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83 Ava: Dr. Ellison’s Disregard

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.

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83 Ava: Dr. Ellison’s Disregard

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? Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ Findɴovel.ɴet website on Gøøglᴇ to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

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.””

insult stings, but I force myself to keep my

a reaction.

scrutinizing stare. “Tell me, are you a shifter or a human? Your “scent varies too much for me to

is the doctor providing care, so I

sneer of disgust, and he shakes his head. “Figures. A human pet. One of the Blackwood Alpha’s play toys,

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the ice lining her words. “I won’t have you speaking to my patient

who cares, Vanessa. This one isn’t worth the effort. Miss Grey, you’ll be just fine. Antibiotics, pain meds. That’s all you need. Broth if you’re hungry. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have

flushes Vanessa’s cheeks bright

Her hands are clenched into fists at her sides. If life was a cartoon, steam would be coming

her

warms my heart with a feeling that’s a little ticklish and uncomfortable, like a wool blanket. Comfortable

turning to face me, an apologetic look

His behavior was completely unacceptable. I’m going to report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee you that kind of disrespect

thought of

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much just by existing. The last thing I want is to be a burden or a

grab Vanessa’s hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “Please, don’t report him on my account. I don’t want to cause

looks at me with a

wouldn’t you want to stand up for yourself? You have

catch me off guard, and I find myself at a loss for how to respond. It’s true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from the Blackwood Pack, but aside from feeling immense gratitude,

me really change the dynamic

at

a change of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my

now that he

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Ava: Dr.

that then, either. Full of suspicion, which seems