Chapter 240 If She Dies

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Henry could do nothing but watch as the doctors and wolf healers crowded around Aubrey. Every time she disappeared behind their shoulders, panic clawed through him, leaving his chest hollow and his breath short.

Yet when he edged closer, he froze, terrified that his presence might disturb their desperate work.

So he circled the bed like a caged beast for hours, unable to think of anything else, consumed by one question—

What if she dies?

It wasn’t his own death he thought of. Not the fact that without Aubrey, no one could prolong his life.

No–his only thought was that if Aubrey died, then he no longer wanted to live either.

The realization struck like a blow: if she left him, he would follow without hesitation.

That raw, unpolished truth spun endlessly in his mind, dragging him deeper and deeper into the abyss.

Xavier, at least, still had methods. The research team had been fighting the Kajit virus for months, and one of their improved antivirals was injected into Aubrey’s veins.

raging fever broke. Unlike most patients, who


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straight, she cooled, her breathing evening

the truth was

Aubrey was infected.

a hammer on

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gratitude warred with grief–without Aubrey’s composure in the Flame Pack, the Shadowmoon Pack would have fallen into chaos. Without her, Henry would already be in isolation, a

she woke, she sobbed until her voice cracked, whispering over and over that she had failed Aubrey’s late

cruel question loomed over them

herself carried the Kajit virus, could

future

their work this past year–all the


sank under

day later, Aubrey’s eyes

knew at once. The

one–in–a–hundred miracle had passed

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“Aubrey?”

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