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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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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 expression neutral. I won’t give him the

a reaction.

“Tell me, are you a shifter or

anything, but he is the doctor providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with

curls in a sneer of disgust, and he shakes his head. “Figures. A human pet. One of

De Ellison”

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

a dismissive hand at her. “Save your fake niceties for someone who cares, Vanessa. This one isn’t worth the effort. Miss Grey, you’ll be just fine. Antibiotics,

bright red as

at her sides. If life was a cartoon, steam would be coming

of her

that’s a little ticklish and uncomfortable, like a wool blanket. Comfortable and

face me, an apologetic look on her

to report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee you that kind of disrespect and cruelty won’t be tolerated.”

heart sinks at the thought

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

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

brow furrows, and she looks at

you want to stand up for yourself? You have Alpha Lucas on your side now. He’ll make sure you’re treated with the respect you deserve.”

how to respond. It’s true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from the Blackwood Pack, but aside from feeling immense gratitude, I’m not sure how I’m

me really change the

clear at the Lunar Gala

me. And even if he’s had a change of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my own pack. A shifter

feels like a lifetime ago now that he was

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then, either. Full of suspicion, which seems to be my default.