Chapter 76
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“Connall!” I cried desperately, trying to pull my hand away.
“What are you doing?” Celia cried. She ran over and tried to pull me away, but the magic held on to me like it had wrapped me in iron chains.
“Get Dane,” I gasped.
She ran from the room as I continued to fight. Since I couldn’t move, I tried to stop the flow of magic. But I couldn’t, despite the feeling of power that rolled through me the more I took from the old Alpha of Blue Ridge.
Finally, the door flew open. But it wasn’t Dane who rushed in; it was Evelyn.
Her blue eyes flew wide. “You murdering bitch! What are you doing to him?!”
Before I could say anything, she lifted her hand. Her palm blazed with silvery light.
“Wait!”
She didn’t wait. The ball of light shot from her palm and slammed into me. Pain seared through me. The newfound
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strength left. I went flying away from Connall and hit an empty bed on the other side of the room.
My shoulder crashed against it and the metal frame bit deep. I screamed. It felt like my arm was broken.
Evelyn ran over and cheeked on Connall in the bed. Then
she turned toward me and raised both her hands with palms glowing.
“You failed, you murderer! He’s still alive. But you won’t be. Not for much longer. I told Dane not to trust you!”
On the floor, I curled around my arm and ducked my head. “I didn’t mean for it to happen.”
“Save your lies for Dane.”
The light grew brighter. Then the door slammed open. I looked for Dane…
But it was Holden.
Goddess, where was Celia? Was every wolf in the world going to make it into this room before Dane did?
The sound of the door distracted Evelyn, and she turned to see who it was. When she realized it was Holden, she sneered and turned back toward me. But her distraction had given me time. to get to my feet and get out of the way.
“Come back here!” she snarled..
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Holden’s command rippled with more Alpha power than I’d felt in a long time. He wasn’t Evelyn’s Alpha, so she didn’t have to obey him. But he’d used enough magic to delay her for the space of several heartbeats while she fought against the power of his will.
Evelyn balled her hands into fists and dropped them to her side.
“Why does everyone defend this bitch?” she shrieked. “I came in here and she was clearly trying to murder Connall Montague! I’m the chosen of the goddess, and I say she will be punished!”
“That’s not for you to decide,” said a new, deep voice.
Finally, Dane had come. I let out a sob of relief, but just as soon, I covered my mouth. He’d chosen my side a few times recently, but a few times in the last few days was nothing compared to three solid years of marriage in which he always chose Evelyn
over me.
“What’s going on, here?” Dane asked. He came toward us. His beta was at his side, a stern look on his face as his eyes jumped from me to Evelyn and back again.
Evelyn scrambled to be the first to speak. “I found her trying to kill your grandfather! You have to get rid of her now, Dane. Send her back to where she belongs!”
Dane’s eyes went to mine. “Explain.”
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1 took a shaking breath. I didn’t know if there was any way he’d believe the truth, but I couldn’t think of any better way to handle
this.
“…had a dream,” I said. I realized how stupid the words
sounded as they came out of my mouth and a clamped my lips
shut.
“A dream?” Evelyn’s voice was incredulous, as was her high–pitched shrick of a laugh. “What a load of shit.”
“Quiet,” Dane barked.
Evelyn pressed a hand over her mouth. “Dane…”
He didn’t look at her. His eyes never left mine. “What dream?”
Slowly, I explained to him the part about hearing a voice, then about seeing Piper and Connall. I told him how, in the dream, my touch had healed them, and how I wanted to see if something like that would work in real life.
“But it didn’t,” I said. I’d avoided tears the whole time, but they clogged my voice as I came to the end of my story. I out a hand over my chest where my cursed scar was. “When I touched him, it was like we were connected. I saw a flash of his thoughts. Then the magic connected us. It started to pull…life from him.”
Dane looked sharply to Celia. The healer was bent over Connall’s side and had bee
this whole time, examining him. “He’s weaker than he was, Alpha, but he seems stable.”
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“You have to exile her from this place, Dane,” Evelyn said. “Event if she did it on accident, she’s a danger to have around. There’s something dark about her. She’s going to be the downfall of us all.”
Dane’s gaze was so intense on mine, it was like I could feel his eyes searching my soul. Voice heavy, he said, “Evelyn is probably right.”
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