From Park Ranger To Phoenix

in the air, heavy

is wedding.

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ainful sound that sho

began, her voice

ed outside the guest house.

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ng! She' s... she' s collapsed!

son

Mia, then quickly away, but

irled on Mia, his eyes blazing

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d, too stunned, t

led. "If anything happens to

hed in, followed by Eleanor Ashf

y conscious Victoria in the main house,

ce. Her system is attacking itself. She needs a bone marrow transpl

han. "Find a match.

old and calculat

e was caring for him as "Alex." The park clinic had forwa

s flat, devo

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d, then consulted some pap

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Mia, his eyes li

this." It was

ldness, a despair so prof

o save the woman he loved, h

an, n

her roughly from the bed. Her

voice a low growl. "It' s the lea

ia' s condition. Or perhaps, this was her "chance to t

pression unyielding. This was a

an stayed by her side, not out of conc

felt the needle pierce her hip

when she flinched. H

e. His focus was entirely

promises. "I' ll alw

ing her to give a part of herself

er. A cruel, se

awn, a wave of dizzi

anxiety, but not for her. "Is it eno

murmured an

saw was Ethan turning away from her, rushing

n a sterile room. W

in the corridor.

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d. "Excellent. The weddin

Mia. No concer

osed h

hing left t

o leave.

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in, her expre

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r what? To be o

ed. "Th

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