Chapter 283 Chapter 283

-Ava's POV-

"It's us! Lilian, it's us! Stop screaming!"

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Isabella's voice cut through the darkness, but I couldn't stop. My throat burned, my pulse pounded, and my wolf was clawing at the surface-ready to fight and growling at me for screaming instead of letting her do exactly that.

Then the lights flicked on.

"Why are you still screaming?" Isabella asked, brows furrowed.

"I don't know!" My breath came in short gasps, my chest heaving. "Stop it."

"I can't!"

"Oh, for goodness' sake,” Eliza, who had apparently appeared out of nowhere, grabbed something-what even was that, a underwear?-and stuffed it into my mouth.

I yanked it out immediately, eyes wide, "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I told you it was a bad idea to sneak up on her," Eliza muttered to Isabella, arms crossed.

I turned to her, still breathless. "And you! You're here too? What the hell are you both even doing in my room?" My heart was still hammering, my wolf still pacing beneath my skin.

Isabella grinned like she hadn't just scared the life out of me, "We're here to take you out."

I blinked, "Take me where? And why didn't you just call?" I turned to Eliza, "And you're supposed to be the rational one. Why would you agree to this? Why aren't you at work with Grayson? And why are you enabling her?"

“Okay, that's enough 'and why's,"" Isabella cut in. "You've had this dead look in your eyes ever since you got back from that storm. You keep saying you're fine, but you're not. So, I decided we needed to do something normal. Something fun. Like we used to."

"You mean like when you used to get me into trouble?" I deadpanned.

"Anyway," She dragged the word out, ignoring me, "I went to Grayson, and all I had to say was, 'Ava needs this,' and he released Eliza from work. I was thinking later we could use that to our advantage-like, I don't know, get him to buy us a small country by saying, 'Ava needs this.""

her a

hummed in thought, "That

will not be buying anyone a small country and that she is still supposed to be resting from that

to her like I'm not here?" Isabella

have a listening problem," I muttered. "You need to hear things twice for

said sweetly, then clapped her hands together. "No go get changed. We need to get

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Chapter 283

"Can you see what I mean? She

slow breath and moved away from the door, "I'm

tired. And scaring me

when I shot

as I sat on the bed, "Come on, Lilian, don't be like this. You're walking around like a zombie. You're avoiding everyone. You keep going back to your parents' hospital when they've

there's nothing to celebrate," I

air in the

eyes widened. Eliza took

a shaky breath, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to yell.

so angry. And at the same time, I don't

my mate, only to be manipulated into believing a lie. And my sister-my twin sister-hated me. If I had just been a better person,

hands curled

then there's my father," I continued, my voice breaking. "The man I spent years trying to escape-hating-now lying in that house, withering away, never to wake up. And my mother, the woman who spent my entire life being cruel to me, suddenly wants to make it up to me. And I don't

stretched

I whispered, "And

My throat tightened.

went to the In Between just

voice raw with emotion, "People died. People got hurt. A lot was lost and you're all trying to pretend like it's okay. Like

a soft sigh, her voice gentle as scooted closer. "Oh, honey, no one is asking you to move on or to be okay so easily." Her eyes softened, filled with an understanding that made my chest tighten, "We

to move forward. And

looked away, my

shaking her head. "You pretend you're fine. You smile like you've done your whole life when

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