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“Wait, Quinn,” Jai begins, but I snarl, filled with alpha power, and he lowers his head, his wolf reacting.
I don’t stop until I’m licking Lucien’s lips, and he recoils at the taste of his brother’s blood. “Choose.”
His eyes dart to Vale, who starts to scream, the change coming on.
“Quickly,” I purr. “Die like a human or live like your brothers and me as a wolf.”
He swallows. “I don’t have a choice. I never did. I follow where they go.”
“I’m giving you a choice,” I promise, kissing his lips again. “I will try to protect you as much as I can tomorrow, but I cannot guarantee your safety. None of us can. It is your choice, Lucien. It has to be.”
I watch thoughts flicker through his eyes as Vale quiets down. “Turn me. If I’m going to die, I might as well do it by taking as many of them down with me as I can as the very thing they hate.”
I don’t waste time, knowing he could change his mind. It’s cruel, but none of us will probably live through the next few days anyway.
“Fuck it,” he mutters. “Turn me.”
Despite my own thoughts, I hesitate. I wait for him to change his mind, but his eyes harden.
“Turn me, baby.” He grabs me, kissing me hard. “Make me like you. Make me strong enough to keep you safe.”
I swallow as I pull back, and he turns his head, offering me his neck.
Leaning over him, I hear Vale grunt behind me, and I know I need to be quick. Gripping his throat in one hand, I strike quickly, not giving Lucien the chance to back out.
He groans, the sound vibrating against my mouth as I sink my fangs in deeper.
His hand grips my hair even as he grunts and falls back. His body writhes beneath me as I pump my venom into him, forcing it into his blood like I did with Vale. He cries out but still holds me, stroking my hair as I turn him.
I pull back, his blood dripping from my mouth as I watch him. He’s pale, his eyes are squeezed shut, and his mouth is open in agony as he writhes. I slide from him and kneel between them, looking between the brothers.
Vale is deathly still now but sweating, the bite on his chest bleeding. Lucien starts to scream, his back arching as hethrashes, and I can do nothing but stare. Jai grips the bars, his eyes haunted.
“Mine was never like this,” he whispers.
“You weren’t fully turned,” I reply softly. “I forced the venom straight into their hearts to speed up the process. I’ve never turned anyone, but I’ve heard that alphas have the power to create more powerful wolves,” I admit, and Jai nods.
“What if?—”
“They will make it,” I assure him as I look over them. “If anyone can survive this, it’s them.”
I settle in to wait.
The screams stopped a few hours ago, but it doesn’t mean they won’t start up again. They keep changing between screaming agony and sweating silence. I don’t know which is worse. I dampen their skin with the rain hitting the cage and wipe them with my shirt. I stroke their hair and speak to them as Jai and I stand sentry.
They haven’t uttered a word, nor have their eyes opened, and as the time passes, they seem to slip away, as if their bodies are giving up the fight, giving into the venom rather than mutating with it like I need them to.
I’ve never turned anyone, but I’ve heard enough about it as beta to know this is the most important time. Either they are strong enough to accept it, changing every inch of their DNA, or they die. More often than not, they die. Human bodies just aren’t made to accept the wolf, but I know they are different.
I feel it in my bones. They are our only chance.
Gritting my teeth, I head to Vale. I feel him slipping away. Tightening my hold on his cheek, I turn my head and tear intomy wrist with my fangs until it bleeds, and then I swallow a mouthful and lean down, pressing my lips to his parted ones and spitting my blood into his mouth.
I infuse my blood with my alpha command to heal, to adapt, to change and live.
I leave my lips there, closing my eyes as I summon my healing magic.
I push it into him, and his whole body lights up in agony. Bones crunch and snap, skin tears, and organs split. I push as much power as I dare before pulling away, and I’m relieved when I look down. He has more colour and seems more relaxed, so I move over to Lucien.
