Alpha King Chases Abandoned Luna

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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.

my dazed state, I sensed someone behind me. Assuming it was James, I turned

spontaneous embrace of joy.

not James's russet-brown wolf, but the unmistakable Alpha musk of

away, stumbling backward. "I'm sorry,

I took in Ethan's appearance. His normally imposing figure looked

deathly pale, his amber eyes lacking their usual

wolf's energy, typically overwhelming in its Alpha power, seemed

my mother. A lot of it,

my chest. I couldn't bring myself to thank

wolf acknowledged his sacrifice with reluctant

noticed my realization and quickly looked away. "It was nothing," he said, his voice lacking

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the doors to the Surgical Den opened again. My attention

out

the sight of her unconscious form. My wolf whimpered with concern beneath my

g sensation I'd felt

taking her cold hand in mine. The steady pulse beneath my fingers was the most reassuring In

my voice thick with emotion. "You're

up to monitors that beeped steadily with

retreated to a nearby room arranged by Dr. Fletcher. Though he left physically, I could sense his

turned to James, who had been a silent, supportive presence throughout the

go rest," I told him, my voice soft with

eyes were tired but warm with concern. "I can stay the Howling Moon Grand

my place at Maple Grove. You'll be