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

exchanged knowing glances, visibly relieved

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.

verbally, just tamped down whatever the hell was happening in his chest and stated coldly: "I will never have feelings for her and let Aria Collins be

finally relaxed, laughing as they headed for the

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Chapter 5

approached the bed, staring down at the

brows slightly furrowed as if even in unconsciousness she

escape the nightmare,

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

her skin had

a desperate

Aria finally opened her eyes, Lucas

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

her head away, refusing to meet

barely left the hospital, taking care of her with an attentiveness

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

knew now-those calls were to

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

blinded by her devotion. Now she understood that Leila had been on the other

in to

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