Chapter 8

upstairs to your room and check the cabinet in the bathroom.”
Aaron hasn’t tried to constrain me since the altercation where
I fainted and Adam argued with him. I have the run of the
mansion and grounds again. I’ve been instructed to stay in Aaron’s room at night.
“Are you going?” Adam prompts.
I automatically stand and start moving through the mansion.
There aren’t many wolves around this time of day. They’re
all out at their various jobs either here on the packlands or
outside in the human world.
I take the stairs carefully. I’m still a little weak, but what’s
worse, it’s hard to breathe. I’m winded by the time I reach the
top floor which is alarming. I’ve been running up and down
these stairs for a decade.
I head into my room and close the door.

should be thankful that Aaron bothered to have it repaired, I suppose. I didn’t relish the thought of having no privacy.
Not that he’s allowed me back into this room. He’s insisted I
sleep in his bed each night ever since I fainted.
I can remember a time when I would’ve been thrilled that he
wanted me beside him.

seem to get past the years of pain and longing. I’m probably just channeling all my resentment about my prognosis toward him.

“How did you get these in here?” I ask.
“There’s a batch in this room. And that other room where they held you last time. I brought them when I first came, after Dr. Henley shared your prognosis.”
I stare at the pill bottles.
“Those are a nti-canc er medicines and painkillers,” Adam says. “You’ll need to do a formal chemotherapy routine, but these can get you started. Leah, in a battle like this, every moment

the toilet. “Please don’t tell me you threw them out.” “No. Just the packaging.” He breathes heavily. “He doesn’t know, and I don’t want him to know, Adam.” Whether sic k or not, I have my pride. I’ve swallowed enough of it these last few years. I won’t use my illness to gain

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