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My greatest triumph had been redirecting that kidney donor from Lily to Emma. Nathan Blackwood had been surprisingly easy to convince his loyalty to me outweighing any ethical concerns. And when Lily died, I had comforted Ethan, solidifying my position while Olivia fell

apart.

I had been untouchable. Until now.

"Ms. Frost?" A timid voice interrupted my thoughts.

Dorothy Lawson, my housekeeper, stood at the doorway, clutching a small bag of my personal

items.

"Finally," I snapped. "Give me my phone. Now."

Dorothy hurried forward, her eyes widening as she took in my condition. "Ms. Frost, I'm so sorry-"

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"Save it," I cut her off, snatching the bag from her hands. "Just help me sit up properly."

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As Dorothy adjusted my pillows, I dug through the bag for my phone. I needed to call Ethan.

He would arrange a private room, better doctors, specialists who could fix this.

My fingers trembled as I dialed his number. It rang several times before someone answered -

but it wasn't Ethan.

"Maxwell Chen speaking," came the formal voice of Ethan's special assistant.

"Maxwell, where is Ethan? I need to speak with him immediately."

There was a pause, too long to be anything but bad news.

"Ms. Frost," Maxwell said carefully. "I regret to inform you that Alpha King Stone is currently in

the intensive care unit."

The phone nearly slipped from my grasp. "What? What happened to him?"

"I'm not at liberty to discuss the details over the phone," Maxwell replied, his tone maddeningly professional. "But his condition is critical."

"I'm coming to see him," I declared, already trying to swing my legs over the side of the bed.

"Ms. Frost, I don't think-"

up, tossing the phone aside. "Dorothy,

"Ms. Frost, you've just regained consciousness. Perhaps you

wolf surging

she helped me move, I realized the source of the unpleasant odor that had been

I had soiled myself.

humiliation burned through me like acid. "Get me cleaned up," I hissed, mortification turning to rage. "And find me

face carefully blank as she helped clean and dress me. The indignity of needing assistance for such basic

I gripped the armrests so

of the medical den, past curious stares and whispered comments. My wolf

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+15 Points)

were stopped at the entrance to the intensive care unit by

only."

am family," I lied smoothly.

nurse's eyes narrowed. "His

my wolf rise to the surface. "Now let

stepped aside. "Ten minutes

Maxwell Chen standing guard outside

a wheelchair, but he

greeted me formally. "I'm afraid Alpha

to him?" I demanded, wheeling myself

expression remained carefully neutral. "He sustained a serious injury to his kidney. The wound was inflicted with

healing."

dots. "It was

silence was confirmation

already reaching for my phone to

Enforcers.

shot out, stopping me. "Alpha Stone

to be involved."

a recording of Ethan's voice: "Don't call the enforcers. It has nothing to do with

tried to kill him, and he's protecting her?" "Those are his orders," Maxwell said firmly. "And as his

followed."

tone. "Ethan knows best.

use the private washroom?" I asked, gesturing to the

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this." I indicated the wheelchair with a

nodded sympathetically. "Of course. Do you need

I said quickly. "Dorothy can

+15 Points)

locked, I pulled out my

I didn't call

enforcers. I called Elder