Chapter 546
Everything froze a second before Garithi threw his head back and laughed. “Oh, that is priceless.”
Rowan growled low, a warning shot. “Leave Amy alone. She isn’t apart of this.”
Brandon's mouth dropped open. “You mated Amy?”
Rowan wouldn't look away from Garith. “You can kill me, but leave Amy alone.”
Nix and Megan were on their feet instantly. They ran back to Rowan without a second glance at me. But that was
fine. The man was being stupid. Rowan’s eyes danced around the crowd, his eyes meeting mine for a fraction of
a second, but | could see his thoughts. We were outnumbered. He wantedto slink away undetected until |
was safe. He would give up his life forinstantly if he knew I could leave safely. Shannon growled. “Why does
everyone fucking care about Amy?” She screamed my nlike it was a curse. “So what she is a female Alpha.
She is ugly, and fucking useless. She can’t even keep a man.”
Rowan laughed. He struggled to sit himself up, and his head lolled. | went to grab for him, but Nix busted out of
the trees. He's playing them.
| froze. What do you mean?
Nix panted. He was trained like you were. His dad made sure he could withstand silver. He is fine. But he is trying
to give us a way out. He is telling us to run.
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Nix snorted. My thoughts exactly.
Rowan finally pushed himself into a position to look at Shannon. “Since I'm about to die, allowto illuminate a
few things for you.” He raised an eyebrow and waited for Shannon to nod. “She never wanted Brandon.”
“Of course she did. He's an alpha.”
“A weak one.” Rowan countered. “But he raised a hand to stop her words. “You want to know how | know?”
Shannon's eyes glared back at him. “Sure.” She huffed out a laugh as if he were lying.
“Brandon was rejected in the first year of school, when he was in the cafeteria, surrounded by hundreds of she-
wolves. Right?” Rowan turned his head to Brandon and waited for his answer. “Am | right?”
Brandon glared at him but just nodded. “I'm assuming she told you.”
Rowan smiled. “She did, but not for the reason you're thinking.” Rowan turned to Garith. “You are from the same
family, so you can tell if I'm lying.”
Garith’s eyes tightened. “What are you on about?”
“Your mother passed down a gift to her child, one that you passed down. You live your life...until you die. And
you cback for a second chance. Right? You have the chance to correct whatever happened that caused your
death, right?”
Everyone gasped. But Shannon cackled. “That's insane.” Everyone joined in. | heard a few people whispering
about how the silver must have gotten to his brain already.
Garith snapped his head toward Verity. “Is it true?”
Everyone stopped laughing. “What?”
Verity paled. “I thought...”
“You thought what? That it was normal for someone to die and then cback to life years beforehand?” Garith
stood.” When?”
“When | was reborn?”
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“When was | reborn?” His voice was high-pitched and mimicked Verity. He slammed his fist onto the wooden
pew. “Of course! When did you cback?”
Verity looked around. “When | was twenty. | died after my mate found out | was a bastard. He killedright as
my mother toldabout you. So when | cback, I found you first, and rejected my mate.”
Garith stared at her. “You played me.”
“No...I just thought it was a blessing from the goddess and kept it a secret. You never toldyou'd cback
before.” She cried, but he silenced her with a hand.
“Later.” He glared at her for a second before he turned back to Rowan. “So Amy cback?”
Rowan nodded. “Her first mate killed her when she was twenty-four.”
Garith’s eyes tightened. “What does that have to do with today?”
Rowan smiled. “Everything. You see, Amy met her mate on her eighteenth birthday. She mated him within a
month and then beca luna. She did everything she could, but she never shifted in her previous life.”
“She never balanced her magic and wolf.” Garith snorted.
“She was never told how. Her father was killed before she found out in her first life.” Rowan coughed. “But that
didn’t matter. She was still a strong Alpha.”
“Who fucking cares.” Shannon growled.
“I promise there is a reason.” Rowan chuckled. “Her mate betrayed her with Shannon, killing the pup that they
had in a fit of anger.” Shannon furrowed her brows, but Brandon grew still. “So when she woke back up on her
eighteenth birthday, she ran to her father’s pack. He helped her find her magic, which | am sure you knew
about.” He turned to Gavin.
“No.” Brandon's whisper was soft, but Rowan clapped.
“You figured it out.” Rowan chuckled. “You made the smistake twice.” He cackled. “You threw away your
alpha mate for her whore sister. So she rejected you in college. And then used your pathetic chasing to get
close.”
“Why?” Brandon whispered.