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I swam toward her with powerful strokes, fighting against the numbing cold. When

I reached her, I wrapped my arm firmly around her waist and kicked toward the

surface.

Breaking through, I gasped for air, pulling Olivia's head above water. Her face was deathly pale,

her lips tinged blue. She wasn't breathing.

With renewed determination, I fought the current, swimming one-armed toward the shore

while keeping her head above water. The riverbank was rocky and steep, making it difficult to

climb out with Olivia's limp form.

Finally, I managed to drag her onto a flat section of the bank. Water streamed from her unmoving body as laid her down.

"Olivia!" I called, tapping her cold cheek. No response.

I immediately began CPR, pressing rhythmically on her chest before tilting her

head back to breathe air into her lungs. Between compressions, I used her phone to call emergency

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services, barking our location into the device before returning to my desperate efforts.

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"Olivia! Wake up!" I demanded, continuing compressions. My usual composure cracked as I struggled to find a pulse. "Olivia Winters! You can't be like this, do you hear me!"

expected to feel-raw fear at the thought of losing her. This woman, another man's mate, had somehow

refusing to give

suddenly, water spewing from her mouth as her body fought for air. Relief flooded through me as she coughed

distance, I heard sirens approaching. Help was

trying to share my warmth. "Hold

down the embankment with a stretcher. They worked quickly, wrapping Olivia in thermal

coming with her," I stated, my tone leaving no

ambulance, my clothes soaked and dripping, my focus entirely on Olivia's pale face as the vehicle sped toward Silvercrest Pack

her cold hand in mine, willing warmth and life back into her. The paramedics worked efficiently around me, administering oxygen and monitoring her vital

arrived at the medical den, a team of healers was waiting, alerted by my urgent call. They whisked Olivia away on the

clothes and a blanket. "Alpha Blackwood, you should change before you catch

heard her, my eyes fixed on the doors through which they had taken Olivia. "How long until I know

Fletcher is with her now," the nurse replied gently. "He's our

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a nearby bathroom to change. The dry clothes. did little to warm the chill that had settled in

river water.

fresh clothes from my own wardrobe. I nodded my thanks but remained silent, taking a seat in the waiting area, my eyes never leaving the treatment room

happened?" Thomas

herself," I replied, the words tasting bitter on my

river."

sensed his surprise. "The

Pack?"

"She's been through hell, Thomas. Her daughter died, her mate abandoned

thought of Ethan Stone's treatment of Olivia. The man had everything I

Victoria Frost.

Fletcher emerged. I was on my feet instantly,

demanded, gripping the healer's arm, my voice betraying more

physically. Her werewolf healing abilities helped purge

it was short-lived as I noted the doctor's hesitation. "What aren't

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