Betrayal or love

"𝑮𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓, 𝒏𝒐𝒘!" 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒚𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒐𝒇 �

�𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. "𝑷𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒔𝒆, 𝑳𝒖�

𝒐𝒘 𝒃𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐

𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒆�

𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒔𝒌𝒔, 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒗𝒐𝒊𝒄�

𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒅𝒔. "𝑰'𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒐 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏. 𝑩𝒖�

� 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅. "𝑻𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒇𝒆

�𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒊𝒓. 𝑨 𝒔𝒐𝒇𝒕 𝒈𝒍𝒐�

� 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒖𝒏𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒂𝒍𝒆. 𝑰'𝒎 𝒄𝒐𝒏�

making me realize it wasn't a dream. It takes me a moment to realize I'm in my own bed, in the healer's sanctuary. Th

t as I sit up and look around, I see the healer, Elara

softly. "How are you feeling?"

. "What... what happened to Luca?" I said p

still unconscious. I've been keeping a close eye on

g my legs over the side of the

s go." Elara didn't wait for me befor

d. We navigate the winding corridors of the sanctua

or. He lies motionless on the bed, his face still bruised

ake up," I whisper, tear

e. It's there, but it's weak and faint. My heart ski

Elara's concerned expression. Sh

eak," she says, her

of trepidation. What do

h lingering for a moment. I follow Elara out of t

. The door closes softly behind us, and Elara gestur

The attack... it's caused significant damage. We're looking at a long and difficult recovery, with many potential

creeping up my spi

t talking about a small fortune, Luna." She said while I just slapped my forehea

services, but also the rare herbs, the specialized care... it adds up quickly. And to make ma

ey're wealthy, aren't they? I mean, they're o

the mating ... it's all added up. They've spent nearly half their fortune in the past year alone

ause of his medical bills. But what can we do? I think back to the conversati

nd. "How much time do we have to raise the funds? And are there any... altern

We can break it down into smaller, manageable amounts. Even monthly payments would be acceptable, as long as we can see a commitment to

with the entire amount at once. But if we can spread it

out, Luna. I want to see Luca recover just as much as you do. And I'm

let's do it. Let's get Luca the help he needs, n

, but... you're alone in covering the sum. Luca's Pack has spent their resources on his sister's travels a

ched in the gut. "What? But... but I thought they wou

our own in this. But don't worry, we'll work out a payment plan tha

the impossible task ahead. How can I possibly cover the enti

e air, leaving me with a sense of uncer