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throat before I even und
unfocused, her lips parting in a soft, strangled ga
ged f
ly slammed into the hard floor. I caught her, barely. Her hea
she....?!" Ryde
ering her carefully, "I have n
econd, horror and guilt twisting
cian. NOW!" I
electrocuted and da
the bed, pulling the blanket over her trembling body. Her breath
ice low and tight. "Brother.. what
n't a
n't a
animal ready to tear down walls. Every time Jade's chest rose too
de no
despise everyt
. She ruined us
of her d
st feel like someo
y throat f
I ter
peaceful. Innocent. Too innocent. I
under my breath. "Don't act li
d by growling lo
n h
graying sideburns, a balding crown, and sharp worried eyes. He smelled of herbs, anti
breathless. "She just collapsed, we don't kn
cked from Ryder to Jade.
rd the guilt under it. "I. I yanked her head up by h
rt frustration, but I stepped forward, cuttin
ong with her, and I don't care. What I know is that if she dies right no
. He swallowe
briskly and rus
ead, her breathing. His hands moved quickly,
said firmly.
d to refuse. My w
ced mysel
the room, and the
ning his hands through his hair until it stood on end. Ryder le
ho supposedly ha
waiting to hear if ou
look pathetic. She's just un
nan snapped. "She... she fuckin
said sharply.
but the tension
it was hours. My wolf h
The doctor stepped out, wi
" I de
had a recent trauma
w tig
met her on the floor, she claimed she slipped while cleaning the hall. But we
Ryder p
cemic. Her body collapsed because it couldn't keep up. I've administered IV fluids. She should wake up
f, as if afraid we'd ask more qu
the hallway we
whispered, "Wh
dying," I s
eyebrows furrowed.
a
ked. "Why are y
em, my voice low. "
th star
inued. "She cannot die until we say she can. She
y. "We shouldn't fe
firmly. "We
is gaze briefly
ed feeling it. Hated knowing my wolf reacted to her p
out. "She is a liar. A betr
ic when she collapse
e ans
e of us had
ied under everything w
bond was
d, bleeding,
reath. "Brother. what d
I inhaled dee
lled voice, "we remind ourselves who she i
h their e
o room for
d slowly. "
ever emotion lingered
k toward the
wake," I
falter again, cause she doesn'
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