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pierced through my eyes. Shutting them back w

" a soft voice sa

a warm-looking woman in her forties

s I? Wha

la. My wol

with Kayla rushed to the front of m

shot through my entire

You're still in cr

d, tears rapidly b

ur baby survived.

st as I cried and thanked the Moon Goddess. I thought I lost my child. How

anyone else here with me, but it still hurt. The pain of Aidan sev

ve I been here?" I asked the doc

r twenty-four hours. We still have to keep you here in the ICU for monitoring before we

still alive, they were going to come bac

se. It's

t as your doctor, I have your best interest at heart. You're going to need a minimum of six months to recover fr

orn I would go through for taking

you saying

e of your burden too. Just think about it. In the meantime, I'l

the room, my head

battered midsection. How was I going to pay the h

I going to

his condition, and how much w

t until a nurse appeared. "Yo

hot open.

..Mr. Mich

father doing here? How d

t-lipped smile to the do

nd I was going to die before I let anything happen

stomach, making me hiss and collapse back on the bed. Tears gat

to collect my belongings. I tried to turn into my wolf form t

my head down, making sure that my

new that he was a dangerous and formidable figure. I had no id

age, I slowly made my w

lway, and when my eyes fell on the man in t

zed me. I prayed silently that none of them would notice me as they

and no one except me goes out,"

s,

y to clean t

s fell from my eyes at the thought th

er and his group of men fell in line with me. I

g about the pain I was in. The room was spinning around me like I wa

d through the flimsy hospital gown I ha

to, M

. Just take m

did as I asked

fe in Pack Attica played out in my mind. I didn't

to me, and I was going to

with no destination in mind, I left Pack Attica w

***

you'd make it through the next two w

om's sister's pack without the address, I rode till I found myself in a place called Vermont Pack. The

nd since we were just two weeks away, I was

in my bones. "I need my baby to be o

or your tissues to completely heal, and it's only going to get wors

no other

ad solemnly. "I

but for my baby,

do it," I said

ded for the procedure, and soon, my consciousn

ntly felt my whole life shift with the

You have a healthy baby g

me, carried my baby from the bed be

y cheeks. She looked so beautiful. So

yearn for a chance to meet her

aby. Momma loves yo

her yet?" The nurse's

odd

elonged, but I was going to gift my daugh

na

lled it backwards, and I said

now. And oh, your bills have all been paid off, so we just have to moni

cleared t

He asked to rem

to my chest, my motherly instincts kicking in. I didn't hav

asked myself. "Is Alpha Aidan