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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!"

with an emotion I hadn't expected to feel-raw fear at the thought of losing her. This woman, another man's mate, had somehow become important to me

to give up. "Breathe,

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

the distance, I heard sirens approaching. Help was

cold body against mine, trying to share my warmth. "Hold

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

her," I stated, my tone leaving

recognizing my authority as an Alpha. I climbed into the ambulance, my clothes soaked and dripping, my focus entirely on Olivia's pale face as the

willing warmth and life back into her. The paramedics

the medical den, a team of healers was waiting, alerted by my urgent call. They whisked Olivia away on the stretcher, leaving me standing in the corridor, water

a blanket. "Alpha Blackwood, you

her, my eyes fixed on the doors through which they

now," the nurse replied gently. "He's our

Into

while you

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

river water.

emerged, Thomas Griffin had arrived with fresh clothes from my own wardrobe. I nodded my thanks but remained silent,

what happened?"

I replied, the words tasting bitter on my

river."

sensed his

Pack?"

corrected automatically, though the distinction seemed meaningless now. "She's been through hell, Thomas. Her daughter died, her mate abandoned her, and now Matriarch

Olivia. The man had everything I had ever wanted-a true mate, a

Victoria Frost.

doors finally opened, and Dr. Marcus Fletcher emerged. I was on my feet instantly, crossing the space between us

is she?" I demanded, gripping the healer's arm, my voice betraying

grave. "We've stabilized her physically. Her werewolf healing abilities helped

washed over me, but it was short-lived as I noted the doctor's hesitation. "What aren't you