Chapter 149 Borrowed Time

Aubrey’s POV

After retrieving my gold needles from home, I rushed straight back to the Miguel estate and began treating Alpha Henry with acupuncture.

Ever since hearing what Perry told me, the urgency in my heart had changed. Beyond the strategic value he held as protection, I now felt a deeper obligation–1 had to save him.

“How do you feel?”

I asked quietly after finishing the first round of acupuncture.

Alpha Henry nodded, and for the first time in days, his pale, handsome face had a faint flush of color.

“I feel good.”

I frowned. That answer meant nothing. Just then, Adelyn, who had been watching anxiously, leaned in.

“Aubrey, is it true? Can you really extend Henry’s life?”

“Yes.”

nodded, then calmly explained

a patient using needles, then fuse that energy into their system through precise patterns. It can extend a person’s life. But

I paused before continuing.


he stays alive, he’ll

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as

they are, you can prolong their life?” He stared at me, brow furrowed. “Then what’s stopping every dying werewolf from lining up to use you? And if you do this for everyone, doesn’t it harm

smiled faintly. As expected, even sick and weak, his instincts

needling came at a cost. If it didn’t, I’d have ruled the

the others were able to control me was because

of those

and stored energy directly into the patient. Essentially, the patient stole time from the healer’s life. It could extend a lifespan drastically–until accident, old age, or a fatal infection finally claimed

Henry, though, was a refined one–administered every three days, each session only transferring a small

“Aubrey?”

voice broke my train of thought.


some rest. If you don’t want it to cost me too much–then pray we crack the Q–Virus soon. That way, I

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