Chapter 156

• I was unwilling to discuss the other option with him. Especially when he was in this state. As much as I enjoyed kissing Franco, kissing alone wouldn’t be enough to awaken the kind of power I needed to break such a powerful and long-lasting curse. Mating fully wasn’t something I was prepared to do right now. It was too personal, especially when I wasn’t sure I could fully trust Franco. He was still my captor, in spite of the progress we had made toward understanding each other. I wasn’t ready to open myself up to him like that. Not for this.
• Franco opened his mouth to argue with me again when a fight broke out among the pack. He turned to look at them, sighing in disappointment as the bloodlust took hold of everyone once more. As always, he didn’t interfere. There was no point in trying to dissuade them from satiating their needs. To do so would only postpone the inevitable.
• As we watched brother turn against brother, friend against friend, I knew there was no choice. If Franco wouldn’t letme seek help from my dad, there was only one other option left to me.