Third Person POV

“I… what did I do wrong?” Aubrey whispered in her dream.

She only had a gift for medicine–yet Bailey exploited her, drained her dry.

She was betrothed to Alpha Henry–and Mariana envied and framed her.

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She refused to sacrifice herself just to prolong someone else’s life—and so she was hunted down.

She only wanted to run–but still ended up captured, reduced to a voiceless experimental subject…

Her whole life had been spent fleeing from one nightmare to the next. And yet the nightmare never ended. Countless times, she had begged in her heart–if only someone would just reach out a hand.

She didn’t ask to be treasured, didn’t ask to be loved above all else. She only wanted someone to pull her up, to give her a moment to breathe.

The fragmented words from her lips made Alpha Henry clutch her hand even tighter.

“Aubrey! You didn’t do anything wrong, it was everyone else! Please, wake up! I’ll treat you well, I’ll treat you well for the rest of my life, I’ll never be good to anyone but you!”

Suddenly, Aubrey’s eyes opened. Her pupils shrank, and deep within them lingered the tremor of her dream.

Alpha Henry’s anxious voice still rang in her ears, but strangely, he felt so far away.


She knew he looked desperate. She knew she should respond, should give him a reassuring smile. But she couldn’t.

Instead, she felt the faintest trace of annoyance…

Alpha Henry froze at her sudden cold gaze. A heavy pang struck his chest. Even with their fingers laced tightly together, he felt as though Aubrey was far, far

goodness! You finally woke up!” Professor Ginnie exhaled a long breath of relief. “Any longer, I thought

doctor burst into tears.

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as long as

:

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away, scanning the


rough, but her eyes were clear again as

One, Four, and Nine, wasn’t it? The

her words, Xavier’s eyes

“You mean to say…”

“”

Just what you think. I believe the second stage is close

mouth, the researchers erupted

lab had been filled with suffocating gloom. Now,

a month, maybe now we can finally sleep

cries, her stifled screams echoing in their ears. It had been torment of both body

Henry could not share their joy. He stared down at his empty hands. Since the moment Aubrey had woken, she hadn’t given

was overreacting. Perhaps she had

threw herself into rapid discussions with the wolf doctors, not sparing


couldn’t announce it to

research had

in the morning. Only then did the group notice that Alpha Henry had been waiting silently at the side the entire

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