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?

cast

glances,

clapped him on the shoulder, his tone lightening: "Jesus, you had us worried for a second. I thought you'd gone and caught feelings or something. Getting played by your own revenge game would be such a fucking waste. Leila would lose her shit if

chest and stated coldly: "I will never have feelings for her and let Aria Collins be

they headed for the door. "She's probably gonna wake up soon anyway.

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Chapter 5

the bed, staring down at the

furrowed as if even in

escape the nightmare,

their own accord toward her cheek, but

back as if her skin had

stalked to the window, lighting a cigarette and taking a desperate drag, hoping the nicotine might quiet whatever the

Aria finally opened her eyes, Lucas was alone

sat beside her bed, holding a cup of water. Seeing her awake, he

didn't answer, just turned her head away, refusing

hospital, taking care of her

how his face softened when he returned, a gentleness in his expression that she'd once mistakenly thought

knew now-those calls were

she realized this pattern had existed throughout their entire relationship. The mysterious calls he'd always step

understood that Leila had been on the other end all

came in to change

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