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brought you your fa

Luke returned to the hospi

"Aria, you're really lucky. Your Alpha is so busy every da

a flicker of sarcasm f

ut no one could have imagined that this seemingly devoted man ha

th the food. When he noticed my reddened eyes, concern immediately filled his face.

front of me, his tone deliberately pleasing. "I ordered these just for you. You used to l

front of me, my stoma

was l

and Layla's family happily celebrated their anniversary. The roasted lamb was

salt. It tastes awful.

If it's bad, don't eat i

pack

lly, "I'll throw i

sh can" he had be

meal he had "specially" brought me

ring my mouth, I ran into the bathroom

e garbage Luke brought back

ide the bathroom door, accompanied by urgent knocking.

tting the running water dr

How could he tre

me like a tide, nea

inally erupted. Not long after I fell asleep, a hig

ctor said gravely. "The fever is dangerously high. We need t

my fading consciousness, I vaguely hea

ung infection is worsening, and the heart failure is progressing. She may not survive long enough to wa

't hesita

ut

ve that kind of blow. As for Aria, I'll do every

to her that the heart suddenly

minute." Luke's voice was light, certain. "Ar

sapproval. "Alpha, Aria is your Luna. You once

e of coldness seeping into his voice. "But she's human. Any children she be

hosen for me by the Moon Goddess. She's a werewolf, and the pups she bears will be werewo

He spoke as if it were a trivial matter. "No one will ever sh

, forcing myself to breathe evenly, yet the pain in

at forcing me to raise the children o

eant to save my life, and now planned to trap me at his side, forcing me to raise

t this one day," the pack doct

ently against my cheek,

per softly, "I w