The sickened luna’s last chance

Chapter 286

Liam?

Liam was sick? With what? He was hooked up to all kinds of machines and tubes, and Stella was crying…

Whatever it was had to be serious.

But most of all, why the hell was Stella, of all people, visiting Liam in the hospital?

None of it made sense. As far as I knew, Liam and Stella barely knew each other in passing; and Goddess knew I had distanced myself from him after Ella’s death because I couldn’t bear to look into the face of her best friend now that she was gone.

My hand itched to reach out and open the door, but I couldn’t. I felt frozen to my spot, and all I could do was watch as Liam–not only Ella’s friend, but the man who had begun to be mine–seemed to wither away in a hospital bed while a woman he shouldn’t have known held his hand and cried into his chest like they’d known each other for years.

And for some reason, my wolf snarled. Suddenly, the mate bond flared in my chest, so intense this time that it burned like a wildfire. Stella, as if sensing it too, snapped her head up and looked in my direction. I managed to step out of sight before she could know I was there.

No. Stella wasn’t my mate. She couldn’t be. My mate was dead.

made something ugly twist in my chest–a feeling I’d felt too many times before with Ella. Before, it made sense; Ella was my mate and I thought she was having

who only happened

wife.

good thing my

office a few hours later. “Please, have a seat. What seems to be the problem? My receptionist said you sounded somewhat distressed when you called to make

my mate died.” Evelyn tilted her head, and I cleared

eyebrows rose. “Phantom

Sometimes, it feels like the bond is

this for a moment with a furrowed brow. “Well, it’s not uncommon for surviving mates to experience some residual feelings in the first few weeks after their partner dies. But those sensations should fade relatively quickly.” She paused. “How long

“Over a month.”

retrieved a stethoscope from her desk drawer. “Let me examine

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