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?

Aubrey’s mind

was contacting me.

hadn’t returned a single call.

Something wasn’t right.

I could ask anything, she cut the link–just like

Damn it.

of warriors waiting, an inspection to lead, and no reason to chase after an

stop thinking about her. And when I

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knew something

someone–anyone–hurting her made my vision go

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once and barked to the Beta next to me, “Training’s over.

tomorrow.”

have been preparing for this

“I said, dismiss!”

shot off across the pack grounds. I barely registered the stunned stares behind

places she frequented. I checked her apartment first–nothing. Then headed

finally–I caught

remote path, no injuries, but…

wave. She was okay. I


care anymore. And yet here I was -acting like a fool, chasing her through the pack like

and was just about to turn

Aubrey suddenly stumbled.

“Aubrey!”

like fire. Her cheeks were flushed red,

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