NovelEnglishChapter 0222
“What do you mean by that? You know | can’t hide anything from Zaia, | will tell her!” | exclaim as he stands up
and | stand up myself, blocking his path as | push him back, but he doesn’t even budge.
“I mean what | said, If you don’t do as | say, it will only hurt Zala. So keep this between us because I'd rather she
be angry than...”
“Than broken?” | finish, glaring up at him accusingly, my heart thundering with
anger.
She'll break if | don’t!
“Yes, | will get you the antidote, and you are not to tell Zaia where it cfrom.” He replies quietly.
I swallow.
He’s going to do exactly what | know is Zaia’s deepest fear.
He’s going to join them... the Sable...
No. No. “NO!” | shout.
He glances upwards, clamping a hand over my mouth, his eyes blazing.
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“The children are asleep.” He says coldly. “You have no option. Tell Zaia and she will only becweak. They
need to know and believe that I have chosen without an incentive to becone of them... Zaia’s reaction
needs to be genuine.”
There’s an urgency in his voice as if he neededto understand that.
“This is for my little girl. She's barely lived... she deserves to experience life to its fullest. She doesn’t deserve to
be pulled away from this world so soon. Do you understand?”
He releases my mouth, but I'm unable to reply.
I know what he means...
She won't live long... we all know that even if Zaia is trying her best...
Sia... our little princess....
“I can’t lie to her.” | plead once more, but there’s no power behind my words any longer.
I understand him...
AREE
“You will.” His eyes flash as his alpha command rolls off of him. | frown and although | feel strong enough to defy
it to an extent, it still weighs upon me. “I'll leave it to you to decide what you will do... but remember this can
cost Sia if anything happens to my little girl....
He leaves his threat open, and | know | can’t risk it.
| too have found nothing. We do need the antidote...
I'm about to reply when we hear the door open and instantly, we both step away from one another.
“Anyone there!” Atticus shouts, and 1 quickly rush to the hallway.
“Valerie!” Zaia’s panicked voice comes just as | round the bend and the sight of both her and Atticus supporting
a bloody Jai makes my heart stop.
Fear washes overand for a moment, tstands still.
No.
“Jai!” I rush to his side, cupping his face. His eyes flutter, sweat coating his forehead as he looks atthrough
half-closed eye
eyes.
Please be ok!
He's bleeding a lot, there’s a makeshift bandage around his chest and waist and it's drenched in blood.
“Why didn’t you take him to a hospital?” | ask, my heart thumping..
“We were followed,” Zaia explains, helplessly.
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“You can do this,” Sebastian says toand | nod despite the fear inside. | don’t have much here!
“Bring him to the dining table!” | command. “I need clean water, bandages and | need to stitch him up!”
rush to get ssupplies, my heart beating as everyone rushes to getwhat | need..
Goddess! Let him be ok!
| return to his side as they bring everything | need.
“How did he get hurt? What happened?” | ask as Zaia stands beside Jai’s head, her aura swirling around her as if
she’s concentrating on something. Sebastian is watching her intently, but she’s too focused on what she’s doing.
“He was shot, and as you can see, a wolf managed to get his claws into him,” Atticus says, running his fingers
through his hair.
Sebastian rips open Jai’s shirt forfully and | begin wiping the blood so | can take a better look.
My breath catches in my throat as | stare down at the three deep gashes along his flank, but there are also two
other wounds.
Focus Valerie, Jai needs you to be in a proper mindset right now. You are the only one who can help him!
“I will need to remove the bullet first,” | say, having no other option, the table is already a bloody mess. “I don’t
have anaesthesia, give him something to bite down on.”
Sebastian puts a thick strip of cloth in Jai’s mouth. | pull my gloves on and begin probing for the bullet, making
Jai groan.
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