Chapter 69 Fire in the Blood

Aubrey’s POV

“Aubrey?”

Finished

Henry’s deep Alpha voice cut into my mind just as I scraped a fourth bloody line across my collarbone with my fingernails. That single, questioning word–low, masculine, filled with concern–was like a bucket of ice. water dousing my brain.

What was I doing?

I had initiated a mind link with Alpha Henry. I had been about to ask for his help.

No. Absolutely not.

“That’s enough!” Ella’s voice snapped inside me, pacing furiously. “He’s our mate! So what if something happens–he’s meant to be with us!”

No… I pushed back. It wasn’t like that. Alpha Henry… he wasn’t just any man. I had once loved him so completely, so devastatingly, that just thinking about turning to him again felt like playing with fire. One spark… and I might burn all over again.

That fear–that truth–was more terrifying than the heat of my own body.

I severed the mind link immediately.

This drug–if I could just hold on a little longer, I’d get through it. Just a little longer!

I bit down hard on my lip and pinched my thigh until the pain jolted me, then forced myself forward, stumbling toward the woods.


Henry’s POV

What the hell is she doing?

Beta warriors‘ training when Aubrey’s mind link suddenly came through.

contacting me.

coldly shut me down last time, she hadn’t returned a single call. Not even a glance. But now she

Something wasn’t right.

could ask anything, she cut the link–just like

Damn it.

stay put. I had hundreds of warriors waiting, an inspection to

my gut said otherwise. I couldn’t stop thinking about her. And when I tried to reestablish the

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something was

thought of someone–anyone–hurting her made my

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Beta next to me, “Training’s over.

tomorrow.”

been

“I said, dismiss!”

waiting for a reply, I shifted into wolf form and shot off

checked her apartment first–nothing. Then headed for the

caught

a remote path, no injuries, but… she

slammed into me like a wave. She was okay. I


told myself I was done with her, that I didn’t care anymore. And yet here I was -acting like

gritted my teeth and was just about to

Aubrey suddenly stumbled.

“Aubrey!”

and caught her as she collapsed, shifting back to human form mid–motion. Her skin burned like fire. Her cheeks were flushed red, her breath ragged,

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