Chapter 34 The Hidden Blade

Aubrey’s POV

“I’m just trying to perform dry needling. You’re the one overreacting.”

Finished

I tossed aside the hairpin and casually twirled the golden needle between my fingers. “As you can see, it’s

only five inches long. Sharp, sure–but it’s flexible. If your muscles are tense, it won’t even pierce your

skin.”

I glanced at the dagger still pressed to my neck and smiled like it was nothing. “Unless… are you really that scared an Omega like me could take down a big, bad Alpha like you?”

“Of course not.”

Mateo scoffed, but the tight line of his brow and the wariness in his eyes didn’t waver. “But dry needling? You?”

He wasn’t wrong to doubt me. Dry needling wasn’t something you found in back–alley clinics–it was an elite healing art reserved for royal circles and noble packs. Most werewolves just toughed it out or relied on basic healing potions.

grandfather’s secret technique, the Wolf Needles–was something only passed down in my family. It demanded talent, and more importantly, generations of legacy. Most

I needed to explain that

another wolf medic. Oh–wait. You’re wanted, aren’t


worse. The silver in your system is suppressing your natural

between pale and flushed as he weighed his options. Finally, he let out a cold grunt and dropped the dagger, slumping back

The

said through gritted teeth, “I’ll kill you. Then I’ll kill

“Sure.”

from his wounds. Maybe because I was still pissed off, my hands were

needle between

I didn’t care. My focus had already shifted–into the feel of the needle, the steady energy in my palm, the rhythm

needling simply guided a patient’s own internal energy, aligning

But mine was different.

practiced transferred my energy–my life force–into the patient

11 Aug:

The


family as “vital essence,” was what allowed us to

technique was

it could even slow aging and extend life. In my

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