From the Ashes: The Broken Luna Returns

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ch. Sickness. Th

ill. The silver burns on my wrists and ankles throbbed with a dull,

re aw

chair beside the bed. He looked wr

p. "Chicken broth. Dr. Ev

the bowl. Th

ina, curled her

Connor reeked. He smelled like va

's pe

into the fabric of his shirt. To a wolf, scent is id

y from me,"

Don't start. I saved her. I came back for you, didn't I?

I said, my voice trembling

a Aura flaring slightly, trying to compel me. "It was tactic

I spat. "And yo

oor burst open. A young nurse

she's having an episode. She's screaming about th

antly from anger to concern. It

he said. He didn

I warned, gripping the sheets

elfish, Haven. S

back on me a

led it at the closed door. It shat

ied. My skin was burned

ed. We do not stay wh

f bed. I found my clothes-cleaned and folded-on the ch

hallway. It was late

lpha," I heard a whisper

e night holding that guest in the VIP

is so sweet. And the Luna... she'

silent, bowing their heads in submission, but the

to the office. Apex Dynamics was my empire as much as Con

ng, I stopped. The doo

aw

ctly fine, not a scratch on her. Co

m, her hand resting on

bbing the bac

n wolves used to calm their mates. It rel

r the comfort th

d, clutching my stomach. It wasn't the silver. It

wall, breathing throu

eard Connor murmur. "I

. I didn't barge in. I didn'

building. And Connor wasn't my mate. He was just a