Screw My Childhood Sweetheart His Alpha Brother Marked Me First novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Coby’s stance changed, her shoulders rolling back. “Remember who’s dominant here, pup.”

Anson grinned, but it had a feral edge to it. “You sure about that, beta?”

Something flashed in Coby’s eyes so quickly, I almost missed it. Doubt. She wasn’t sure she could hold her own against Anson.

“Enough,” Mason barked. “Both of you are acting like toddlers. Right now, we need unity and to welcome Senna to her new family. She needs to be brought into the fold and protected until she can protect herself.”

Family.My chest seized at the idea. I wanted it and yet was terrified. The reminder of my own family shattering had me reaching for the phone in my pocket. No text messages. If the school had called my parents, telling them I’d taken off for the day, my parents didn’t care.

Rivergripped my hand tighter and a soothing warmth spread through me. My eyes snapped to his. “What was that?”

He grinned sheepishly. “My gift. I’m an empath. I can ease intense emotions of those closest to me.”

I looked at the people around me. “Do you all have gifts?”

Mason shook his head. “They aren’t bestowed on every wolf. But our pack has been blessed with quite a few. Like the friends you seem to have made for yourself.” There was an air of suspicion to Mason’s tone, and I turned to study the guys around me.

“I can shield myself from offensive gifts, and sometimes Vaughn too,” Caspian said.

Knox’s jaw worked back and forth. “I can control physical movements in others for brief periods, freezing them in place. But we can only use the gifts in human form, not when we’re wolves.”

Interesting. I turned to Anson. “And you?”

He shot me a cocky grin. “Strength.”

“What about Vaughn?” I asked softly.

Everyone was quiet for a moment and then Caspian spoke. “His gift is pain. He can inflict it with physical touch when his emotions are heightened.”

I knew in an instant that Vaughn didn’t view this as a gift. He viewed it as a curse. My heart ached for the broody bastard.

“We suspect you’ll have a gift as well, and it will be quite interesting to see what it is,” Mason said, bringing my attention back

to him.

“You think I have a gift? I haven’t even shifted.”

“I actually think I might know what it is,” Rivercut in.

My head snapped in his direction. “You do?”

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Chapter 61

His hand brushed over my cheek where the slices had been just yesterday. “Healing.”

Coby sucked in an audible breath. “Bullshit.”

Lucas‘ gaze hardened on her. “She healed herself overnight, and she took away one of my headaches.”

Coby shook her head. “You’re imagining things. There hasn’t been a true healer in our pack in centuries.”

Sam eyed me, not with doubt or derision, but curiosity. “Just relax, Coby. Whatever gifts Senna has will make themselves known over time. But no matter what, she’s one of ours now.”

Mason sent Coby a charged look. “He’s right and you would be good to remember that.”

Coby gave a stiff nod. “I’m going to join the patrols.”

Mason lifted his chin to release her and then looked to Sam. “Check in with the enforcers and report back in an hour.”

Sam dipped his head. “Of course.”

“Let’s go inside and talk,” Mason said.

We made our way up the stairs and into the lodge. It was remarkably quiet, but it was the middle of the afternoon. Mason led us to a large sectional in front of a fireplace. The guys positioned me in the middle–Knox and Caspian on one side and Anson

and Riveron the other.

Mason’s lips thinned as he studied us. “Tell me more about this healing.”

Rivertold Mason about the cut on my face, leaving out that it was from a glass my mother had thrown. “And before that, we were studying and I had one of my headaches.” He glanced at me. “I can get bad ones if I’m around too many emotions.”

I thought about all the heightened emotions I’d exposed him to and winced. Riverreached around Anson and squeezed my arm. “It’s okay. I can handle it. But remember how you rubbed my head when we were at Anson’s?”

“Yeah…”

“You took the pain away. Not just lessened it, but it was totally gone.”

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