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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 been

tried to speak, but only a hoarse croak emerged from my damaged throat. The sound

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snapped open instantly. Those silver-blue depths that I loved

exhaustion and

Had he been crying?

like he was afraid

chair, his hand reaching toward me before stopping

shatter under

small nod, wincing as the movement sent

scraping against my raw

when I saw them. Tears. Actual tears

voice cracked completely

awake.”

tried to lift my hand to touch his face, but my arm felt like it was made

twitch of my

mine so gently it was like being touched by a

my knuckles with

try to move too much,” he said, his voice thick with unshed tears. “You’re

now. You’re home.”

long?” I managed to croak

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

thought I’d lost you.”

like he’d aged years since I

“Adrian?”

like this.” Damien’s voice was gentle, but I could hear the pain underneath. “He’s been asking

baby?” I whispered, pressing my free hand to my

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baby is perfectly fine.” Relief flooded his voice. “Whatever they did

thing had gone right in

closed my eyes for a moment, trying to process everything. I was alive. The baby was okay. My

safe. But-

in my mind was deafening. Like a piece of my soul had been carved

whispered, my voice breaking. “Damien,

in Damien’s expression told me everything I needed to

barely

said quietly. “They used a massive dose. More than anyone should be able

Desperation crept into my voice.

back?”