Chapter Two Hundred and Thirty Seven


    It was all supposed to be a dream. A very bad one. But it wasn''t; it hadn''t just been a dream. My hand shook as I held the bottle.


    "Add this to his drink." Bailey''s voice reechoed in my head.


    I walked back into the room, staring at the ss of apple juice on the table. I hadn''t asked the maid for it, and I doubted Thane did either. Sending the maid here must have been a part of Bailey''s n-I realized.


    Tears rolled down my eyes as my body acted on its own, pulling the bottle open. The harsh smell hurt my nose.


    "No, no, you can''t." I said to myself, but still I found myself pouring the content into his cup. It had mixed so nicely, one couldn''t even tell.


    Thane arrived home, and he paused to stare down at my choice of clothing, or rather, my choice of underwear.


    "I like being weed like this."


    "You can have all of this, but first, join me for a drink." I said with a smile on my face. "It''s apple juice."


    He picked up his ss, and I stared at him as he lifted the ss to his lips. How do I give him a sign? How do I stop this?


    My heart mmed fast in my chest, and just then the door to our room was pulled open, Axel walked in.


    Thane ced the ss of apple juice back on the table.


    me


    "Am I intruding?" Axel says, ncing at me before quickly looking away.


    "No, you are not." I say immediately.


    "I just need to speak with the Alpha, but I coulde backter."


    "It must be an emergency, so go ahead."


    and


    "This better be something really important, else, you''ll be spending another night with the patrollers." Thane muttered before following Axel out of the room.


    I stared at the ss filled with apple juice and wolf''s bane extract.


    Her words kept ringing over and over in my head. "Make sure he drinks it," she warns, and I ce both of my hands on my ears, but that doesn''t stop me from hearing her words, I backed away, identallying in contact with the table. The ss cups along with every other thing on the floor fell to the ground. The apple juice spilled,


    No more.


    I was done letting her use me.


    Thane didn''t return home that night; I remained awake, waiting. I knew she woulde to visit, and when I heard the slight footsteps, I knew Bailey was here.


    "Tell me some good news," she said, leaning against the wall. I kept silent.


    "I thought it had been a dream; how... how did you do it?"


    "Some tricks on your mind, and that''s it."


    "So I had actually been to the warehouse."


    "How else would I have passed the bottle of wolf''s bane extract to you?"


    "When I left this room, Thane should have noticed my absence."


    "When Ipel you," she began, "it forces you to be the best version of yourself. Right now you let emotions, feelings, and fear stand in your way, but when Ipel you, you let go of any human qualities, and that makes you stronger. You are powerful; it is in you, but you see it yet. Now back to my question. Did it work? And where is he?"


    "In the warehouse, right where we met." I said to her, my face emotionless.


    don''t


    "I couldpel you to be sure you aren''t lying, but this is far more fun. I want you to know that if you are tricking me and he is not there, then I would kill even more people, and their blood would be on your hands. ""I know that."


    "Then shall we?" she asked, stretching her hands for mine.


    "Of course." I agree, taking her hand, and just then I stabbed the silver dagger I had kept hidden right through her heart. "You are right, the power is in me."