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Chapter 46 - 46. Lesson to never hide secrets from Xavier

AROUND THE SAME TIME

SELENE'S POINT OF VIEW:

I stood just outside the threshold, pretending to fuss with the edge of the medicine pouch Charlie handed me, but I wasn't fooling anyone. My eyes stayed locked on the scene in the room. Xavier… gods, that omega had grown. Not physically, he was still soft around the edges, still recovering, but emotionally? Spiritually? There was something steel spined and velvet voiced in him now. The way he approached Adrian, calm but firm, eyes full of knowing warmth, he didn't plead. He didn't panic. He handled him.

Adrian, who could silence a room with a single look. Who faced death like it was just another annoying thing to do. Who could sooner swallow his own pain than admit he needed help? Adrian Stoneheart had let himself be handled. By Xavier.

"Did… did he just omega hypnosis the guy into drinking medicine?" Michael whispered beside me, mouth slightly ajar.

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