Even in Darkness She Chose to Rise (Tatiana and Jasper) novel Chapter 554

Even in Darkness, She Chose to Rise

Chapter 554 Shameless Tactics

The message was clear.

Tatiana leaned in and kissed him. Not once, but several times.

“Happy now?”

“Not even close.”

“Pushing your luck, aren’t you?”

“Always.”

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Tatiana took a breath and glanced back at Hubert and Ann. The kids were out cold, showing no signs of waking up anytime soon. She grabbed Jasper by the collar, pulled him down, and kissed him hard.

This time, Jasper didn’t try to take over. He just let her lead.

She was being intentionally provocative. Her hand moved to the back of his neck, her fingers grazing his skin and sending a jolt through him.

Just as he was about to lose his composure and take control, she pulled away. She was breathless, her voice low and teasing.

“Just tell me. I want to know.”

She traced slow circles on his chest while she spoke.

Jasper’s eyes were dark with a hunger he could barely keep in check. His restraint was hanging by a thread. Tatiana caught his expression and almost bolted. He looked like a wolf that hadn’t eaten in years.

If she kept this up, there was no going back.

“Keep that up and see what happens.”

“You started it.”

“Then you’d better stop.”

Jasper let out a long, frustrated sigh. “Fine. Here is the plan.”

Tatiana listened as he laid it out. Her face shifted through several different expressions before she finally just stared at him.

“When it comes to being a piece of work, I can’t compete with you.”

“You’ve got plenty of time to learn.”

“You’re shameless.”

Tammy couldn’t sleep.

She was still stuck on the way those wolves acted, trying to dig through her own blocked memories. The

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more she pushed, the more it hurt. Eventually, she gave up on resting.

She stepped out of her tent and saw a familiar figure sitting by the fire.

“Xavier?”

Xavier turned around. “Ms. Steele.”

“It’s Tammy. Don’t call me that.”

Xavier smiled. “Tammy. Why are you awake?”

“Can’t sleep. What about you?”

“Same.”

She sat down and hugged her knees, watching the flames. “Do you think someone is actually commanding those animals?”

“Biologically? No. Different species don’t work that way.”

“Then what is it?”

“Before I became a vet, I looked into animal psychological intervention. It’s a new field.”

Tammy looked at him, waiting for more.

“It’s more about mental conditioning. Like a dog learning a command. It’s long–term suggestion one signal, one action. Like a circus. Those animals only seem human because of physical abuse, food rewards, and

ental breaking.”

my shook her head. “But they hate doing it. They’d turn on their owners the first chance they got. And en the most trained dog will bite its owner if it has rabies. These wolves shouldn’t be listening to anyone.”

Xavier nodded. “True. Which means there’s one more factor.”

What?”

ugs.”

Tammy felt a cold chill run through her.

“I’ve heard rumors of a drug that forces animals to follow orders. But it’s illegal everywhere. The project was supposedly shut down.”

“So you think someone is drugging them here?”

“Yeah.”

What Xavier didn’t tell her was that he knew the man behind that research. It was the deputy head of the association, the man running Westland.

He was also Xavier’s former mentor.

“Can you fix it?”

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