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Chapter 296

(Olivia's POV)

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"The surgery was successful." Those four words from Dr. Harrison Fletcher's lips were the sweetest I'd ever heard.

My knees buckled as relief flooded through me. Tears streamed down my face, my wolf finally relaxing after hours of tense urs of tense vigilance. The crushing weight of potential loss lifted from my shoulders, leaving me light-headed.

"Thank you," I whispered, my voice breaking with emotion. "Thank you so much."

Dr. Fletcher's exhausted face softened with a small smile. The dark circles under his eyes testified to the grueling hours he'd spent fighting for my mother's life.

"Your mother is strong," he said, his voice hoarse from the long surgery. "She fought hard in there."

my mind

I nodded, unable to speak through the lump in my throat. My wolf whined with relief, the sound echoing through my though no one else could hear it.

"We'll bring her out in about ten minutes," Dr. Fletcher continued, running a hand through his disheveled hair. "Don't worry, the

worst is behind us now."

His wolf's energy was depleted but satisfied with the successful operation. He gave me one more reassuring nod before turning back toward the Surgical Den to change out of his bloodstained scrubs.

I stood there, trembling with relief, my emerald eyes still wet with tears. The emotional whiplash of the past hours left me

disoriented.

state, I sensed someone behind me. Assuming it was James, I turned and threw

spontaneous embrace of joy.

but the unmistakable Alpha musk of Ethan Stone. My wolf

pushed away, stumbling backward. "I'm sorry,

in Ethan's appearance. His normally

face was deathly pale, his amber eyes

its Alpha power, seemed

mother. A lot of it, judging by his weakened

I couldn't bring

acknowledged his

realization and quickly looked away. "It was nothing," he said, his voice lacking its usual commanding tone. "Just doing what I should

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Surgical Den opened again. My attention immediately

out

my eyes at the sight of her unconscious form. My wolf whimpered with

g sensation I'd felt

cold hand in mine. The steady

voice thick with

to monitors that beeped steadily with her vital signs. hovered anxiously nearby, unwilling to let her out of

after confirming my mother's stable condition, retreated to a nearby room arranged by Dr. Fletcher. Though he left physically, I could

settled, I turned to James, who had been a

my voice soft

warm with concern. "I can stay the Howling Moon Grand Hotel nearby if you

at Maple Grove. You'll

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