Chapter 286 The Breaking Point

Third Person POV

48 Pearls

Henry’s skin was bronzed, his shoulders broad, waist narrow. His chest was sculpted, his abs sharply cur every line radiating an Alpha’s strength and dominance.

Stripped bare, he made no effort to hide the aggression and raw sensuality of his body. His eyes cut across the room, a silent challenge.

Charles’s frame was no less striking.

He lacked Henry’s crushing Alpha presence, but every muscle carried fluid definition, shaped by explosive power and wolf–born agility. His skin was paler, but his posture steady as steel. Catching Henry’s gaze, he turned deliberately, his back muscles flaring, shoulder blades spread like wings of a raptor ready to strike.

Two bodies, carved in different styles, stood in the same space–charged, competitive, clashing in silence. The air thickened again, turning the room into an arena without blows.

Aubrey’s towel stilled against her damp hair. Her lips twitched, the faintest, almost invisible crack in her

composure.

statues. Without a word, she crossed to the sofa, picked up the hairdryer, and

tugged their shirts back on, but the taut

the afternoon dragged under a storm cloud. Henry tried to speak with Aubrey, but each attempt met either silence or replies so cold they cut deeper than refusal. Charles kept to his role as “friend,” preparing dinner quietly. Yet his very presence was a thorn

the warm light spilling through the window painted the apartment in orange. But the glow only sharpened the


could bear it no

Aubrey, crouching low before where she curled in the torner of the sofa, her

voice

I brought the best healer for you–whatever’s haunting you, we’ll cure it. Just tell me, what

subtly it was

Her eyes were void of warmth, dripping

crazy. You think all of this is just madness.” Her voice sharpened to a blade, slicing straight into him. “And for this lunatic, you’re so noble,

her words hitting

surging. He surged

1314 Wed, Sept

286 The

the room.

make, for you to suddenly–so


anger was raw, confused,

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255