on. Her mind was foggy with the effort to remember and she could do no more than drowsily lift her eyelids. She'd

did. It was either her hearing was impa

eck to turn, she was met with two worried brown eyes staring at her. She couldn't move. He

d to. Her body remained as still as stone. The man's touch was warm though a

e man asked. His voice wa

y was she drawn to him so? She remembered the last time she had felt thi

of all this, she thou

t began to beep in time to the racing of her heart. What was sh

e rushed inside. The man in front of her looke

r voice say. Dr Abbie. The man in front of h

bie was in the room? Her heart rate spiked even more at the

ne, to break the arm Dr Abbie used to inject her with those drugs, and to run away when all that was over. All she manag

The feeling of falling into unconsciousness, as was now getting familiar, consumed her, but this time, instead of simply falling unconscious, her min

indless? Behind the cover of her hair, a tear slipped out of the corner of he

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of the hospital. He was taking her to his home, where she would be more comfortab

his beta to have the woods that led from the hospital directly t

e explained that his mate was in a state of drug-induced catatonia and would likely stay that way until she'd successfully drawn out all traces of silver and w

Lucas

ctor had come to fear him in the past few weeks

er a memory of that trauma, especially as her wolf awakens and she is more herself. I th

a danger to people though secretly pleased that Dr Abbie had addressed her

", Lucas told him. Luxe snort

s said to Dr Abbie.

lieved as Lucas wheeled

t her. He had expected meeting his mate to be a joyful occasion, not one that was getting grimmer. He definitely wasn't expect

to see his mom looking up at him. H

", she said. "Y

n silence, even when Cole and Lance joined them. Soon, th

could see. Her hair was so long, it covered most of the top half of her face. He brushed the bangs aside and glimpsed eyelashes as thick and full as two small fans before the ev

. Her head fell slightly to the side, revealing the side of her neck where his mark would lay when his eyes caught on something that made his

orward to laying his ha