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Chapter 73: “When it rains, it pours.”
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2025-02-25 07:23:03
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This pack just couldn’t catch a break. We were mourning the death of our alpha’s unborn child and now he just collapses? Talk about pouring rain. “What just happened, Alexa?” Hope asks me, her eyes wide. “Dere-the alpha just collapsed.” “He’s usually so strong, the death of his child must have really shocked him.” Someone behind us says. “That is true, it was his first child.” Another replies. “The alpha must be sick from his grief.” “Maybe it’s his broken heart.”Was it true? Was Derek really just suffering from a broken heart or was it something else? He did clutch his chest before falling unconscious, a heart attack maybe? Could werewolves have heart attacks? I don’t think I’ve ever heard of it before. “Alexa? What are you thinking?” I shake the thoughts from my head and sigh, maybe I was getting ahead of myself. Derek could just be sick from grief, which was clear enough. My mind goes back to what Ida had said about Derek’s aura being gone, did this have anything to do with it?“A
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I decide that I’ve seen enough and leave the hidden room, heading straight for home while I recall the conversation I had with the doctor earlier. “This is a slow acting poison, it is called lycan python in some packs because people liken it to the way a python would slowly crush it’s victims to death. This poison has to be continuously given over a period of time as it slowly destroys the internal and mystical system of a werewolf.” That was what the doctor had told me.I wondered just how long Liana had been feeding Derek this poison and why? She had several chances to stop but she kept going at it, and now it had probably destroyed Derek. For all I know, it was too late. Even though I had issues with Derek, it bothered me that Liana was killing him this way. I didn’t want to just stand by and watch her, I wanted to do something but I wasn’t sure what to do about it.My thoughts consume every part of me that I don’t notice an omega-maid carrying a tray of plates, and heading in my d
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“Asher! Asher, stop, listen to me.” I scream and struggle against his hold but his hand is bound tight around my wrist. I grab on to the curtain in the living room to stop him from pulling me but he’s too strong and the curtain rips. I am running out of ideas to get Asher out of his head enough to listen to me so I throw caution to the wind and bite him hard on his arm. He grunts but doesn’t stop so I bite harder, hard enough to break skin and taste blood. That finally gets him to stop.“What the hell, Alexa?” Asher asks as he stares at me with narrowed eyes. “You aren’t thinking clearly. If Derek found out I was Genevieve, the first thing he is going to do is to kill me!” “I’ll protect you.” “Like you did last time?” I ask and immediately regret it. Asher’s eyes briefly cloud with pain and then in an instant, it is gone and I wince. Low blow, Alexa, too low.“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-“”Forget it.” “Asher what I’m trying to say is, in no way does this end up not being a disaster and b
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“What do you mean? What happened?” I ask, alarmed at the defeated look on Asher’s face. “Let’s get out of here.” Asher slips his hand into mine and we walk out of the alpha’s suite. “He didn’t believe you?” Asher stops walking and turns to face me. “No.” “What? Why? Did you show him the container?” “I did.” “Did you tell him about the poison?” “What do you think we talked about all this time?” Asher snaps at me. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.” Asher says when I just stare at him, rubbing his eyes and sighing tiredly.“Do you want me to talk to him?” I ask quietly. “You would do that?” He says, surprised by my statement. Apparently I would, because I didn’t like seeing that look on his face. “Don’t worry about it, I don’t think anything you’d do would make him realize what Liana is doing to him.” “Just how much does he trust her? She’s cheating on him and killing him!” I feel so frustrated at Derek’s behaviour. A look passes over Asher’s face but is gone before I can figure what it is a
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“I wanted to make them proud. I wanted them to love me as their alpha, but I guess I forgot, I got lost in my ambitions. I’m sorry Genevieve. Some part of me always wanted to apologize to you and your family but the other part always said, it wasn’t my fault.” Derek says weakly, his eyes staring at nothing. “So now you are on your death bed, you see the error of your ways?” I ask bitterly. “I’m sorry, Genevieve.” “Stop saying that!” I say and wipe the tears from my face.“Look what you did to yourself! You killed innocent people and pushed away your best friend just because you wanted…what, power? You let in the person that ended up killing you, you chose this fate and apologizing to me isn’t going to change anything!” My words come out fast that I have to pause and take a moment to catch my breath. “You never saw me, Derek.” “I see you now, clearly.” “Yeah well, it’s too late.”“I guess I saw some things when we were together but I ignored them. You always had that spark in you that
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