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can’t imagine life without Selene anymore, even when she isn’t in my head.

It’s wrong.

I fall asleep in fits and starts. Every few hours, a nurse comes in to check all my vitals, and it takes a long time until I can fall asleep again.

But even a restless sleep replenishes your energy, and I wake at sunrise feeling ever–so–slightly refreshed and ready to take on the world.

Well–maybe not the world.

But definitely to ask Alpha Clayton if I can go back to the scene of the accident.

Unfortunately, that doesn’t go well. Apparently, he’s too busy to just be called down to the hospital because a strange woman wants to meet with him.

By lunch, I’m nearly crawling out of my skin with agitation.

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Ava.

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I drop my spoonful of orange jello in shock.

Selene! Where have you been?!

…can’t…far…

It’s like her voice is ebbing and flowing in my mind. I’m sure she’s saying so much more than I can hear, but the important word is there.

I must be too far to maintain a connection. This isn’t something any other shifter could have explained to me; all their wolves exist with them. I’ve never heard of a wolf that can manifest into their own body, even if it is a dog’s form.

Relief blossoms, relaxing every inch of taut muscle as I lay back in my bed. My breath escapes me in a long sigh.

Selene is close.

She must have been running all night. I’m not sure how fast she can run, but it must have been hard on her.

Selene? I ask after a few minutes.

I can hear you, her voice whispers, and I can feel tears

in my eyes.

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I’m in a hospital run by the Aspen pack. Their alpha saved me last night. I quickly give a summary of events, feeling her presence strengthen every minute.

Are you hurt?

I shake my head, forgetting she can’t see me.

Ava. Are you hurt?

Not bad, mainly from the car crash. I have some questions, though. They said I’m going into heat. They want me here until my heat is over.

Selene goes silent, but I can still feel her. It’s good to

have her back.

That will be problematic, she says, sounding grim. Has the alpha scented you?

You mean, sniffed me? Yes.

I can hear a faint growl in my head. Has he gotten near

the scar on your neck?

respond

him away from it. When did you lose

around. How did you know? Can

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going into heat, it

necklace.

me. Would

know…

but now I’m thinking I might have lost it earlier. The guys who kidnapped me

fills my head.

At the hospital?

Yes.

be very kind, and has a good reputation as a leader.

to me.

again. I need to look for the necklace. Don’t lose the ring, too, or

the ring, needing the physical reassurance that it’s still there. It is. Are you going to explain it all to me now? What I am? Why I’m in heat? Why this necklace

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voice is fading when

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keeping him away from my scar. It’s not like I want anyone near it anyway, but her caution

honey and fresh–baked bread, all things that stimulate my appetite–probably a side effect from only being allowed to eat little cups of jello. “How are you feeling? I apologize for not

you sooner.”

The nurse said I still have a little while before the

chair to the side of my bed, sitting with the elegant grace

don’t have that level of grace, probably

raised with my wolf inside of me like the

them.

that,” Clayton says, sounding

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you are, in fact, a

for him to continue. We’d already

side of my bed as rests his elbows on his knees. His fingers brush gently against the side of my hand, and I’m surprised to feel fireworks

I ask, distracted by how much I want to grab his hands, to link

when one is around, even if they can’t directly scent them. So, the unmated wolves tend

but I’m also trying not to just rape his hand with

hand–holding.

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controlling myself, so we will do our best to keep only female employees once it’s confirmed that you’re entering

understand what’s going on in my head,

staring at his hand without

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I link my fingers

gets a little rougher, and I blink at him as he

she’s in heat, though a strong beta can also catch her attention,” he says, and I realize that

each other, as his thumb caresses the back of my hand in a way that’s driving me

Clayton leans down to nuzzle against my jaw. “Do

nod, panting a little as he drags our clasped hands up my thigh, pressing gently down against the top of my pelvis. I wiggle a little, and he

“You smell divine.”

as he lets go of my hand, pulling my blanket down. He nuzzles down the side of

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Important.

scar is important.

Why?

it feels good when he

And licks it.

And nibbles.