Chapter 0199
Chapter 0199
Deacon gets Mason’s attention, capturing his gaze. “Mason, relax, she didn’t betray us. Don’t hurt them,” Deacon pleads, his words thick with compulsion. My wolf Its her head curiously as she watches them. Mason stills and then takes in the scene with a look of confusion.
“What did you do to me?” he growls angrily, getting up in D’s face.
“I compelled you to believe a lie, a lie that was planted in my head,” Deacon admits, his voice full of shame.
Theo lets out a groan as he shifts back to his human form and Mason looks up at us. His eyes go wide before he looks down at his hands and then back to me and Theo. Axel shifts and kneels beside Theo.
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“Are you okay?” he asks.
“I think so,” Theo rasps. I look down at him and whine at the purple bruising that is beginning to bloom over his neck. I need to shift back and heal him but my wolf is still unsure, she is not fully convinced it’s safe to allow me to shift back yet.
“Deacon you need to explain what just happened,” Luke demands as he comes to stand beside me, back in his human form.
“They captured me today and basically turned me into a sleeper agent. They have a guy with an extremely strong compulsion gift. He told me that a member of my bond group was working against me and that I should take them out once I discovered who it was and then told me to forget I’d gotten that information from him. So when I captured Molly tonight and she gave me some information that could cast suspicion on Josie the compulsion kicked in. I’m so sorry. I should have been stronger, I failed you,” he lowers his head again.
“How did you break out of it?” Axel asks, not sounding fully convinced.
“Josie’s wolf, there’s nothing that can jeopardise the relationship between our wolves. As soon as she made me submit the compulsion broke and I remembered everything,” he explains.
“If they have someone capable of compelling you then we are fucked,” Axel grunts.
“Not necessarily, we all just need to drop our shields, fully. I tried to channel your gift but I couldn’t do it in time because you have yourself locked up. I know it’s intense to constantly feel each other but we all need full access to each other’s gifts,” Deacon says to Axe.
I listen to the guys talk but my wolf’s main focus is on Mason, who seems to be having an internal crisis as he sits on the floor, staring down at his hands. He is really putting my wolf on edge.
“Theo, Mace needs us,” I say through the mind link
Theo is quick to react, rolling onto his front and pushing himself onto his hands and knees. He begins to crawl towards Mason as soon as he sees him and I wish my wolf would let me have my body back. She shadows Theo, walking slowly beside him. Axel seems to notice what is happening and comes over, lifting Theo to his feet and helping him walk to Mason, who doesn’t even notice our approach. Theo drops back down to his knees beside Mason and puts his hands over his. Mason looks up at him, his eyes full of pain.
“I wanted to kill you, I wanted to kill all of you,” he whispers.
“It wasn’t you, Mason, I made you like that. Just moments before that you were ready to protect them from me,” Deacon says as he comes over to us. “Let me remove all your compulsion so you can think clearly. Right now you
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have two compulsions that are trying to contradict each other. I acted quickly to calm you. I didn’t have time to remove the first compulsion so things are a little messy in your head right now,”
Mason nods and looks at Deacon with desperate eyes. I don hear any words but I feel D’s power as it reaches out to Mason’s mind and I know it’s worked when Mace visibly relaxes. My wolf relinquishes her control, letting me shift back. She must have sensed that Mason was still a possible threat whilst the two compulsions warred in his head.
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