Chapter 299
“Alpha Stone, listen carefully,” I began, keeping my voice steady despite the medication clouding my thoughts. “You’ve mistaken
the person. Victoria Frost is not-
The door burst open with a bang that made everyone in the room jump. The sudden noise sent a spike of pain through my surgical
site.
Victoria Frost wheeled herself in frantically, her Raven–Trimmed Wheelchair skidding on the polished floor. Her hair was
disheveled, her face contorted with distress.
“Ethan!” she cried, her face streaked with tears, her scent thick with distress. “Save Emma… please, save Emma!”
The room instantly filled with the overwhelming scent of maternal panic. Victoria’s wolf projected distress pheromones so
potent that even 1, with my limited werewolf senses, felt my heart rate increase in response.
Her timing couldn’t have been more perfect – or more suspicious. My eyes narrowed as I watched her performance unfold.
Ethan’s attention immediately shifted to Victoria, his wolf responding instinctively to her distress call. His amber eyes widened
with alarm, all thoughts of my revelation forgotten.
“What happened?” he demanded, already moving toward her, his exhaustion seemingly forgotten in the face of this new crisis.
Victoria clutched at his arm when he reached her, her fingers digging into his sleeve so hard I could see the fabric wrinkle. “It’s
her kidney,” she sobbed, her voice breaking dramatically. “The doctors say she’s rejecting the transplant. She’s asking for you,
Ethan. She wants to see you.”
I watched Ethan’s face transform with concern. Despite my weakened state, I could see what was happening–Victoria’s perfectly timed interruption, the convenient emergency just as I was about to reveal her true identity.
“She keeps calling for you,” Victoria continued, her voice trembling as she looked up at him with wide, tear–filled eyes. “You promised to protect us both, remember? You promised you’d always be there for her.”
She was playing him perfectly, using his protective instincts against him. And it was working.
Ethan’s protective instincts visibly overrode everything else. His wolf rose to the surface, responding to the perceived threat to a pup he considered his own, despite the lack of blood relation.
“Where is she?” he asked, his voice tight with worry, already half–turning toward the door.
“The Bloodrush Chamber,” Victoria replied, already turning her wheelchair. “Dr. Simon Harper is with her now, but he says it’s
critical. We need to hurry!”
Ethan turned to Olivia, conflict evident in his eyes. “I have to go.”
Olivia nodded stiffly, her emerald eyes carefully blank. I could see the pain she was hiding–once again, Victoria and Emma took precedence over everything else.
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My daughter’s shoulders slumped slightly, a gesture so small only a mother would notice. How many times had she watched this scene play out? How many times had Victoria pulled Ethan away at crucial moments?
As Ethan moved toward the door with Victoria, I summoned every ounce of strength I had left. This charade had gone on long
enough.
“Stone!” I called sharply, my voice carrying surprising authority for a non–Alpha wolf. The effort sent pain shooting through my
abdomen.
Ethan froze at the doorway, turning back with obvious reluctance. His amber eyes darted between me and Victoria, torn between
his concern for my health after critical surgery and Emma’s apparently life–threatening condition.
His wolf growled with frustration, the sound almost audible in the tense silence of the room.
Victoria’s scent shifted subtly. Beneath the manufactured distress, I detected notes of fear–a change only perceptible because I
was specifically looking for it.
“This can’t wait,” I insisted, struggling to sit up straighter despite the pain lancing through my abdomen. “Emma will be fine for
five more minutes.”
“Mom, please,” Olivia whispered, gently pressing me back against the pillows. “You need to rest. Don’t strain yourself.”
I ignored her, keeping my gaze fixed on Ethan. My time might be limited, but this truth needed to be heard.
“Victoria Frost is not your childhood sweetheart ‘Little Orange“.
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