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The doctor wisely retreated, leaving me alone with my thoughts and the gnawing emptiness

my chest.

in

(James's POV)

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"I heard Ethan's in the hospital," I said to Nathan Blackwood as we walked

through the Silvercrest Pack Medical Den corridors. "Alcohol poisoning, of all things. Stupid move for a werewolf."

Nathan nodded grimly. "He's been through a lot lately. First his grandmother, then finding out about his daughter..."

I raised an eyebrow. "What daughter? You mean Emma?"

Nathan gave me an odd look but didn't elaborate. "By the way, I heard Sophia's back in town. Are you going to see her?"

My jaw tightened at the mention of her name. Sophia Blackwood, my supposed girlfriend, who'd disappeared without a word after our last fight.

"Why would I care?" I snapped, my amber-flecked eyes hardening. "She can do whatever she wants."

"James, it's been months. Maybe you should-"

"Whoever regrets is a dog!" I declared loudly, drawing startled looks from passing medical staff.

“You two are

suddenly desperate for a cigarette. "I need a smoke.

for his response, I turned and headed for

(Ethan's POV)

of my oldest friends, he'd been by my side through countless challenges. But today, something

about your grandmother. And about

veins. Lily?

did you say?" I whispered, my voice

to the storm brewing within me.

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Chapter 115: Painful

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weakened state, my hand closing around his throat as I

you

dare to say that?" I snarled, my fingers tightening. "Why didn't tell me and made the decision yourself to give Lily's kidney donor to Emma?

beside my bed beeped frantically as my heart rate and blood pressure spiked with

hands clawing at mine as he struggled to breathe. "What... are you... talking

was meant for her but went to

by horror. I

let him speak.

idea Lily was your daughter. Victoria came to me... said Emma needed

My grip faltered. "What?"

for your stepdaughter," Nathan continued, his voice strained against my grip. "She said she and Ethan only had this one

words hit me like physical blows. I released Nathan and

unable

whispered, the full weight of my negligence