grinding agony in my right leg that made the world go white. Growls, low and vicious, surrounded us, the sound of a pack clos

he whispered, her voice t

s. Just hold on to me," I managed

t another one took its place, sinking its teeth into the flesh of my already mangled thigh. I screamed, a thin, sharp sound that was swallowed by t

louder, closer, a deafening beat that scattered the pack. Dust and dry leaves whipped into the air as

as there. My

orror and concern. He knelt beside me,

Oh my god

arms away from Lily, but

she...?" His

uried his face in his hands, his shoulders shaking. The security team surrounded us, their weapons pointed outwar

is voice thick with a grief that seemed so real,

ing lifted onto a stretcher, and David' s hand holding mine, squeezing it tightly. His fa

in my leg, muffled by whatever drugs they had given me. My mind was foggy, swimming in a thick haze of grief and m

was slightly ajar. I heard

ice. And hi

her, Eleanor, asked. Her t

anguish I had heard in the park. It was cold, controlled. "The leg is go

ear, my heart starting t

er words. "But it solves the problem. The pre-nuptial agreemen

r her. "The inheritance is secure. The

be hearing this right. The dru

illing whisper that sliced through my drugged stupor. "Her injury allows me to bring my new fiancée, Monica, into t

nica? His n

nor asked, her voice e

caught in

e of a physical blow. "Honestly, it' s for the best. Another heir would have just

rhythm that echoed the shattering of my entire reality. The man who had sobbed over our daughter' s body, who had

age. She was my entire world. And

lie. Everything was a lie. I lay there, paralyzed in my hospital bed, a prisoner in my broken body, and a terrible, da