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.

needle. Buried deep in my chest. Working its


“This needle–I remember

Aubrey stabbed a needle into you. I even praised her–an omega that young, skilled in ancient dry needling? But now I understand. That wasn’t just any needle. This wasn’t one of those temporary needles used to buy a few minutes to administer aid. This was a rare technique–it’s lasted far longer than any standard technique.

“No!”

I refused immediately.

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

that no one was to speak a word about how I’d skipped the antibody

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

or whispered hopes. He needs to make sure his Pack survives after he’s 5

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

I had someone tell Jax she got hurt falling off 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 like

The Lie I

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brought Mariana in, told her to stay by my side, and ordered my


Aubrey heard the news…

Damn it

chip away at her frozen heart–only to turn away now, to

bitter thought settled in, the beta steward contacted me through the

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