ne's

he rushed out of the room without the sligh

dress hung loosely around me. The marks his fingers had left on my skin still burned fai

me Ethan's anxious voice,

gh at myself and pulled the b

ered the last fragile hope

turn for the re

nkly toward the window as the moonlight slowly

a dull ache, the instinctive pain every

over my stomach and counted sil

t of bed and made my way to St. Mary's Hospital

es from the car accident. There was

rned serious. "But your physical condition is concerning. Since you don't have a wolf, your body can't recover the way

the report, bitterness spread

the entire night comfo

baby was safe, I quietly

back exit when I rounded a corner an

om in a perfectly tailored suit,

as no sign of the frightened, fragile woman who ha

. And Ethan, the Alpha feared throughout the entire Thorn Pack, lower

hallway. "Alpha treats Miss Brooks like she's made of glass. He came with her f

f them really look

rasound report crumpled in my hand

at are you

ve, Ivy's voice suddenl

e looked up at me. The warmth in his eyes dis

asked sharply, impatience alr

to smooth things over. "Ethan, don't get upset. Maybe Lianne just wasn

and walked toward me slowly, her m

front of me, the sweetness van

t to him. Someone to warm his bed. Someone to bleed for him. Now that I'm back, what makes you think you-who doesn't even have a wolf-deserve to stay in the Lu

d in her eyes, yet strangely, I

, lifting my chin to meet her stare. "And you? No matter how many gifts Ethan gives you or how m

with fury. But then, something flashed across h

's see who he cho

Ivy suddenly shoved me ha

A

Already weakened from the crash, I couldn

lapsed dramatically onto the floor and let ou

My ankle

Ethan's furious roar echoed th

was beside Ivy, pulling her

d turned a frightening shade of crims

ce grew colder with every word. "You actually laid hands on Iv

through my lower abdomen, violent enough to make my vision blur, as though something ins

came out weak and tremb

her fall myself. If you didn't do anyth

tearing through my body was unbearable. "Ethan

ling fingers, trying desperatel

lse. The last desperate plea of some

ed. As he looked at my pale face, unce

ed weakly from his arms at that exact moment. Her body sagged ag

Ethan's eyes disap

outstretched hand. "Do you really need this much attention? Ivy's the one wh

not like

slowly trickled

rt sto

was slipp

n completely as I begged him one

"You only fell down. Do you seriously think anyone would believe this ridiculous pe

walked away carrying Ivy

akly onto the f

ed above me while the voices around me

preading across the white hospital tiles beneat

completely, swallowing the la