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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.””

stings, but I force myself to keep my expression neutral. I won’t give him the

a reaction.

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

doctor providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with the partial truth.

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

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

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

Vanessa’s cheeks bright red

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

her ears.

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

face me, an

report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee

sinks at the thought of

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by existing.

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

and she looks at me with

You have Alpha Lucas on your side now. He’ll make sure you’re treated with

loss for how to respond. It’s true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from the Blackwood Pack, but

saving me really

clear at the Lunar Gala that he

a change of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my own pack. A shifter who can’t shift.

lifetime ago now

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Dr. Ellison’s

with me in Cedarwood. I hadn’t been ready for that then, either. Full of suspicion, which seems to