Chapter 526
Chapter 526
Cass nodded once and rolled over away from me. “That’s what I thought.”
Greyson looked at me, and I could see the pain there. He slipped down and pulled her against his chest. He whimpered as he snuggled her, but she refused to get that close to him. “You have to get cleaned up, baby.” He whispered against her head, but she just shook her head no.
“As soon as I shower, he will be gone, his scent will be gone, and I can’t face that yet.” I furrowed my brow. Greyson caught it, but just shook his head and mouthed the word ‘later‘. I nodded once and tried to comfort my friend. I patted her back, but she was still rigid.
“Please, leave.” The words sounded strangled, but she turned over and met Greyson’s eyes. “Can you please leave me alone? I just need space.” Tears were in her eyes, and she seemed a little panicked.
I smelt his fear before anyone else. “We will leave if you allow me to do one thing?” I leaned over to catch her gaze.
“What?”
“Let me command you…” My words were soft, and I trailed off as she shuddered.
“Why?” Her eyes narrowed, and I could hear the grinding of her teeth.
“Your mate is worried, and so am I.” I took a breath. “When my pup died, I was happy because I knew I was going to follow him into the abyss. I wanted to.” She closed her eyes and I watched a tear track down her cheek.
“Don’t ask me to do that, baby. ” Greyson’s voice was soft. “Don’t ask me to bury our pup and you. I wouldn’t be able to make it.” He leaned down so his face was against hers. “I’ll leave. If you let an alpha command you not to hurt yourself.”
She shuddered. “Just that?” He nodded. “Fine. But not Amy. Alpha Gavin can do it.”
I was a little hurt, but I nodded and got up from the bed as my dad walked over. “Cassie, I command you to not harm yourself while you are alone.” We all felt the command take effect, and my dad stepped back.
“Now leave me alone.” She was fighting a losing battle against her tears as she curled around her stomach. “It’s okay, baby. Momma loved you so much.” My father nodded towards the door, and everyone filed out, even the doctor.
“Why did you come out?” I looked at him as he closed the door behind himself.
“Her wounds were healing as soon as she woke up. Not fast, not by a long shot, but enough that I felt space she requested.” He caught an Omega walking by. “Can you bring me a chair, please?”
“Of course, doctor.” The Omega ran off, and the doctor turned back to us.
fortable giving her the
“I’ll sit out here, in case anything happens, but with her healing coming back, and the command, I think we will be fine.” L nodded once and my dad turned to me.
“What happened?” He sounded exhausted, and I was still pissed at him, but we had other, bigger issues to worry about.
Rowan and I told my dad everything that we saw, heard, and found Rowan hesitated for a second when he started at when we found Cass in the clearing. “It looked almost staged.” I looked at him , confused.
“What?”
“What do you mean?” Ronnie, pushed up from the railing he was leaning on .
“The attack, the clearing, it looked almost staged. It was weird. I’m probably overthinking it all, but I don’t know.”
My dad watched him for a second. “Explain what you mean. Don’t worry about what it sounds like. Just tell us what you remember.”
Rowan nodded. “I remember when I was a kid, my dad would have young Alpha’s and Beta’s come to the capitol and stage attacks. ” He glanced at Ronnie and my father. “You know, the ones I’m talking about.” They both nodded. “It was like that. We
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entered the clearing, and there was debris everywhere. Tree’s knocked down blood splatter, but it felt…off. Like someone planned it all.” He started to pace. “The other wolf was face down, and too bloody to even recognize, like Cass wanted to disfigure her.”
Greyson growled. “Are you accusing my mate of something?”
Rowan raised his hands. “Not at all. I don’t think she was involved in it all.”
Greyson deflated a little. “What do you mean?”
“Like someone came in after she was out cold and did stuff to make it look that way?” I offered.
He nodded. “Yeah…Like that.”
My dad frowned. “But why would they do that?”
Ronnie paced. “I feel like we are missing something…”
My dad looked between me and Rowan. “Did you check the other body?”
Rowan nodded. “No heartbeat.”
“Are you sure?” My dad lifted a brow. “Because magic is very useful in hiding things.”