Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 113

Chapter 113

Chapter 113

When they finally retired to their cabins for the night, I wanted to weep with relief. I’d been so on edge all day, I was exhausted. I’d Darely made it up the stairs to Knox’s room.

he bed dipped as River climbed onto it. He came up behind me, his fingers digging into my shoulders. He didn’t say a word. Simply et the balm of his presence sweep over me.

nox crouched in front of me, his hands resting on my knees. “You did amazingly. You’ll get through this.”

Will I?” Tomorrow, the Quad was going to begin my testing. “I just learned how to control my shift. I have no idea what I can

ctually do. Gregor might piss me off, and I could send him flying across the room.”

Which would be awesome,” Anson said with a smirk.

Caspian smacked him upside the head. “Not helping.”

Vaughn leaned against the dresser in the corner. He hadn’t left after dinner like he typically did, but I wasn’t sure if he was staying

ither. I was too tired to sift through those what–ifs in my mind. He stared at River‘ hands on my shoulders. “I don’t like them.”

You don’t like anyone,” Anson muttered.

Vaughn scowled at him. “They have bad motives.”

He’s right,” River said, as his thumbs dug into the knots in my shoulders. “I couldn’t pick up specifics, but I wasn’t feeling warm and

uzzies coming from any of them.”

I didn’t think Cinna was so bad. She’s so wrapped up in herself, I don’t think she cares about me.”

Caspian grimaced. “She doesn’t care about you unless you become a threat to her power.”

(nox moved to sit next to me on the bed. “He’s right. There’s a chance you’re more powerful than all of them. You could replace one of them in the Quad one day.”

My jaw fell open. “What? I don’t want that.”

It’s always the four most powerful wolves that sit on the Quad. You won’t have a choice,” Knox explained.

Unless they just decide to take me out tomorrow,” I muttered.

That isn’t going to happen,” Vaughn gritted out.

How do I stop it? I need to make them believe I’m not as powerful as they originally thought.”

Caspian studied me for a moment. “I have an idea.”

River’s hands stilled on my shoulders. “What?”

‘We need to get Sen to expend a bunch of energy before they begin testing.”

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“If you want me to run a marathon tomorrow morning, I’m going to hurt you.”

Caspian grinned. “That would be one way to do it, but I was thinking more that you could supercharge all of us.”

I blinked up at him. “You know I don’t have the first idea of how to do that, right?”

“Got you covered.”

There was a knock at the door and Caspian pulled it open. Cass and a guy I didn’t recognize appeared. She smiled at me. “Hey, girl

It’s been a day, huh?”

I snorted. “Understatement of the century.”

She crossed to me and bent to pull me into a hug. “You’re doing great.” She straightened and stepped back into the guy’s hold. “This is

Cooper, my mate.”

Cooper looked as if he belonged on a surfer magazine with his shaggy blond hair and golden skin. I did my best to send him a smile. ‘Nice to finally meet you.”

‘You too. Little Bit has been telling me all about you.”

Cass turned back to me. “I hear you need to burn some energy.”

‘Before the testing tomorrow,” I explained.

She nodded. “It takes a little practice to figure out flow levels, but the process itself is as instinctual as breathing.”

‘And it’ll drain me?”

It can zap me for a few hours at least. It’s usually physical contact with my bond that fills up the reserves again. That and rest and

‘ood.”

Cooper pressed a kiss to her temple. “She’s not big on the rest portion of that equation.”

‘ass made a face at him. “I’ve got things to do that don’t involve napping in the middle of the day.”

He chuckled. “See?”

Can you show her how it works?” Knox asked.

Sure.” Cass stepped out of Cooper’s hold. “What does your power feel like to you?”

It’s this golden pool of energy or light in my middle. I can draw from it and push it into people. It usually comes in the form of ealing them, but with Chris…”

It was offensive,” Cass finished for me. She made a humming sound as she studied me. “I bet you could pull power from people too.”

straightened. “What?”

he waved me off. “Just a hunch. We can play with that another time. Right now, we need to focus on getting rid of that juice. My ower feels similar. I don’t picture it as a pool but as a swirling ball of blue energy. I can pull strands of it and send it into any of my

nates.”

ass turned to Cooper. “Ready for a little extra jolt?”

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He grinned. “Who needs sleep anyway?”

I’ll keep you occupied tonight,” she said with a wink. Cass took his hand and closed her eyes. “I’m pulling a strand of that energy and picturing it flowing into Coop. I can control how much and how quickly.”

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