nything except stare into empty space. Today, however. Today was the day she would be free from all that and he could - hopefully - get an insight as to who she t

or survival and gathered up her syringes. He wasn't the only one watching. His beta, gamma, and delta were all presen

anything else to do?"

chorused, smirking at him

ay", Lucas mumbled under his breath. He saw

the less than friendly thoughts

st have to let the last effects of the drugs die out on their own. And remember, Alph

d. "Thank y

the rest of her thi

"No stimulation. Which means you can all return to your duties and not

eet at the ankles and leaning back on the sofa.

he assured them. They frowne

know I'm perfectly capable of keeping shut,

l right. You can stay", he concede

Alexis, while Lance stood

staying?", A

rk to do, and besides, Luna isn't aw

sense", Lucas mock-groaned whi

omfortable silence that was broken when, only a fe

*

enne

ine that I had somehow gotten used to. With a brief spurt of terror, I wo

f antiseptic, those we're all gone. In their place instead were dark

was drugged. Heavily. My head was still throbbing slightly from them. Groaning, I

e I wasn't the only occupant of the room. My attention

's a

e staring at me earnestly. Slowly, almost indecipherably, I moved backwards. They we

I recognized him. It was the man Dr Abbie had referred to as "Alpha". What was he doing h

. Smooth, and at the same time strong. It almost made me want to cur

cause he stopped dead in his tracks. "Okay", he said.

"I'm not going to hurt you" is exactly something you sai

htly as I suppr

is voice almost sounding lik

neutral, I shook

g on before. I stared, wanting to ask the question that had been on the tip of my tongue since the first tim

d was shocked to touch something hard. A rib brace. For some reason, the wounds in that area stung only slightly. These people have taken care of me, I thought. Why though? I'm a total stranger, and now a rogue. A pang shot through my heart, not

y all did. My mate, my friends, and now my wolf. She was supposed to stay

in the sobs that threatened to spill out. I saw a shadow fall over me and l

towards me. Instead, I flinched as his hand touched my face softly, almost caressingly. He tilted my head up and my bangs fell out of my face, le

his brow. "W

h or in response to what I was sure would happen next, I wasn't sure. I wait

t wanna see this

see him looking at a bunch of white roses in a va

proud began to turn black as it curled up on itself. I watched with horror as the stalks also began shrivelling slowly

ide eyes as if they couldn't believe what th

y cheek as he kept on staring at me. His mouth opened

're