#Chapter 231: She Has To Survive

Julian’s POV While sitting in the hospital waiting room, I tried to stay calm for Alice’s sake. It was difficult, knowing my mate was going through serious surgery, maybe beyond the ability to recover. Alice and I sat away from the rest of my family, in two seats nearest the emergency room doors. I could hear them talking though. “They had to lock Tony up,” one of my other cousins said. “He’s totally lost his mind. The council doesn’t know what to do with him. Maybe they will have to put him down.” “I don’t know what he was thinking. Whatever he took made him go feral,” replied one of my other cousins. “Was it worth losing his mind, just to win? There’s no recovery from it.” “He didn’t win anyway.” “But even if he had, we can’t have a feral werewolf be Alpha of the pack.” Softer as if suddenly conscious of me sitting within earshot, they lowered their voice. As Alpha, I could still hear everything they said. “I’m glad Julian won. I’d been rooting for Tony, but… an acti