Chapter 236 The Blood Oath

Third Person POV

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Henry instinctively tried to pull his hand back, but Aubrey’s grip was iron- strong, unyielding.

In that instant, he understood her intent. She truly meant to do it.

No! If that was the path, he would rather take the blame himself. Better he fall than her.

He wrenched his hand back, desperate to speak the truth aloud. But before he could, just as his fingertip slipped free of her palm, Aubrey’s voice cut across the hall like a blade.

“You once asked me–would I be willing to die with you?”

The words struck him like a stone to the chest. His heart lurched violently, pounding as though it would tear free.

Aubrey’s gaze narrowed, fearless now, her lips curving into a faint, reckless smile. “So tell me—if it’s my life at stake, would you betray me?”

Would he?

share your death… could you ever betray

form an answer, she


closed around his

And she bit.

welled hot and dark, sliding between

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done it. She had taken his blood

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through blood. Even without wounds in her mouth, the infection could pass through her mucous membranes. To

Henry recoiled as though struck, yanking his hand back so hard that the sudden motion smeared a scarlet streak

to face Nathan and the others.

unstoppable fever. But those wolves who tended Henry–they

“M- maybe… maybe it wasn’t


excuse. “Then tell me this–was what I just did slow contact, or

And under that

Aubrey could drink Henry’s blood and remain standing, then Henry was no infected

power to spread? If that power failed here, then what more

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