Chapter 5

A heavy silence fell over the hospital room, as if time itself had stopped.

Lucas, who'd been in the middle of ripping into his friends, froze at Derek's words echoing through

the sterile air-

"Holy shit, man. Tell me you haven't actually fallen for her."

Fall for Aria? What the fuck?

He rejected the thought with almost violent immediacy, as if the speed of his denial could erase the

strange emotion crawling through his chest.

He had always been destined for Leila-what was Aria in comparison? Such she- wolf like Aria definitely didn't deserved to be his Luna.

And nothing but collateral damage in his revenge scheme. A means to an end.

But the logic didn't track. If she meant nothing, why had he lost his goddamn mind when he saw those men on top of her?

Even when drunk wolves hit on Leila at pack gatherings, he'd never gone nuclear like that.

It must only because of the fucking dame mating bond, right?

match cast the room

exchanged knowing glances,

gone and caught feelings or something. Getting played by

didn't respond verbally, just tamped down whatever the hell was happening in his chest and stated coldly: "I will never have feelings for her and let

they headed for the door.

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Chapter 5

out, Lucas slowly approached the bed, staring down

her brows slightly furrowed as if

escape the nightmare,

fingers moved of their own accord toward her cheek, but the moment they

her skin

a cigarette and taking a desperate drag, hoping the nicotine might quiet whatever the hell was happening

eyes, Lucas was alone

her bed, holding a cup of water. Seeing her awake, he leaned forward: "How're you feeling?

head away, refusing

days, Lucas barely left the hospital, taking care of

and she noticed how his face softened when he returned, a gentleness in his expression

calls were to

their entire relationship. The mysterious calls he'd always step away to take, claiming "pack business" or

Now she understood that Leila had been on

doctor came in to change

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