#Chapter 220: Now or Never

Olivia Smoke still poured out from the remnants of our car, its twisted wreckage reflecting the torment of my heart. The witch stood nearby, her eyes cold as they watched me, but there was a flicker of something else—interest? Curiosity? I couldn’t quite tell. “You can save him, you know,” she began, her voice eerily calm amidst the chaos. Rage flared up inside of me in response to the witch’s cloying words. “I will never give you my daughter. Not now, not ever.” The witch’s eyes darkened, the light of amusement extinguished. “That’s your choice, Olivia. But Nathan is dying. Can you, a wolfless woman, really get him to safety in time? Do you have the strength?” My fists clenched, and an instinctual growl bubbled up from my chest. It was wild and raw, full of pain and defiance. “I am stronger and tougher than I look,” I growled. “I don’t need my wolf to save my family. Now leave, before I find a way to make you.” The witch’s lips curled into a cruel smile. “