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.

she crossed to the sofa, picked up the

and Charles tugged their shirts back on, but the taut

of 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 lodged deep

apartment in orange. But the glow only


bear

of the sofa, her eyes fixed beyond the glass.

voice cracked

healer for you–whatever’s haunting you, we’ll cure it. Just tell me,

tensed, so subtly it was almost

were void of warmth, dripping with bitter

Her voice sharpened to a blade, slicing straight into him. “And for this lunatic, you’re so noble,

her words hitting harder than

anger surging. He surged upright, Alpha dominance

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286 The Breaking

the room.

What mistake did I make, for you to suddenly–so


was

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