Tangled in Moonlight: Unshifted (Ava and Lucas)

Chapter 83

Chapter 83 Ava: Dr. Ellison's Disregard

I brace myself as the rude doctor turns his attention fully on me. His eyes are cold, assessing, and I feel stripped bare under his clinical gaze.

"Ava Grey," he says, no longer even pretending to look at my chart. His tone is cold. He's a frigid man of ice, and I want to take a pickaxe to chip him into tiny little ice pieces that I throw into the toilet.

I straighten my back as best I can around the pain, lifting my chin as high as it can go with the bandages and pain. I refuse to be looked down on by some asshole with a superiority complex.

I had that enough from my own pack!

His lip curls into a slight sneer. "Let's get one thing straight—you're getting far more care and attention than you deserve, but you're stable, and you'll be on your way to recovery soon enough. You can thank me for that later."

I shoot Vanessa an incredulous glance, and she rolls her eyes and shakes her head.

Yeah. That's what I thought.

He's just taking the credit for all the work she's put in. I can remember, now, her soft voice just before I lost consciousness. She was in the car with me, wasn't she? Where was this guy? Probably at home, drinking some wine and browsing some sort of medical journal.

He looks at Vanessa too, but his face is full of disdain. "Honestly, I don't know why we're wasting resources on a Blackwood mutt."

my expression neutral. I won't give him the satisfaction

you a shifter or a human? Your

doctor providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with

a sneer of disgust, and he shakes his head.

Vanessa interjects, professional despite the ice lining her words. "I won't have you speaking to

someone who cares, Vanessa. This one isn't worth the

excuse me, I have an

fists at her sides. If life was a cartoon, steam

with a feeling that's a little ticklish and

turning to face me, an apologetic

report him to Alpha

I've already put Lucas and his pack through so much just by existing. The last thing I want is to be

squeeze. "Please, don't report him on my account. I don't

brow furrows, and she looks at me with a mixture of confusion and concern. "Ava, why wouldn't you want to stand up for yourself? You have Alpha Lucas on your side now. He'll

true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from the Blackwood Pack, but aside from feeling

nothing to do with me. And even if he's had a change of heart,

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