The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 115

Liam & Alexander

Liam

Liam was just heading back to his room when he heard the commotion. There were muffled shouts upstairs, and then a doctor swept into the house-the same doctor from the hospital.

Curious, he followed the sounds and was nearly bowled over by a thunderous Alexander, who came barreling out of his bedroom with his Beta on his heels.

Liam froze. “What happened?”

But Alexander wasn’t listening. He stormed away, shoulders tense, fists clenched. The Beta was saying something to him quietly, although Liam couldn’t hear it. And then they were

gone.

Frowning, Liam approached the bedroom door, reaching out to grab the handle. But before he could open it, he heard the muffled voices within.

“How bad is it?” Lilith sounded like she was crying.

“Worse than I hoped,” Dr. Evelyn’s voice replied. “The dormancy is progressing faster now. Her body is essentially shutting down because her wolf has been dormant for so long.”

Liam’s hand dropped to his side. Dormancy?

“But she should have had months left,” Lilith sobbed. “How is this possible?”

The doctor sighed. “I’m not sure. This disease-if we can call it that-is completely new to me. There have only been a few cases of someone losing their wolf due to their mate not marking or rejecting them in recorded history, and none of them are detailed enough. I don’t know how the symptoms will progress—all I know is that she’ll certainly die within the year.”

staggered back against the wall behind him, each word

Ella was dying of some… mysterious disease. Something to do with her wolf going dormant due to Alexander not marking

mark he’d seen

that out of lovesickness, but now he realized that it had little to do with that and everything to do with her

the doctor said. “Otherwise, she will die. And it might be sooner than

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and Alexander had refused to help her, Liam would kill him with his bare hands

Lilith asked. “Surely

not my decision to make,” Dr. Evelyn said. “Ella begged me not to tell him. I may be her physician, but

spun, fury turning into

But his mind also made itself up, too. If Alexander didn’t

Liam wouldn’t let his best friend die because she was too afraid to tell Alexander the truth. Liam had made a vow to help and protect her; perhaps she would be angry if he told

Liam pushed away from the wall and headed

the window with a glass of bourbon in his hand.

doorway.

could see the worry etched across his face. “If it’s

“It’s about Ella.”

Alexander

overheard the doctor talking to Lilith. Alexander, Ella’s wolf

“What?”

wolf has been asleep for months, maybe longer. And if it stays dormant too long without the mate bond being completed…” Liam’s face was

didn’t make sense at first. Die? From

“I’ve

neither.” Liam’s face darkened. “But I heard the doctor saying it just now. She