Chapter 287 The One Losing Control

Third Person POV

Aubrey’s head snapped up. “I refuse!”

But Henry’s resolve was iron. He extended his hand, his meaning unmistakable. “This isn’t a request, Aubrey. We’re going.”

She didn’t scream or flail. She simply stared at his hand, her voice flat as still water. “You’re sure you want to do this?”

“Absolutely.” His answer was sharp, unwavering. “Running won’t solve anything. You have to face it.” That was his creed–where you fall, you rise again. What she feared, she must confront.

In the next instant, his body swelled, bones cracking in rapid succession. In the space of a breath, a towering wolf stood where he had been–a beast cloaked in silver–gray fur, eyes burning with violet light.

radiating from him. Then

if part of some grim rite, she

struck the ground, and he shot forward like a streak of lightning, silent and unstoppable, leaving Charles’s voice and any chance of

howled at her

voice whispered softly. Our mate is right. If you don’t face it, if you keep

pressed her lips

family estate loomed before them, the research institute standing


to human form. Side by side, they stood before the gates. From within drifted the faint, familiar

was quiet but sharp. “Tell me. If I go in again and lose my mind, will you still force

Silence. Long, heavy silence.

sudden

her, but his tone held no doubt. “Because you won’t break. You’re stronger than that. You –“his

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