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“How is she? How’s the baby?”
“I’m sorry, Alpha Ashworth, but I don’t know much. The medical team is doing everything they can, and they instructed me to have family wait in the waiting room.”
I wanted to scream and roar at her, but I knew that wouldn’t help. It wouldn’t do any fucking good.
She led me to the waiting area, then left seconds later. I remained there, thoughts racing, worry consuming me. Just when I thought I couldn’t take it anymore, I felt arms wrapping
around me.
I turned to face the intruder only to see my mother looking back at me.
“Mom,” I whispered. I felt tears pricking my eyes, but I refused to let them fall.
I’d never felt so fucking helpless. An Alpha wasn’t supposed to be helpless, but right now I
was.
“She’ll be okay, son. The Moon Goddess won’t take her like this.”
I nodded, unable to force any words from my mouth.
“Have you heard anything from the medical team?” I only realized the core members of
both the Sterling and Ashworth Packs were here when I heard Iris’s voice.
Roman, Margaret, my mother, my father, Damien, even Aurora.
“No,” I answered, trying to keep my voice from shaking. “Has anyone contacted the Kincaid family?”
“Yes. They’re on their way, but it’ll take at least four hours from the northern border of their territory.”
I turned to face my brother, suddenly remembering something. I couldn’t let Leo hear about this from anyone else. If someone had to tell him, it had to be me.
“Damien, have our people take down that footage.”
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“On it,” he said, pulling out his phone and walking a few steps away.
“I need someone to pick up Leo,” I mumbled, eyes fixed on the doors to the special
treatment room.
Iris answered, “I’ve already contacted the school. Wyatt and Jaxon will bring him here.”
I saw Aurora stiffen at the mention of Jaxon’s name, but honestly, I didn’t give a shit. Her issues with him didn’t matter right now.
The treatment room doors suddenly opened and the chief physician walked out. We all
stood to face him.
“Alpha.” He acknowledged me with a nod.
“How is she?” I blurted out.
The physician hesitated, then spoke directly: “Her condition is extremely critical. Silver bullets tore through her body, causing severe internal damage. There are three silver bullets inside her that we’re trying to remove. But…”
“But what?” I felt my heart nearly stop.
“She’s lost a lot of blood. Being wolfless means she can’t heal herself, and while the silver
doesn’t affect her as badly as it would a wolf, the physical damage is still lethal. Worst of
all, one bullet hit her abdomen, threatening the baby’s life.”
I heard gasps from the women, but I didn’t care about them. My focus was on what the
doctor was saying next: “We need to perform a C–section.”
“But she’s only seven months pregnant,” Iris cried.
“Yes. But if we don’t act, we might lose the baby.”
My breathing became rapid, real fucking difficult. Shit. This was worse than I’d imagined.
“Do it,” I murmured. If that was the only way to save the baby, then so be it.
Just as the words left my mouth, alarms started blaring, and the lights above the treatment room turned red. I knew what that meant. It was a goddamn red alert.
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A nurse rushed out, whispering in the chief physician’s ear. I saw the panic in their eyes, just before the chief turned to us with a grave expression.
“Thea just went into cardiac arrest. The others are doing everything they can, but we need to prepare. In her current condition, we might not be able to save both mother and baby.”
I felt a chill spread through my entire body. “What does that mean?”
“It means,” he looked me straight in the eyes, “that we need you, as Alpha Ashworth, to decide who to save. The mother or the baby?”
I felt the whole world collapsing beneath my feet. How the fuck could they ask me to choose? This wasn’t something my Alpha power was meant to solve.
Thea. I wanted Thea to live. But what would she think if she woke up to find her child was dead and I’d made that choice? I couldn’t lose Thea, but choosing her over her baby would absolutely make her hate me for the rest of her life.
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