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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?

I respond obediently.

it. When did you lose

look around. How did you know?

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heat, it means

necklace.

That’s news to me. Would have been nice

know…

know. I thought I might have lost it during the crash, but now I’m thinking I might have lost it earlier. The guys who kidnapped me kept

frustration fills my head. Will you be safe

At the hospital?

Yes.

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

to me.

for the necklace. Don’t lose the ring, too, or we will really be in

to explain it all to me now? What I am? Why I’m in heat?

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from going into

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

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in my stomach. I’m keenly aware of Selene’s warning about keeping him away from my scar. It’s not like I want anyone near it

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 being able

you sooner.”

thanks. The nurse said I still have a little

the side of my bed, sitting with the elegant grace most wolf shifters manage without thinking.

level of grace, probably because

raised with my wolf inside of me like the rest

them.

Clayton says, sounding hesitant.

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are certain that you are, in fact, a

to

omega heats are…” 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

want to grab

if they can’t directly scent them. So, the unmated

attention, or trying to, but I’m also trying not

hand–holding.

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time controlling myself, so we will do our best to keep only female employees once it’s

seems to understand what’s going on in my head,

I’ve been staring at his

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

little rougher, and I blink at him as he speaks,

though a strong beta can also catch her attention,” he

as his thumb caresses the back of my hand in a way that’s driving me insane.

my jaw. “Do you need an alpha, Ava?” he asks in that rough voice that makes everything inside me

a little as he drags our clasped hands up my thigh, pressing gently down against

“You smell divine.”

down. He nuzzles down the side

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Important.

scar is

Why?

when he kisses

And licks it.

And nibbles.