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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.””

force myself to keep my expression neutral. I won’t give

a reaction.

are you a shifter or a human? Your “scent varies too much for me to be certain.”

providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly,

“Figures. A human pet. One of the

enough De Ellison”

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words. “I won’t have you

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, pain meds. That’s all you need. Broth if you’re hungry. Now, if you’ll excuse

flushes Vanessa’s cheeks bright red

at her sides. If life was a cartoon,

of her

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

turning to face me, an apologetic look on her

sorry. His behavior was completely unacceptable. I’m going to report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can

thought of causing any

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Ava: Dr. Ellison’s

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

a gentle squeeze. “Please, don’t report him on my account. I don’t want to cause any

furrows, and she looks at

have Alpha Lucas on your

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, I’m not sure

really change the

us? He made it clear at the Lunar Gala that he

I’m still

lifetime ago now that he

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Ava: Dr.

that then, either. Full of suspicion, which