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Chapter 8: The Decision

Author: Judith GW
last update Last Updated: 2025-09-22 14:51:01
Hazel’s POV

I stared at the commission letter, my fingers trembling as countless emotions crashed through me. Then I crumpled it up and threw it toward the trash, as if that could make this nightmare disappear.

If only it were that simple. If only I could throw away six years of pain that easily.

Elena calmly walked over and retrieved the paper, smoothing out the wrinkles. Her keen eyes missed nothing—not my shaking hands, not the way I’d turned away from her.

She knew. Of course she knew something was wrong.

“What’s wrong?” she asked softly.

I kept my back to her, not trusting my voice. “The patient I’m supposed to treat…he’s my former mate.”

Elena was quiet for a long moment. “The one who exiled you.”

“Yes.”

“The father of your son.”

The man who stole my son.

“Yes.” My voice cracked on the word.

Elena set the letter down carefully. “And now he needs your help.”

Now the mighty Alpha needed help from the woman he’d thrown away like garbage.

I wrestled with myself internally. Should I a
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