en

that I hadn't realized I'd missed. I took a deep breath, my eyes scanning the curb. My

, pointing at a sleek, black SUV tha

said, a small smil

e, his other hand firmly holding his sister's. He watched the driver

ival, Dr. Ada," the driver said resp

"Thank y

fingers flew across the screen, lines of code scrolling past too quickly for a normal

ge from my assistant. Ada, a

uilt with the money I'd earned as 'Ada,' the mysterious healer who could fix injuries no one else could

rking garage. The security was heavy, even here. The vehicle

e were the only ones here, the silence

ria stopped dead. She pointed a small finger t

, her voice tight. "Th

arge, dark luxury car was parked haphazardly, one of its d

else... a powerful, almost electric presence that made the hair

ur sister. Don't move," I

face serious as he pu

As I got closer, my breath caught in my throat. The man wasn't slumped

eep, vicious-looking wounds, and their edges had a strange, silvery

lv

er wounds. The only thing that cou

e for self-preservation, screamed at me to turn around, grab my children, and run. I had come back for a specific purpose: to heal my grandmoth

so full of empathy, fixed on the bleeding man. "Mommy, he's hurt so bad," she

itched. The movement shifted his sleeve just enough to reveal a tattoo on his w

the entire region. Their Alpha was a man spoken of in whispers, a formidable and unforgiving le

curity feed for this section was looped for five minutes," he stated calmly

ood Pack into my life. Letting him die meant violating every oath I held as a he

cket, her eyes plead

shattered my resolve. I let out a long

pply closet. Bring me the portable gurney. And then, I need you to wipe the last ten min

lready tapping away at his ta

uries. The silver fragments were lodged deep in his chest, dangerously close to his heart

n's heavy, unconscious body onto it. Just as the private elevator d

sed," he

was smeared with blood and grime, but even unconscious and

ust saved a man who was going to bri