Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Julian’s POV
Fury pulsed alongside my blood through my veins. The lingering pain of silver was aching in my legs, but that pain only added to the shame that fueled my rage.
That entire hunt for a new necklace for Alice had been a farce. Tony had led me out there under false pretenses. He must have! He knew there was nothing there, he just wanted the credit for saving my life.
And Healer Kevin, with that look on his face right before he was killed, had been so surprised by Tony’s betrayal.
Gods, why hadn’t I seen it before? Was it because Tony was family? I was desperate to believe the best about him?
When he’d saved my life, I had been so grateful. But we never should have been out there to begin with.
But worse than what he did to me, the stinging of silver, was what he did to Mom and Amber. Mom was his aunt. He claimed to care about family, but where was his care for her when he had been slowly poisoning her over these past few weeks.
I had to put a stop to this, once and for all. And what better way to do that than with a challenge. I survived the one against Roman, so surely I could survive this.
The words were on my tongue, when Amber tugged at my arm.
I looked down at her, seeing her for the first time. Surprise shot through me. What was she doing here?
“Let’s go, Julian. Let’s get out of here and think about this,” she said. “Don’t do anything rash p>
I focused on her and her words, hearing only her through the buzzing in my ears, through the roar of my wolf in my mind.
Focusing on her, I was able to calm down, to win over my anger.
With a lengthy exhale, I released all the air from my lungs, and let go of my fury.
“What’s this, Julian?” Tony said, his tone mocking. “Your mate calls you away and now you can’t even finish an argument with me?” He scoffed. “Your love makes you weak. Aren’t you a man capable of making his own decisions p>
My anger spiked once more, but this time it wasn’t powered by the rage of my wolf. It was instead filled with the righteous fury over just how very wrong he was.
I couldn’t stop my tongue even if I wanted to, my outrage was so strong. “Love doesn’t make me a weak Alpha. It makes me strong. It’s only because I love Amber so much that I know I even have the capacity to love and properly care for the entire pack p>
Tony sneered at me. “You said on the audio that you would leave the Alpha role if Amber asked you to p>
“I would never do that!” Amber shouted from my side.
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Chapter 277
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Pride for her welled up inside of my chest. Though I had no anticipated these circumstances, this – the two of us standing against the rest of the world was the kind of relationship I’d hoped we would have. Like this, we were
a team.
Tony frowned. “And we are just supposed to trust you, Amber? To take your word for it? Why in the world would we do that? You have no obligation to this pack, especially as you are now a princess elsewhere. You could be plotting with Rafael p>
“Rafael is not our enemy,” I said quickly. “We’ve been at peace for a long time. ”
“That could be changing,” Tony said.
“Now you are grasping at straws,” I replied, regaining some confidence now. “Perhaps you have forgetten when Amber lived here and worked as a Healer in our own hospital, caring for our sick. But I haven’t forgotten it. And I’m sure many other members of the pack haven’t forgotten it either p>
Amber had a sterling reputation around the entire continent. For Tony to doubt her could be his undoing.