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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.””

I force myself to keep my expression neutral.

a reaction.

stare. “Tell me, are you a shifter or a human? Your “scent

is the doctor providing care, so

“Figures. A human pet. One of the

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

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. That’s all you need. Broth

bright red as

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

of her

my heart with a feeling that’s a little ticklish and uncomfortable, like a wool blanket. Comfortable and cozy, until the itch begins.

face me, an apologetic look on

His behavior was completely unacceptable. I’m going to report him to Alpha

the thought of

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Dr. Ellison’s

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

report him on my

she looks at me with

have Alpha Lucas

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

me really change

made it clear at

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

lifetime ago now that he was trying to

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Dr. Ellison’s

then, either. Full of suspicion, which seems to be