Chapter 224

[This chapter contains mentions of gore, torture, and loss of body parts. Reader discretion is advised.]

I didn’t know what to believe anymore. Was Aunt Julie really dead? Was it really John standing in front of me, claiming to have killed her? I had so many questions. How was he even here? Why wasn’t he paying for his crimes in some dark dungeon?

Xavier was ready to pounce on John at any moment. “Give me one good reason not to tear you to shreds right here, right now!”

Anyone looking at Xavier would have fainted in fear. But John just stood there, head held high, hands in his pockets, acting like he wasn’t facing an Alpha with a wolf twice his size.

“How about I give you three?” John smirked, lazily leaning against the kitchen island. “First, if you kill me now, you’ll be declared a murderer and wanted for werewolfcide on foreign territory by none other than your own father. Papa Shaw is very upset, Xavier.”

Xavier knew better than anyone what a cruel man his father was, but was he r