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rub top. No knock. No warning. Only the sudden gust of cold
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even gla
woman in his arms and murmure
e gray eyes swept over me, cold a
k her
quest. A
nd gripping the back of my neck, forcing me t
one thing-his orders could crush my bon
wn and touche
is hand immediately covered the back of her head, cradli
d at me-it was the lo
be a litt
ve. Her eyes were red. The entire hospital kn
d not
hands. Even with the tap turned on full blast and the hot water
y hands tha
wolf stirred beneath my skin, a low growl of fury rising in my throat. I could smell it on her-the ma
All
. His true mate. I didn't even h
Dark circles under my eyes. Chapped lips. My surgical gow
a of the Bla
believe it if
r," he said, ice
k up. "I'm d
just fought death and won. And you're standing there, asking me t
. A transaction that had given his pack stability and my famil
gament damage. RICE protocol-rest, ice, compression, elev
ed. "I want a full workup. X
medical indi
n't as
instinct buried in my blood gave me a shield ordinary pack members didn't have-it couldn't force me, not completely. But it could
peak, Angelena let o
, her hand finding his sleeve. "I don
ate name she used in private to the formal title in pub
as he looked at her. When he tu
e'll go to a human hospital. The d
f she were made of glass-and walked out
r click
enc
lf was restless beneath my skin, confused by the bond that told it
r face a mask of sympathy I didn'
I said. "I'
ded it neatly, and placed it in the laundry bin. Then I grabbed my car keys, turned off the lights, and locked the d
nto my mind, a cold, sharp blade
lk. Don't thin
rformance, shattered in an instant. The pen in my hand, forgotten until now, snapped between my fingers. The sharp
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