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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.””

keep my expression

a reaction.

me, he levels me with a scrutinizing stare. “Tell me, are you a shifter or a human? Your “scent varies

is the doctor providing care, so I answer.

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

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Dr. Ellison’s

“I won’t have you speaking to

This one isn’t worth the effort. Miss Grey, you’ll be just fine.

bright red

are clenched into fists at her sides. If life was a cartoon, steam

of her

and uncomfortable, like a wool blanket. Comfortable and cozy, until the

takes a deep breath before turning to face me, an apologetic

to report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee

at the thought of

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or conflict. I’ve already put Lucas and his pack through so much just by existing. The last thing

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

and she looks at me with

concern. “Ava, why wouldn’t you want to stand up for yourself? You have Alpha Lucas on your side now. He’ll make sure

off guard, and I find myself at a loss for how to respond. It’s true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from

him saving me really change the

us? He made it clear at the Lunar

of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my own pack. A shifter who

now that he was trying to

13:10

Dr.

Cedarwood. I hadn’t been ready for that then, either. Full of suspicion, which seems to be my