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Seraphina’s POV 1

The first sensation that broke through the darkness wasn’t sight or sound-it was the antiseptic smell that

burned my nostrils. Sharp. Chemical. Completely different from the gray nothingness I’d been floating in.

My eyelids felt like they weighed a thousand pounds, but I forced them open anyway. The world came into

focus slowly, blurry edges gradually sharpening into something I could recognize.

White ceiling tiles. Beeping machines. The steady hum of fluorescent lights overhead.

Hospital.

I tried to move and immediately regretted it. Pain shot through my body like lightning, starting from my ribs

and spreading outward until every nerve ending screamed in protest. My left ankle throbbed with each

heartbeat, and my throat felt like I’d swallowed broken glass.

I was wrapped in so many bandages I looked like a mummy. White gauze covered my arms, my torso,

probably my legs too though I couldn’t see them under the thin hospital blanket. Even my hands were

partially wrapped, leaving only my fingertips free.

But I was alive. Somehow, impossibly, I was alive.

*Ayla?*

The automatic reach for my wolf’s presence hit nothing but empty silence. Cold, terrifying silence that made

my chest tighten with panic.

Right. She was gone.

A soft snoring sound drew my attention to the chair beside my bed. Damien was slumped there, his head

tilted at an uncomfortable angle, his powerful frame folded awkwardly in the too-small hospital chair. Dark

circles shadowed his eyes, and several days’ worth of stubble covered his jaw. His clothes were wrinkled, like

he’d been sleeping in them.

long had I

croak emerged from my damaged throat. The sound was

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Damien’s eyes snapped open instantly. Those silver-blue

and rimmed

Had he been crying?

voice was a broken whisper, like he was afraid I

the chair, his hand reaching toward me

shatter under his

the movement sent

single syllable scraping

Tears. Actual tears sliding down

cracked completely on

awake.”

arm felt like it was made of

twitch of

noticed immediately. His hand covered mine so gently it was like

over my

his voice thick with unshed tears. “You’re

now. You’re

I managed to croak

You’ve been unconscious for four days.” His grip on my hand tightened

thought I’d lost you.”

he’d aged years

“Adrian?”

Ophelia. I didn’t want him to see you like this.” Damien’s voice was gentle, but I could hear the pain underneath.

baby?” I whispered, pressing my free hand to

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is perfectly fine.” Relief flooded his

thing

a moment, trying to process everything. I was

safe. But-

deafening. Like a piece of my soul had been carved out and thrown

can’t feel her,” I whispered, my voice breaking. “Damien, I can’t feel Ayla anywhere. It’s like she’s just…

me everything I needed to know. His face

with barely

a massive dose. More than anyone should be able

back, right?” Desperation crept into my voice.

back?”

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