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.

Assuming it was James,

spontaneous embrace of joy.

not James's russet-brown wolf, but the unmistakable Alpha musk of Ethan Stone. My wolf recognized him

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

as I took in

his

Alpha power, seemed diminished. That's when I realized

A lot of it, judging by his weakened

couldn't bring myself to

wolf acknowledged his

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

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the doors to the Surgical Den opened again. My attention immediately

out

at the sight of her unconscious form. My

g sensation I'd felt

taking her cold hand in mine. The steady pulse beneath my fingers was

thick with emotion. "You're going to be

beeped steadily

my mother's stable condition, retreated to a nearby room arranged by Dr. Fletcher. Though he left physically, I could sense his Alpha presence lingering, his wolf keeping vigil over both me and my

settled, I turned to James, who had

my voice soft with

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

at Maple Grove.