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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.

***

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 obediently.

When did you

you know? Can

Ava Selene’s

you’re going into heat, it means you lost

necklace.

That’s news to me. Would have been nice

know…

it during the crash, but now I’m thinking I might

frustration fills my head. Will you

At the hospital?

Yes.

see me. Yes. Alpha Clayton seems to be very kind, and has

to me.

Don’t lose

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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me from going into heat?

a while. Her voice is fading when she finally responds. We will

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smiling back despite the butterflies in my stomach. I’m keenly aware of Selene’s warning about keeping him away

fine.” His voice is warm, like 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

you sooner.”

thanks. The nurse said I still have a little while before the peak of

my bed, sitting with the

don’t have that level of grace, probably because I

raised with my wolf inside of me like

them.

says, sounding

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certain that you are, in fact, a true omega.”

for him to continue. We’d

He claps his hands, unclasps them, and eventually rests them on the 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

how much I want to grab his hands, to link our

know when one is around, even if they can’t directly scent them. So, the unmated wolves tend to get a little single–minded in

also trying not to

hand–holding.

1

best to keep only

understand what’s going on in

staring at

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out, and I link my fingers through his with a satisfied sigh.

I blink at him as he speaks, wondering why

though a strong beta can also catch her attention,” he says, and I realize that he’s now sitting on the edge of my

back of

tilt my chin up just a little, and Clayton leans down to nuzzle against my jaw. “Do you need an alpha, Ava?” he asks in

up my thigh, pressing gently down against the top of my pelvis. I wiggle a little, and

“You smell divine.”

my blanket down. He nuzzles down the

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Important.

is

Why?

it feels good when he

And licks it.

And nibbles.