Chapter 74 Using the Gift

After their last class, Thea and the triplets went with Garret Knight to his pack. His father, Alpha Knight, met them outside. He escorted them to the dais, where Xavier sat tied to the silver pole. The closer Thea got to him, the more intense the pain became

The triplets walked away from the dais with the Knights, keeping them occupied while Thea sat in front of Xavier. The holes where his canines used to be were still oozing blood. They would never heal. There was a trail of blood, dried and fresh, all down his front.

“Xavier?” Thea said, pushing down her revulsion.

Xavier lifted his head and looked at Thea. He looked gaunt. He had dark circles around his eyes and sallow skin,

“Come to see your handiwork?” Xavier said. He coughed.

“I need to know why you treated people like they didn’t matter,” Thea said.

“I’m an Alpha. I take what I want.”

“And what other people want doesn’t matter?”

Thea said.

“Why would it?”

“Have you always thought so?”

“Whoever has the power makes the rules.”

“When you shifted and got your power, you took what was yours.”

“Yeah.”

“Your father taught you that being Alpha meant taking care of your pack.”

“He was wrong.”

“You believe that?” Thea said. “You’re dying. You were punished in the worst way possible. Everyone despises you because of what you did. Everyone agrees it was wrong. You still believe what you did was right?”

He stared at her. “I’d keep doing it if I could.”

“Why? Have you never cared about anyone in your entire life?”

people? Why? They’re no

this way. What happened that made you think this was okay? Or were you born like this?

the problem,” Xavier said. More blood and saliva dripped

see the error in your thinking? If

trash in the world,”

to die. You don’t feel regret?”

is not killing you before

killed

“No one knows half of what

In

from faraway packs

many?” Her voice

matters,” Xavier

do

“Wolves eat meat.”

the urge

left of your victims? Bones? Do you have a burial ground where

Xavier rolled his eyes.

eat bones,” he

was nothing left of his victims. Their

wouldn’t accept that Xavier chose to be this way. She needed to

thought. Alaric joined her on

“What’s up?” Alaric said.

next to

heads. She focused on their brains. Alaric felt good. Like a well-oiled machine. Xavier was different. There was less going on in his brain. Parts of it didn’t work. Why though? Then it came to her. Those parts had

“Zoe?” Thea thought.

“Yeah?” Zoe said.

fix his

Thea,” Zoe said. “There’s nothing we can

is it possible?” Thea

try. I guess we can use

“How?”

version. Feel what’s there, make the intention that it be its best version, your

opened herself to Xavier’s brain and thought about it being whole, all the dead or broken parts being fixed. She felt something build inside her.

and stopped on its own. She felt into Xavier’s brain again. She

She

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