Chapter 136 The Lie I Chose

Henry’s POV

“Alpha, please cat a little. Even the strongest alpha on the continent still needs food when he’s sick.”

Mariana stood before me with a bowl of hot soup, her round doe eyes filled with concern.

I stared at her blankly, but inside, my disgust boiled over.

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I never liked Mariana. The only reason I treated her decently before was because she once saved me. But now that I knew who she really was, I felt nothing but revulsion. And yet… I had to keep her close. For now, she was necessary for the part she was playing–our so–called “devoted heroine.”

Seven days ago, after saving Aubrey in Gold Mountain, the virus in my body finally exploded. It hit hard. fast, and fierce–and in the chaos of the final pursuit, I got hit with a poisoned arrow laced with werewolf

venom.

Between the arrow and the virus, I lost a dangerous amount of blood. I nearly died there on that mountain.

But somehow–miraculously–I held on. I didn’t die. I kept breathing.

When I was secretly brought back to Shadowmoon Pack, the wolf healer Yan Xu examined me thoroughly… and then discovered somethin

that shocked him.

Buried deep in my chest. Working


“This needle–I remember

used to buy a few minutes to administer aid. This was a rare technique–it’s lasted far longer than any standard technique. That means the person who used it has incredible energy control!

“No!”

I refused immediately.

was deadly to omegas. She was only eighteen. She didn’t deserve to pay for my life

a word about how

could find, but none of them could help. In the

promises or whispered hopes. He

started planning. Choosing a successor. Reviewing land ledgers. Restructuring patrol routes. My father was

a cliff during a trip. I didn’t want anyone to know she’d cracked the T–flu virus. If I die, who’s left to protect an omega

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her to stay by my side, and ordered my betas to spread rumors


Aubrey heard the news…

Damn it

chip away at her frozen heart–only to turn away now, to walk away just when she was starting

that bitter thought settled in, the beta steward contacted

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