64 The turn …

Ramsey

Two years later .

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The Pack Hospital’s light shone brightly on me where I sat motionless in the reception area , my legs spread out in front of me , staring blankly at the floor .

My clothes were stained with blood , and dark red streaks that had long since dried but still smelled fresh in the air around me .

My fingers wrapped tightly around a necklace which I clutched like a lifeline its pendant warming against my palm , a stark difference to the cold that had settled in my chest .

Around me , Pack Doctors and Nurses including Healers rushed in and out of the operating rooms , their faces tensed with fear … I couldn’t blame them , they had two lives to save .

Two operations were happening at the same time .

Two lives hanging by a thread .

Alpha Logan , Alpha of the Blue Ridge Pack was in one of the rooms fighting for his life .

And in the other room , my grandfather , Elder Eldric , was the only family I had left .

When I held him in my arms after the attack , I thought he was dead .

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He’d been motionless , with blood gushing out from one side of his throat .

I grew up with my grandfather , we didn’t agree on a lot of things but I love him .

He was the man who shaped me into whom I am today .

He had swallowed his pain and fought hard after losing his mate , so I wouldn’t be alone anymore .

He was the same man who pushed me out of the way , hours ago , and had taken the Feral’s bite it should be me on that operating table and not him .

We were on our way back from the Annual Moon Goddess Worshipping Ceremony at Golden Moon Pack and were just outside the borders of the White Moon Mountain region when a dozen Feral Wolves suddenly sprung out from the forest and attacked .

They had easily overpowered the hundred warriors that had gone with us , and injured three Alphas renowned for their fighting skills , including Alpha Logan who was a top – skilled Alpha

Warrior .

I had watched as the warriors dropped dead , how six elders , have been killed with such swiftness that I didn’t see .

I had almost died , too , if my grandfather had not pushed me out of the way and taken the bite for me .

Alpha Logan had jumped in to save him from the Ferals and had equally been defeated .

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The Ferals , after that , didn’t attack me … they all regrouped , and stared at me for a few minutes before they headed back to the bushes from where they had emerged .

I glanced up briefly , my gaze drifting to Alpha Logan’s wife , Luna Vanessa and her daughter , Clarissa .

They sat huddled at one corner of the reception , their eyes red and swollen , tears streaming silently down their faces .

The loss of a mate was not the worst thing that can happen to anyone – it is being helpless .

Sitting there not knowing what to do hour to help and if your mate would ever make it back

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alive .

I watched as they clutched each other as if they were the only thing keeping each other from shattering completely .

My heart clenched at the sight – I had failed them .

I had failed to protect the people who served me .

Alpha Ramsey ,” Lenny hovered nearby , his face full of

need to go home and get cleaned

the people see

is in fear … this will not help , ” he said softly

time to get

here and tell you as soon as they

Lenny when you’re not in my shoes

I have failed

, six elders dead and three Alphas wounded

barely alive and if anything should happen to him … they will never forgive me

my fault

, Alpha ! ” Lenny

No one had

time we saw one was

We were supposed to return a day

difference ? From all the other packs who travelled two days after the ceremony , they all arrived

a lot of children fatherless , Lenny … ” I sighed

, I cannot leave

clean up and offer a word of comfort to the bereaved – the families of the

could go a long way

who will comfort me , Lenny ! ” I raised my head to look

today … or at least until I know that my grandfather and Alpha Logan are fine ,

I should go ,

moved in hours and had no

stiff from sitting for so long but I barely felt the

I couldn’t leave .

I knew

they

was well past midnight when the doors to Alpha Logan’s operating room finally

pounding violently in my chest as the doctor walked out , his face was pale

look too many times before

rd se

doctor said quietly , his voice filled with

didn’t make it

filled the room as she collapsed to the ground in sobs

the grief wash over me

It couldn’t .

my emotions were

doctor looked at me , pausing as if

words I could offer that would matter

doctor emerged from the

a

on his face

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stable

successful though recovery will

I turned and walked out of the

air .

closed behind me , I changed into

its limits , trying to outpace the guilt that clawed at

wind whipped against my fur , and the world around

earth .

burned .

It was

my muscles screamed and my

were several clders , including

stepped forward , her face lined

Alpha Ramsey ,” she

for what happened and we’re grateful

Logan do to her for her not to be merciful to him ? ” I retorted

still in shock but it’s

this happen all the time

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