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Chapter 26: Wounds and Memories

Chapter 26 Wounds and Memories

(Olivia's POV)

Pain shot through my face as I shifted in bed. I accidentally brushed against my bruised cheek.

"Ow-"I recoiled. The sharp sting cleared the fog of fever from my mind.

The bedside lamp clicked on, bathing the room in soft golden light. I squinted against the brightness. My vision slowly focused on Ethan's face hovering above me.

His amber eyes narrowed as they traced the stark bruises marring my skin, His jaw tightened with tension. A muscle twitched beneath the surface of his skin.

Without a word, he turned and left the room. His footsteps echoed down the hallway, heavy and purposeful.

Through my fever haze, I heard him on the phone. His voice was a dangerous, controlled whisper that sent chills through me despite my feverish state.

"Maxwell, I need you to find out who laid a hand on Olivia Winters in Shadowfall Detention Center."

A pause followed as he listened to his special assistant's response. My heart raced despite my exhaustion, wondering what he planned to do.

"Take care of them inside, a hundredfold," he commanded coldly. The deadly promise in his voice made me shudder. This was the merciless Alpha King that other packs feared.

The floorboards creaked as he returned to the room. He held a small bottle of Moonberry Fever Reducer in one hand and a glass of water in the other. He set both on the nightstand before carefully sitting on the edge

of the bed.

"Open your mouth," he instructed, uncapping the fever reducer. "Take the medicine."

Those simple words triggered something dark inside me. Suddenly, I wasn't in my bedroom anymore.

I was eight years old again, huddled in that dank orphanage basement corner. The head caretaker loomed over me with that sickening smile.

"Take your medicine, little wolf," he'd cooed, eyes glinting with malice. "It will make you feel better."

I'd been naive enough to believe him then. I opened my mouth obediently. The bitter liquid burned going down, leaving me disoriented and weak.

Too weak to fight back when the whip came down across my back. Too weak to escape the predatory gaze

that followed.

"No," I whispered now, clenching my jaw shut. My entire body trembled as I pressed against the headboard,

I putting distance between Ethan and myself.

warning, he placed the medicine in his own

what was happening, his lips descended on mine. I

against his chest, pushing at him with what

my resistance. One hand cradled the back of my head to hold me still

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firmly against my

my throat to

medicine slid down my throat with his breath. When he finally pulled away,

gaze lingered on my flushed skin, traveling down to where my sweat-soaked nightgown clung to my body. The

husky with an

His fingers brushed against my skin with surprising gentleness, leaving trails of

through my fevered body. Comfort and danger intertwined in

that left me

a blur of half-consciousness. The medicine gradually took effect, cooling

through my veins,

and out of awareness, barely registering the world around me.

vaguely noticed Ethan's presence

his watchful gaze never leaving my

face roused

to focus my thoughts.

distinctive scent of Dr. Harold Bennett's Rare Healing Salve filled my

available only to the Stone family and

transported me back to the Silvercrest Medical Den, I'd received the same treatment after injuring my hand during healer training with

with surprising gentleness across my bruised cheek. He applied the salve in careful, circular motions, his touch lighter than I would have

between us.

blade.

for help?" he asked, his

center ordeal could have been avoided

words ignited something fierce within me. It

weakness, replacing it

Stone, I would ask anyone but you," I spat, venom lacing every syllable. My emerald eyes blazed with fury

instantly. The brief tenderness

said, his tone

burned with a cold fire as I glared at him. "You throw me to those

he insisted, his amber eyes narrowing dangerously. "I had nothing to

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you in

caught me off guard. For a moment, doubt flickered through my mind, making