Chapter 174

Chapter 174 A Fragile Request
Henry’s POV
I hadn’t expected Aubrey to notice, not when I’d hidden it so well.
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I was going to say it didn’t hurt, but for some reason, I wanted to see that small flicker of worry on her face. So I let my brow crease.
“A little. But it’s within what I can handle.”
Her cool expression shifted, just slightly, into faint frustration.
“When we get back, I’ll try to make something to help with the pain,” she said. “But… the truth is, the later stages of treatment will only get more painful.”
Something soft brushed against my heart, like the gentle scrape of a paw. My omega was always like this- cold as frost on the surface, yet gentler than anyone beneath.
I studied her profile, my gaze burning into her. “I remember the last time you were hurt, it was your chest. I wanted to give you an anesthetic, but you refused.”
Aubrey frowned. “Why bring that up?”
I smiled faintly, my eyes growing brighter. “You said a kiss would make it stop hurting.” For original chapters go to.net
“So if you were willing to kiss me now, maybe I’d feel better.”
I held my breath, watching her reaction. As expected, she immediately grew guarded, her posture stiff with wariness.
I swallowed the bitterness in my throat and curved my lips. “Don’t worry. In my current condition, I’m not thinking about anything complicated. Our agreement still stands–you don’t have to worry about me doing anything to you.”
After a pause, my voice turned quieter. “Maybe it’s a little twisted, but when everyone else avoids me, I can’t help but want someone–just one person–who isn’t afraid to be near me.”
At that, the tension in her eyes eased slightly.
Aubrey’s POV
Under the moonlight, Alpha Henry’s profile was edged in silver. For someone who had always faced life and death with such composure, it was startling to see him reveal something so fragile.
But he wasn’t wrong. Even under my care, his condition had never spiraled out of control, and he’d infected another werewolf. Yet the wolf doctors remained on edge, some even suggesting he be mov isolated, uninhabited zone for treatment.
Thinking of that, I could understand how he felt…
He was unlucky–infected with the Lupine virus. But he was also fortunate–his infection was with an incomplete strain, and he had access to an expensive suppressant, one injection every day.
And as the heir to Shadowmoon Pack’s most powerful family, his parents had the influence to wrest him from death’s grasp, the means to keep an elite team of wolf doctors working for him, and the fortune to
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Chapter 174 A Fragile Request
bring me into his life–a werewolf who knew the Lupine virus better than anyone.
It was then that Alpha Henry went on, his smiling tone tinged with something detached.
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“Because of you all, I’ve always believed I might make it. I’ve never thought about giving up. But there are looks people give me… and when I see them, I know I’ve already become an outsider. Isn’t that true?”
“It’s not,” I said, shaking my head. “As long as you still have the will to live, you’re not an outsider.”
“Then why won’t you kiss me?” Henry let out a short laugh–one laced with a self–mockery I’d never heard from him before. “Is even the smallest touch that frightening to you?”
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