitude had never been this openly disgusted. It was after that night that

out a cold laugh. “I must be insane to be standing here

my phone. He threw it out the window. If you go back now and have the staff search the grounds, you should be able to find it. Since I study medicine, I get random flashes of inspiration sometimes, so I keep a little voice recorder on my phone

to shift–he was

wasn’t stupid. He knew I wouldn’t bring something

Mariana came to me. She asked me to make her a type of aphrodisiac that wouldn’t

all over–not just in Shadowmoon Pack, but in the surrounding ones too. Back when I was

think she was my best friend. Better

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look off. Before he could say anything,

ask ine to do something like that before. I was scared. So

last night was the moment everything in my

bring any of this up. I didn’t want to

why should I have to carry the label of shameless slut

knew something was wrong and brought you to a room. I could tell you were drugged and didn’t want you to embarrass yourself, so I got rid of the others. I knew the antidote, since I’d made the stuff. But you suddenly lost it and threw

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