Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 141

Mason made a low scoffing sound. “Shifters can burn off human drugs much faster.”

“They weren’t exactly expecting that.”

“What happened when you woke up?” Knox asked.

“The guy in the back wanted to drug me again, but they didn’t have any more sedatives.”

Vaughn began pacing behind me again.

“One of the guys in the front tried to talk me down, tell me that they were here to help. But the guy in the back told me they’d lock me up in solitary when we got there.”

A low growl emanated from everyone in the room.

River swallowed hard. “Shifters don’t do well in confined spaces.”

No wonder my wolf had freaked out at that. “I started to panic and I could feel my power flare. The back seat guy was threatening me with a Taser and I just reacted.”

“You zapped him,” Caspian surmised.

I nodded. “But then something weird happened.”

Anson’s fingers stilled their stroking on my neck. “What?”

“The guy in the front tried to Taser me, but it was like it gave me more power. It hurt at first, but then it filled up that well inside me.”

Everyone around me was silent for a minute.

Mason cleared his throat. “You didn’t convulse or anything?”

“No. There was pain but only at first. Then I could feel that pool of energy in me getting bigger.”

His eyes cut to Coby.

She shook her head. “There’s no way.”

That familiar panic started to rise in me. “What?”

Mason studied me as he chose his words carefully. “In the older generations, there were shifters who were called energy benders. It was more than having an offensive or passive gift they could manipulate the power that runs

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through all things. From electricity to our very life force.”

“That’s what I read about in one of the journals,” Knox said quietly. “I didn’t think it was possible. They don’t exist anymore.”

Which was exactly what Abigail had said when she’d sensed my power.

I gripped the couch cushion. “So I can pull energy out of things and push it into things?”

“It’s more than that,” Mason explained. “You can transform it. You could’ve used that electrical impulse and turned it into energy to heal someone.”

That sounded amazing. But if it was that incredible of a gift, why did everyone around me look worried?

“What aren’t you telling me?” I asked.

“Energy benders were hunted to extinction,” Coby said with zero emotion. “They no longer exist because they were all captured and forced into servitude by powerful alphas. But if pushed too far they combust. Over time they simply ceased to exist. People will come for you the same way.”

A knock sounded on the door, but none of us moved to answer it. We hadn’t shifted from the oversized sectional since Mason and Coby had left hours before, the bomb they’d dropped still hanging in the air.

Instead of the second knock I was expecting, the door swung open to reveal Cass, her arms laden with pizza boxes. She strode inside like she owned the place, Cooper, Jack, and Ridge on her heels. She set the boxes down on the coffee table. “So, I hear you’re some badass energy vampire.”

“Cass,” Jack said, an edge of warning in his tone.

“What? Tiptoeing around it isn’t going to help.”

Knox grimaced. “I take it the gossip mill is already at work.”

Cass plopped down on the sofa. “Your dad gave an order that this news isn’t to leave the pack, but you know people. are always going to talk amongst themselves.”

“Great,” I muttered.

She sent me a sympathetic smile. “It’s better this way. Let them get all their gossiping out now.”

River toyed with my hair. “Cass has a point. They might be all talked out in a few days.”

Anson leaned forward, flipping open a pizza box. “Here’s hoping.”

Cooper pulled sodas and cups out of a bag, setting them on the table. “How are you feeling, Senna?”

“Other than knowing people could be out to use me until I combust if they find out about my gift? Just dandy.”

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Ridge chuckled, sitting down next to Cass. “Nothing life–changing or anything.”

I snorted. “Nothing at all.”

Jack set down a tin of brownies and a stack of plates. “Help yourself, guys.”

Caspian put a couple of slices of cheese pizza on a plate and handed it to me. “Eat.”

“You sound like Vaughn,” I muttered.

Vaughn arched a brow. “And what’s that like?”

“Bossy.”

Ridge barked out a laugh. “From day one, I knew I liked you.”

Cass scowled at him. “Sure, her, you know you like. Me, you threaten to kill.”

My eyes bulged. “Threaten to kill?”

Ridge leaned back, his fingers tangling in Cass‘ blonde locks. She exaggerates.”

“I think the exact wording was something about gutting me…

Ridge shrugged. “We didn’t get off on the best foot.”

I glanced at Vaughn. “He’s making you look like a saint.”

The guys snickered, but I swore I saw a hint of pink on Vaughn’s cheeks. He clapped Ridge on the shoulder. “Thanks for being an asshole.”

Ridge grinned. “No problem.”

Cooper pulled a slice of pepperoni pizza onto a plate. “The house looks awesome.”

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