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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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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

a reaction.

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

anything, but he is the doctor providing care, so I answer. Reluctantly, and only with

he shakes his head. “Figures. A human pet. One of the Blackwood Alpha’s play

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won’t have you

Grey, you’ll be just fine. Antibiotics, pain meds. That’s all you need. Broth if you’re

Vanessa’s cheeks bright red

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

of her

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

deep breath before turning to face me,

report him to Alpha Lucas immediately. I can guarantee

the thought of causing

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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

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

brow furrows, and she looks at me with a

concern. “Ava, why wouldn’t you want to stand up for yourself? You have Alpha

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

me really

clear at the Lunar Gala that

And even if he’s had a change of heart, I’m still just me. An outcast in my own

feels like a lifetime ago now that he was trying to

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