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?

mental wrestling match cast

knowing glances, visibly

had us worried for a second. I thought you'd gone and caught feelings or something. Getting played

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

headed for the door. "She's

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Chapter 5

slowly approached the bed, staring down at the

was ghost-white, her brows slightly furrowed as

escape the nightmare,

their own accord toward her cheek, but

her skin had shocked

taking a desperate drag, hoping the nicotine

finally opened her eyes,

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

didn't answer, just turned her head

the hospital, taking care of her with an attentiveness that surprised even

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

now-those calls were to

back with clear eyes, she realized this pattern had existed throughout their entire relationship. The mysterious calls he'd always step away to take, claiming

it, blinded by her devotion. Now she understood that Leila had been on the other end all

came in to change

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