Reborn Omega: Avenge Herself Like an Alpha

Chapter 52 The Pain Is Proof

Henry’s POV

Mate. Mate. I want our mate.

Callen hadn’t stopped screaming in my head since we left the junkyard. He thrashed around like a rabid animal, demanding we forget about Aubrey and go find the powerful Alpha–level mate he was convincert belonged to us.

Over and over–those same words. My temples throbbed from it. I had no interest in this so–called “Alpha mate,” so I did what had to be done. I severed the link with Callen.

At last silence.

Unfortunately, our family’s wolf doctor, Xavier, had left for an errand and hadn’t come back. I tried contacting him through our mental link, but either the distance was too great or he was blocking. I couldn’t reach him.

Then I remembered Aubrey knew medicine herself. I grabbed the first–aid kit and headed toward her room. But the moment I reached her door, I froze.

Damn it.

I was just going to check on Aubrey–not my mate–so why the hell was my heart racing?

Muttering a curse under my breath, I forced myself to calm down and knocked.

No answer.

That blood… what if something had happened?

I opened the door.

dead in my

the floor–her bloodstained

She was… showering?

night at the banquet when she stripped in front of me to

innocence…

hadn’t meant to snap at her that night. But when I saw those marks all over her skin, my temper just exploded. I

then, the

clung to her pale skin, making the bloody wound on her chest

sapphire–blue eyes

sculpture come to life–every curve carved to perfection. A living Venus, cold

The Pain

jerked around, turning my back to her, bracing

But nothing came.

I finally glanced over my shoulder, she had already wrapped herself in a towel and was sentent

raw

said, catching my gaze in the mirror. “aren’t

I frowned.

the old Aubrey, the one

the feeling and passed her the first–aid

but she was too rough. Blood welled up again. staining her pale

thinking, I

you be a little

this like

and gave me a look that seemed to say, What’s it got to do with you? It’s not