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 the

exchanged knowing glances, visibly relieved

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

and stated coldly: "I will never have feelings for her and

laughing as they headed for the door. "She's probably gonna

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Chapter 5

the

face was ghost-white, her brows slightly furrowed as if even

escape the nightmare,

accord toward her cheek, but the moment they made

back as if her skin had shocked

a desperate drag, hoping the nicotine might quiet

her eyes, Lucas was

of water. Seeing her awake, he leaned

turned her head away, refusing to

few days, Lucas barely left the hospital, taking care of

to take calls, and she noticed how his face softened when

calls

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

her devotion. Now she understood

different doctor came in

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