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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.

had I been

only a hoarse croak emerged from my

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snapped open instantly. Those silver-blue depths that

exhaustion and

Had he been crying?

was a broken whisper, like he was afraid I might disappear if he spoke too

the chair, his hand reaching toward me before stopping just short of touching. Like

might shatter under

sent

scraping

when I saw them. Tears. Actual tears sliding down Damien

his voice cracked completely

awake.”

face, but my arm felt like it was made of

twitch

covered mine so gently

my knuckles

to move too much,” he said, his voice thick with unshed tears.

now. You’re

long?” I managed to

You’ve been unconscious for four days.” His

thought I’d lost you.”

No wonder he looked like he’d aged

“Adrian?”

see you like this.” Damien’s voice was gentle,

baby?” I whispered, pressing my

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Relief flooded

one thing had gone right in this

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

safe. But-

deafening. Like a piece of

“Damien, I can’t feel Ayla anywhere. It’s like she’s just…

everything I

barely controlled

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

come back, right?” Desperation crept into my voice.

back?”

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