Chapter 222
“What?”
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1 nearly shouted, barely managing to keep my voice in check. Shaking my head in disbelief, | exhaled sharply.
“People are insane. They believe whatever they want.”
Grayson’s gaze lingered on me, as if he were analyzing every flicker of emotion on my face. His usually
composed expression darkened, his eyes clouding over like a storm rolling in. The calmness he carried just
moments ago shifted into something else-something akin to anger.
“Grayson, do you believe that too?” | asked, my voice quieter now.
“No,” he answered immediately, no hesitation in his tone.
“Exactly. So why can’t everyone else understand that?”
He didn’t respond. Instead, his eyes dropped to my coffee cup, and | followed suit, taking another.sip in silence.
The weight of the conversation hung between us, but | had no desire to break it.
Once he finished his coffee, he finally spoke, his voice even but firm. “You won't find peace until you leave this
pack-until you get far away from him.”
| lowered my gaze, my fingers tracing the rim of my cup. “I know,” | admitted quietly, “but | can’t just abandon
my family. If we all left together, we'd have nowhere to go.”
Grayson was silent for a moment, deep in thought. Then he said, “It would be possible if your brother wakes up.”
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“He can send an appeal to my Alpha for assistance. He's not a bad leader-I think he'd figure something out for
you.”
Leaving Nightfall Pack wasn’t an option | had seriously considered. Kane was my biggest problem, yes, but this
was still my home. | had spent twenty years of my life here. The idea of moving to an unfamiliar pack, trusting
strangers with my family’s future, unsettled me.
“I think | should wait for my brother,” | said, more to reassure myself than anything. “I trust that he’ll make the
right decision for us.”
Grayson gave a slight nod. “That makes sense.”
Then, as if casually dropping the most important news ever, he said, “By the way, | found the cure for the
poison.”
My breath caught. “You... you really did?”
It was hard to believe-after everything, after all the uncertainty, he had already found the cure. It meant my
brother had a real chance of surviving.
“Yeah,” he confirmed. “Last night, when | checked on him, | recognized the poison right away.”
Hope, something | had nearly lost in the darkest corners of my heart, surged back to life. Without
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“Do you wantto treat him?” Grayson asked.
| quickly wiped the corners of my eyes and gave him a small, grateful smile. “Yes. Please.”
He hesitated for a second before saying, “I have one condition.”
The warmth in my expression faltered. “C-Condition?”
He slowly withdrew his hands from mine, leaning back slightly. His next words sent my heart racing.
“Be my girlfriend, Selene.”