Chapter 140

Levi

I stay frozen in place, looking at Lauren who’s staring at me with a strange expression. For some reason, there is a hint of something warm in her gaze, like she’s seeing something in me that she finds welcoming.

This is confusing enough to pin me down in my place, but she keeps the spell on me anyway. I have nowhere else to look at but her. She stares into my eyes for an uncomfortable stretch of time, not saying anything at all. Soon enough, a couple of Rogues appear from behind her, these ones bigger and more muscular perhaps than Owen and the scarred Rogue combined.

These new Rogues get behind me and Arthur, plastering strange metal shackles around our wrists. As soon as the lock is in place, I feel my energy getting sapped out. I sink into my knees, free from the spell.

The immediate reaction from my head even though I feel weak is shifting back to my wolf form to deal with Lauren and the Rogues, but I feel a zap of electricity going up my arm the moment I even think about sh