All Chapters of The Beta's Daughter: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Ace pulled something out from behind the desk, finally, and dumped it all out on top. Pills, syringes, small bottles filled with colourful liquids, and tubes of ointments spilled out, rolling until they hit the barrier made by the other clutter on top of his desk.“So, you’ve got your course of antibiotics back at Samyak’s, and you know how to take those. Your wolf should burn out any potential infections, ideally, but because we aren’t sure what they used on you – though it seems like silver for the thigh wound, but we don’t know how that reacts with whatever was in those injections – it’s better to be safe than sorry,” he continued.“Okay,” I said, and waited for him to continue.“I guess I’ll start with these,” he said, and he grabbed a handful of pills. “These are more of the same. This is what you’ve been taking for the pain. I’ll fill a bag with them. Only take them as and when you need them, mind,” he said, looking at me sternly.“I will,” I promised. “By the way, Ace, what’s in

I stared at Samyak, wide eyed and scared. From his expression I could tell that whatever news he had to share with me was not good.“What is it?” I asked softly, running the pads of my fingertips across the backs of his knuckles.He took a deep breath, as though he was steeling himself.“Our patrols found a dead wolf, Ari. It was a rogue.”“A rogue?” I repeated, feeling my eyebrows knot together. “What does that mean?”“We can’t be sure. But I think it means that you were right – that they were working for someone else, most likely the hunters. It could be infighting, or…”“Or they could be taking them out from the top down,” I finished, frowning.“Or,” Samyak continued, his eyes steely, “it could be a warning. A threat. The only thing that we know for sure if that the danger still exists, and you were lucky to get away once. I don’t want to risk you being caught again.”“You won’t have to,” I said firmly. “We’re safe. It could be nothing more than a scrap between two rogues that have

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