Chapter 93
93 Broken Allegiances
Third Person POV
Alpha Henry stood beside Aubrey, his gaze cold as he stared down Matco. The oppressive pressure from a top–ranked alpha filled the garden, freezing the air itself. The lower–ranked wolf bodyguards instinctively took a step back. Sᴇaʀ*ᴄh the Fɪndηovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access s of novels early and in the highest quality.
“Mateo,” Henry said, his voice low and razor–sharp, “you’re going to condemn Aubrey based on the word of a third–rate wolf doctor? If anything happens to Leon, I, Alpha Henry, will take full responsibility. Will that calm you down?”
Gasps echoed throughout the courtyard. In wolf society, an alpha’s word was sacred. Henry wasn’t just speaking for himself–he had just placed the honor of the entire Shadowmoon Pack behind Aubrey .
Mateo’s pupils contracted sharply. He took a deep breath and stepped back. Watching Aubrey and Alpha Henry stand shoulder to shoulder stirred a deep and unfamiliar agitation in him.
Shane, seeing Henry defend Aubrey so fiercely, felt a flicker of excitement. If Leon died, Mateo and Henry would inevitably clash. And since the Zach family was weaker than the Miguel family, the clan would surely sacrifice Mateo to preserve their alliance. With one blow, Shane could eliminate Mateo without lifting a finger–and take all the credit.
Clutching his bleeding leg, Shane crawled toward Mateo and raised his voice dramatically.
“Alpha, you must avenge Mr. Leon! I questioned this Omega too. I told her the prescription looked strange , and she told me not to worry–she’d take full responsibility. Then she forced that bowl of medicine down his throat and now look at him-”
Mateo’s rage reignited. He kicked Shane aside with a roar.
“If you thought the medicine was dangerous, why didn’t you ask me? Or the family’s wolf doctor?!”
Shane clutched his chest as blood dripped from his mouth, but he still tried to talk his way out. “Didn’t you say not to question Ms. Aubrey? That her healing methods were special? And she was rushing me, so I didn’t have time to ask the doctors.”
So it was his own fault–for trusting Aubrey too much.
Mateo’s mind throbbed in pain. He grabbed the family’s old wolf doctor by the collar and growled through clenched teeth.
“Is my brother… really beyond saving?”
The old wolf doctor had expected this. Though nervous, he spoke as firmly as he could.
“Mr. Leon… Mr. Leon is beyond help. He coughed up blood. That means his internal organs hailed. I can’t save him. No wolf doctor in the northern clans can.”
In truth, he had barely examined Leon at all. He was too panicked to focus, but after seeing the blood, he convinced himself it had to be the result of internal rupture from the medicine. Just like he’d suspected. No need to double–check.
Mateo’s hands shook with fury. His veins bulged as he glared at Aubrey like she was already dead.
“You’ve got nothing left to say for yourself?”
13:41 Sun , 17 Aug
93 Broken Allegiances
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Alpha Henry, calm and unshaken, gave Aubrey’s hand a reassuring squeeze. His message was clear , even if she really had killed someone, he would handle it.
Aubrey hadn’t expected him to put this much faith in her. Her feelings were complicated, but she kept her face cold as ice. She raised an eyebrow at the old wolf doctor.
“Are you sure you don’t want to check again?”
The doctor glanced at Leon, unconscious and pale as death, and felt even more convinced. “There’s no
afraid?” need. I’m sure. But you—you killed someone. How are you not even
Aubrey wasn’t just unafraid–she was disturbingly composed. She smiled faintly and turned her gaze to Shane.
“Interesting. The Zach family really is crawling with snakes.”
She let her words hang in the air before continuing.
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“Shane says he didn’t consult any doctor. He just brewed the medicine as I wrote it. I only gave him thirty minutes, so I purposely increased the dosage slightly to make sure the herbs would take effect . But Shane … added even more. Doubled it. And I’m guessing he got rid of the dregs, didn’t he?”
Shane flinched. She was right. He had doubled the dosage and destroyed the evidence. But how could she possibly know that? How could she tell just from smell? That wasn’t possible. She was just an Omega. How could she have senses that sharp?
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