Tangled

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.””

keep my expression neutral.

a reaction.

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

him anything, but he is the doctor providing care, so

his head. “Figures. A human pet. One of the Blackwood

Ellison” Vanagga

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

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, pain meds.

bright

clenched into fists at her sides. If

her ears.

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

breath before turning to face me,

to Alpha Lucas immediately. I

sinks at the thought of causing

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Ava: Dr. Ellison’s

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

hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “Please, don’t report him

brow furrows, and she looks at

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

to

him saving me really change

it clear at the Lunar

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

feels like a lifetime ago now that

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Ava: Dr.

then, either.