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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.

eyes. Without warning, he placed the medicine

process what was happening, his lips descended

at him with

cradled the back of my

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firmly against

murmured against my lips. His thumb stroked my throat to

down my throat with his breath. When he finally pulled away, something unexpected flickered in his eyes - desire that hadn't been there in

to where my sweat-soaked nightgown clung to my body. The intensity of his stare made

he said, his voice husky with

a fresh nightgown. His fingers brushed against my skin with surprising gentleness, leaving trails of heat that had nothing to do with my

fevered body.

that left

half-consciousness. The medicine gradually took

through my veins,

of awareness, barely registering the

vaguely noticed Ethan's presence

the bed, his watchful gaze never leaving

of something being applied to my face

to focus my thoughts.

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

remedy available only to the Stone family and their

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

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

eyes met, he broke the charged silence between us. His question cut through the quiet room

blade.

it so hard to ask me for help?" he asked,

center ordeal could have been avoided if I'd sought

ignited something fierce within me. It burned through the last

weakness, replacing

ask anyone but you," I spat, venom lacing every syllable. My emerald eyes blazed with fury as I knocked his hand away from my face.

instantly. The brief tenderness vanished as if it

ungrateful," he said,

glared at him. "You throw me to those women and then offer healing salve, and I

amber eyes narrowing dangerously. "I had nothing

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