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phone screen. Under the final selection for the Royal Medical Center Chief He

orked double shifts and completed more critical surgeries than anyone else in the i

ed the door open before the guards could step out and ran stra

topped talking as I passed, trading pitying look

f the Director's office. The loud bang made the old Direc

ng. "Director! Why was my fellowship given to Valerie? I ranked first in clin

o dab at the spilled tea. When he finally looked up, his eyes

gers over his stomach. "The decision came directly fr

the desk edge. "A Healer fellowship is decided by sur

ing a wave of pressure into my chest. "Know your place, Foster! In this territory, an A

il my spine hit the hard doorframe. A suffocating wa

cuffs, "blame President Alaric Kensington. He issued a personal Alph

-the man who had forced me into a blood contract yesterday-had ju

ed my tongue. Without another word, I turned around, pulled

out. Valerie stood in the center of a fawning crowd of

zzling diamond necklace resting against her collarbone-a

ing her voice so only I could hear. "Three years of slaving away, Hazel, and all

of that bloodied lily-scented gauze flashing

ng into tight fists at my sides. "You stole my work to climb in

closer, her eyes venomous. "Try saying a single word, bitch, and

shoulder as if brushing off filth and walked straight int

h staring at my exhausted reflection in the locker mirror,

head housekeeper at Kensington Estate, flashed on the screen: Re

bandoned me on our wedding night and just destroyed

squared my shoulders. If Kensington Estate was

cab and gave the driver the address of Kensington Estate. At the mention of the Alpha's

the city, I pressed my forehead against the cold glass, swearing

t as I paid the driver and pushed the door open, a sleek, armored black Maybach gli