Wounded Alpha, Healing Mate

had expected to see Lucien again, or worse, Odetta with a

nt in his hazel eyes that didn't feel threatening. His dark brown hair was swept back from

urrender. "Don't look so alarm

ned. "You shouldn't

were standing there like a thief caught m

"Is that what passes f

nd stepped closer.

respond i

light bow, hand over his heart. "Beta of thi

brow. "Longe

ding," Cassian said with a wink. "You lear

ctant smile. "I'

uture Luna, th

nd looked away

If anything, he looked amused.

treated her like a person since she arrived. The servants avoided her

at leas

stretch of gardens. Everything was overgrown, like nature had crept in d

a lot of questions," Cassi

ions," Mira muttered. "

respond

gainst your will, married off like you're a pawn o

surprised at the lack

ke this. He used to be the type to race down mountains on foot fo

d to him.

he Alpha he used to be. Something broke in him after the acc

s w

ed. "Silent

f young, vibrant, smiling. It didn't match the cold, bitter man in the wheelch

feel sorry for

"I want you to understand t

y. "It's not my

not here just because of your father's g

ave better things to do than play at 'h

a curious look.

e of the few things no one had stolen from her. "At the Lycan Academy. I studied in s

linked. "

es

n you're going to love

ow furrow

a Healer to train you here. Someon

slightly. "You..

holars and tacticians. There's more than enough

rriving, Mira's chest warm

**

g weeks, that fli

l instincts with energy reading. He began training her from basic diagnostics to herbal mapping, even assigning her tasks t

explored what she could. She mapped out routes. Watched the guards' s

wing, rarely seen unless at a business meeting. He ha

an invader. Like they were waiting for her to fail. But with

medical archives, Mira stumbled on a door tucked behind a bookshelf. It was locked, but th

metal drawers labeled with names a

rting through reports from ove

ident Diagnosti

ut the handwriting was clear. Diagrams. Notes. Reports of s

e. One report even noted that his nervous response to stimul

e a cryp

usive. Possibility of external

is

eath c

d this b

ak. She needed to show someone. Someone who care

ss

**

r the training yard, watching t

to you," she s

ensing her urgenc

. In the medical w

wned.

ports...they don't match. Some scans suggest the damage wasn't consistent. And one of the

's eyes

ne poisoned him,

"Or did som

moment, expression unreada

. For a long time. He has undergone lots