Chapter 0198
“Can you just tell me what’s going on?” I finally ask, unable to take this any longer.
‘Deacon wants to scan you for compulsion or deception,” el says and my heart begins to pound in my chest.
Deacon doesn’t trust me. After everything we have been through he still doubts me. The compulsion I can understand, I wouldn’t know if that had happened to me but the deception part is what hurts. A tear rolls down my face.
Mason turns to face me, his eyes hard as they study me. I look down at my feet. I can’t bear to see him look at me that way too. His fingers grip my chin, forcing my eyes up to his.
“Is my father really dead?” he asks his eyes searching ming
“Mace,” Theo pleads.
“Stay out of this, Theo” he warns. “Answer the question, Josie,”
“Yes, I wouldn’t lie about that,” I try to shake my head. Axel lets go of my hand and my heart breaks,
“Then what would you lie about?” he demands. I open my mouth to answer but Axel’s strong hand grips Mason’s wrist, breaking his hold on me.
“Get your hands off of her,” Axel roars.
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Mason shifts his angry gaze to Axel and brings up his hand to use telekinisis on him. Luke quickly ports behind Mason and pushes him, breaking his focus. Deacon grips Luke by the back of his shirt and throws him across the kitchen. Chaos breaks out as four of my bonds begin to fight. I stand frozen in shock and horror. Theo grabs my hand and pulls me out of the way just as Mason flings Axel across the room with telekinisis, Axel lands right where I’d been standing seconds before.
“Stop!” Theo shouts, but his demands fall on deaf ears as the fighting continues.
“Get her out of here!” Axel shouts as he manages to pin Mason to the ground.
Theo pulls my hand and drags me out the back door and towards the pool. He stops and turns to look at me, checking me over.
“Are you okay?” he asks, his eyes full of concern.
“Physically, yes,” I nod. “What is happening?”
“I have no idea but Deacon is not himself and now he has done something to Mason,” Theo says, looking back towards the house.
I hear the fierce growl of a wolf and look back at the house just in time to see two wolves smash through the large glass doors, barreling towards us. It’s Axel and Luke.
“Shift and run!” Axel’s voice booms in my head.
“Shift, Babe,” Theo urges and I call up my wolf, letting her take control as Deacon’s wolf stalks through the broken door. Mason walks out behind him still in human form, his hand raised and ready to unleash his gifts on us.
Deacon’s wolf snarls and snaps his jaws as he looks at Axel and Luke who have now turned to face him. Theo shifts beside me and then he lets out a strangled yelp, collapsing beside me. My eyes shift to Mason, who is focused on Theo and my wolf snaps. She won’t run from this. She is in charge here. She growls angrily, standing in front of Theo’s limp body as she calls for her mate’s attention. Deacon lowers his head with a whine, quickly submitting to his Alpha. Luke and Axel follow him down, unable to resist her power. Mason, still in human form
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scowls and then smirks. I need to somehow coax him to sh but the determined look on his face lets me know he is not going to make this easy.
“Let me shift back, I can force his shift,” Deacon’s strained voice floats into my mind.
My wolf trusts his word and releases her hold over her pack allowing them all up. Deacon’s human form quickly replaces his wolf and he staggers to his feet and towards Mason.
