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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, are you a shifter or a human? Your “scent

care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with

of disgust, and he shakes his head. “Figures. A

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her words. “I won’t have you speaking to my patient that

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

bright red as Dr.

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

her ears.

that’s a little ticklish and uncomfortable, like a wool

face

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

heart sinks 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 I want is to

out, I grab Vanessa’s hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “Please, don’t report him on my account.

looks at me with a

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

how to respond. It’s true that Lucas risked everything to rescue me from the

saving me really change the dynamic

He made it clear at the Lunar Gala that he

nothing to do with me. And even if he’s had a change of heart, I’m still just me. An

like a lifetime ago now that he was

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Ava: Dr. Ellison’s

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