My Mate Rejected Me as Wolfless, Then My White Wolf Woke novel · Chapter 5 of 32

Chapter 5: Blood Challenge

The night nurse got my grandfather breathing again in under a minute.

The machine stopped screaming, and his chest rose and fell, and his eyes stayed shut.

"Stable," she said to the room. "He needs quiet."

Nobody gave it to him.

Two warriors took me by the arms and walked me down three flights and across the great hall, and the whole pack was waiting there.

They had cleaned up the cake.

Rafe sat in the tall Alpha chair by the fire where my grandfather's wheelchair had been last night.

Carys stood at his shoulder, in a fresh cream dress, with her eyes red.

"Cuffs," Corbin said.

One of the warriors held up a pair of silver cuffs.

I looked at them, and I looked at my brother.

"You want to try that again?" I said.

The warrior hesitated.

I held out my wrists.

I didn't know what I would do if he closed those cuffs on me.

It must have shown, because he lowered them and glanced at Rafe.

Rafe lifted two fingers, and the cuffs went back in the bag.

"Let her stand," he said. "Let them all see."

The oldest of the five elders cleared his throat.

"Briony Hartwell. You are accused of putting your hands on Alden Hartwell and stopping his heart."

"I did not."

"Four people saw you."

"Four people walked in after it started."

"Carys?" Rafe said, gently.

Carys stepped forward and twisted her fingers together.

"I'm so sorry," she said. "I only wanted to help her say goodbye. She begged me for the key. I thought she just wanted to sit with him." She pressed her knuckles to her mouth. "Then I looked over, and she had her hands on his chest, and he was..."

← Chapter 4 · All chapters · Chapter 6 →

Want to keep talking to characters like these? Chat with AI romance characters: AI Boyfriend · AI Girlfriend · Dark Romance · Fantasy Romance · BL (Boys’ Love) · Billionaire Boyfriend · Mafia Boyfriend · Possessive Boyfriend · Hockey Boyfriend · Older Boyfriend · K-Drama Boyfriend · Anime Boyfriend · Vampire Boyfriend · Werewolf Boyfriend · Demon Boyfriend · Fae Romance · GL (Girls’ Love) · Anime Girlfriend · Goth & Alt Girlfriend · Gamer Girlfriend · Tsundere Girlfriend · Fantasy Girlfriend