Chapter 236 The Blood Oath
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Henry instinctively tried to pull his hand back, but Aubrey’s grip was iron- strong, unyielding.
In that instant, he understood her intent. She truly meant to do it.
<i>No</i><i>! </i>If that was the path, he would rather take the me himself. Better he fall than her.
He wrenched his hand back, desperate to speak the truth aloud. But before he could, just as his fingertip slipped free of her palm, Aubrey’s voice cut across the hall like a de.
“You once asked me–would I be willing to die with you?”
The words struck him like a stone to the chest. His heart lurched violently, pounding as though it would tear free.
Aubrey’s gaze narrowed, fearless now, her lips curving into a faint, reckless smile. “So tell me—if it’s my life at stake, would you betray me?”
Would he?
If someone was willing to share your death… could you ever betray her?
Before Henry could form an answer, she lowered her head.
Her lips closed around his finger.
And she bit.
Blood welled hot and dark, sliding between her white teeth.
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Chapter 236 The Blood Oath
She had done it. She had taken his blood into herself.
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A collective gasp rippled through the hall. Even the most ignorant knew- the Kajit virus spread easily through blood. Even without wounds in her mouth, the infection could pass through her mucous membranes. To drink his blood was to court near–certain death.
<i>No</i><i>! </i>Henry recoiled as though struck, yanking his hand back so hard that the sudden motion smeared a scarlet streak across Aubrey’s lips. The sight burned into him like fire–her mouth stained crimson, terrible and beautiful.
But Aubrey only curved her lips into a smile, turning to face Nathan and the others. When she spoke, her words gleamed with sharp mockery.
“As everyone knows, once infected with the Kajit virus, a wolf burns with unstoppable fever. But those wolves who tended Henry–they left him healthy, and onlyter did the illness strike. Meaning the infections came <i>after </i>they returned.”
Ulrich was too stunned to speak. It was Waylon who stammered out, “M- maybe… maybe it wasn’t direct contact. Maybe it was slow infection, so…“‘
Aubrey waved her hand dismissively, humoring his pitiful excuse. “Then tell me this–was what I just did slow contact, or direct?”
Her bloodstained smile gleamed under the lights, her gaze glittering with cold challenge. And under that mocking stare, Waylon’s voice died in his throat. He could not answer.
Because the truth was in. If Aubrey could drink Henry’s blood and remain standing, then Henry was no infected monster.
Wasn’t the virus’s very terror its power to spread? If that power failed here, then what more needed proving?
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Chapter 236 The Blood Oath
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The hall fell into silence. Wolves averted their eyes beneath the razor edge of Aubrey’s stare. Wherever her gaze passed, they yielded ground.
“So,” she said atst, her voice low and cutting, “who still doubts Henry? Or -thank you for do you mean to im I’ve already discovered a cure? If so- thepliment. And when I <i>do </i>create a serum, I promise it will be shared with all.”
Her eyes snapped to Loch, sharp enough to draw blood.
“Now tell me–are you leaving with your dignity intact, or do you n to stay and watch to see if I copse? Perhaps you think I’m just pretending to stand?” She let a coldugh slip. “Maybe I’m already burning with fever this very moment.”
Loch’s face flushed hot. He knew better. Even if she were masking pain, it could never look like <i>this</i>. They had all seen the stricken before–wolves consumed in fever, unable to stand straight, their bodies trembling with weakness. Aubrey was only an omega, a wolfless girl. If she were infected, she would be writhing already.
The silence deepened.
All eyes now turned to Nathan.
His gaze lingered on Aubrey, weighing her, assessing her with a gravity that made the air feel heavy.
Atst, he spoke. “Bring a thermometer. Test her temperature.”
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