Chapter 95

I opened my eyes to Alaric’s very intense stare, “Tell me.” Such a vague demand and yet I knew exactly what he wanted to know. Alaric always wanted to know what I was thinking, exactly how I thought it, and at first, it had felt weird to be spilling all of my intimate details to him, but whenever we were done, it was like a load had been lifted from my mental burden. He would say the littlest things that caused a self-assured reaction, irrevocably making me mentally stronger and more capable. 

“Wyatt…” I closed my eyes for a brief moment but snapped them back open when another surge of his sparks rippled through me, “he shouldn’t have had to kill that man today.”

“Werewolves are not like humans Brianna,” Alaric’s voice was strong and steady, but not intimidating, “his wolf was past the point of help, likely a rogue for a long time, and I am confident tha