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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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

a reaction.

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

having to tell him anything, but he is the doctor providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with the partial truth. “I’m unable to

he shakes his head. “Figures. A human pet. One of the Blackwood Alpha’s play toys, I bet.”

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Dr. Ellison’s Disregard

won’t have you speaking to my patient

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 me, I have

cheeks bright red

Her hands are clenched into fists at her sides. If

her ears.

uncomfortable, like a wool blanket. Comfortable

turning to face me, an apologetic look on her

to report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee you that kind of

sinks at the thought of causing any

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Ava: Dr. Ellison’s Disregard

so much just by existing. The

“Please, don’t report him on

furrows, and she looks at me with a

for yourself? You have Alpha Lucas on your side now.

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 how I’m

really change the

made it clear at the Lunar

nothing to do with me. And even if he’s had a change of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my own pack. A shifter who can’t shift.

feels like a lifetime ago now that he was trying to

13:10

Dr.

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