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…

felt as though Aubrey was far, far away. So far that a terrible doubt crept in–did Aubrey

up!” Professor Ginnie exhaled a long breath of relief. “Any longer, I thought my own heart

only female wolf doctor burst into tears. “You’ve suffered so much…

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fully back to herself then. She shifted her gaze away, scanning the room before speaking hoarsely, “Not only am I awake, I also have


voice was rough, but her eyes were clear

Nine, wasn’t it? The

eyes lit

“You mean to say…”

“”

Just what you think. I believe the second stage

mouth, the researchers erupted in cheers.

writhe in pain had been torment enough. For weeks, the lab had been

celebrate! After more than a month, maybe

many of them had dreamed of Aubrey’s muffled cries, her stifled screams echoing in their ears. It

share their joy. He stared down at his empty hands. Since the moment Aubrey had woken, she hadn’t given him so much as a

Perhaps he was overreacting. Perhaps she had simply been in

Aubrey immediately threw herself into rapid discussions with the wolf doctors, not sparing a moment for


take time before the second stage was fully conquered. And even once it succeeded, they couldn’t announce it to the outside world. Not every

research had to

finally wound down their work, it was well past one in the morning. Only then did

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