Chapter 44
Roman POV*
When Arden challenged Max for the Alpha position, my heart flew into my throat. I heard the silence as soon as she said the words, and for a moment I thought I had passed out from blood loss, until I heard Max’s maniacal laughter.
Their conversation was background noise as I urged my body to heal fast enough to stop the bloodbath that was going to happen.
Don’t push too hard, let us heal properly! Jaxon insisted, apparently having more faith in Arden’s safety than I did.
When Max proudly shared the amount of torment he had put Arden through since her capture, even Jaxon started to push our body to heal quicker. I shifted back to human form and dragged myself to a standing position before hobbling over to the crowd that had gathered.
I made it to the circl
