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

exchanged knowing glances, visibly relieved

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

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

the door. "She's probably gonna wake up soon

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Chapter 5

the bed, staring down at

brows slightly furrowed as if

escape the nightmare,

toward her

as if her skin had

the window, lighting a cigarette and taking a desperate drag,

eyes, Lucas was alone with

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

head

the hospital, taking care of her with

he'd step out to take calls, and she noticed how his face softened when he returned, a gentleness in his expression that

calls were to

their entire relationship. The mysterious

it, blinded by her devotion. Now she understood that Leila had been on

came in to change her

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