Page 69 of His Sold Fated Mate

“I feel angry.” I knew the others would understand what that meant. Riley was moving, stepping between me and the others. I watched as Aubrey looked confused, horrified.

Her voice pitched higher. “What are you doing? What is wrong with him?”

Riley grabbed me, pulling me back, and they took me across the hallway to another room. Riley chained my legs to the ground, and I couldn’t do anything but stare at Aubrey.

“Stop! Riley! What are you doing!? What’s going on!”

“The dark magic has attached to him.” Riley stopped Aubrey from coming closer to me. “It’s safest this way.”

Aubrey stared at me, and I felt like I failed her.

Chapter 20 - Aubrey

I couldn’t breathe as I watched Riley and the others pull him back and chain him to the ground in the other room. He stared at me, his eyes looking filled with hurt, but there was something else. Something dangerous within them.

He didn’t look like Klaus at the same time. And that smell—I could tell it was starting to come from him as well. As badly as I wanted to tell them to stop, I was afraid of him.

“Shit,” Janella whispered. “This isn’t good.”

“I knew we shouldn’t have come down here.” Dustin barked. “It’s latched onto him. This cauldron is just a problem! We need to move it!”

“We can’t move it. If we move it, what if it starts to latch onto other members?” Titus barked back.

“It stays down here,” Riley snapped as he took a step away from Klaus. Klaus stood still, his eyes still locked on me.

“What do we do?” Janella asked. “We can’t keep him down here. This place is not set up for locking people up.”

“He seems calmer than I expected,” Troy added. “When I was losing my control, I was a lot less aware.”

“Maybe it hasn’t attached to him,” Elize added, hopeful. “Maybe he’s mistaken.”

I stood numb as I stared at him. I didn’t know what to say. I was hardly able to wrap my head around everything else going on, and now this? What else was there that they could throw at me?

“We will need to move him to a healing center. They have the proper equipment to take care of him and, if needed, sedate him.”

I felt tears forming. I took a slow breath in, trying to remain calm.

“Aubrey.”

I turned as Troy spoke to me. “Call Cal and let him know what’s going on. He’s going to have to step into the role while Klaus is out.”

“Step into the role?”

Troy nodded. “He will be Alpha until Klaus settles. We need to move him. Does your infirmary have room for him?”

I shrugged, feeling the tears blooming. “I don’t know. I… I don’t know. I’ve never been there. I’ve…” I’d spent my entire time either in the library or at the house. Sure, I got out and started learning the layout of the pack, but I didn’t know the details.

“I don’t know.”

Troy reached out, placing his hands on my shoulder. “Take a breath. Breathe. And settle.”

I heard a loud growl erupt, and Klaus yanked hard on his chains. I jumped, watching the way he snarled. “Do. Not. Touch. Her.”

Everyone fell silent, and Troy dropped his arms from me. I suddenly felt utterly alone.

“Call Cal.”

I nodded and pulled my phone out. I quickly dialed his number and felt tears breaking free as I moved down the hallway.