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Author: Tai Kavari
last update publish date: 2026-05-16 23:59:19

ARREN.

I woke up to white ceiling tiles and the smell of antiseptic.

My head felt like it was stuffed with cotton and my mouth tasted like something had died in it.

I blinked a few times and tried to piece together where I was.

Hospital. That much was obvious from the sterile white walls and the steady beep of monitors somewhere to my left.

How I’d gotten here was hazier.

My side throbbed with a dull ache that told me someone had been digging around in there recently.

I turned my head slowly be
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    ARREN. I was in my office at the pack house when Kade walked in with a file folder. The doctors had cleared me for release that morning with strict instructions to take it easy. I’d listened to about half of what they’d said before walking out. Ellaria hadn’t been happy about it but she hadn’t tried to stop me either. Now I was sitting behind my desk waiting for the interrogation that had been three days in the making. Kade dropped the folder in front of me. “Caught you up on everything you missed while you were unconscious.” I opened it and started reading. Marcus Webb. Thirty-four years old. No official pack registration. Last known address was in the Western Sector but he’d moved around frequently over the past few years. He had a record. Minor offenses mostly. Theft. Assault. Nothing that screamed professional kidnapper. “He’s small time,” I said. “That’s what I thought too.” Kade leaned against the desk. “Which makes it interesting that someone hired him for somethi

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    61.

    ARREN.Ellaria left the room a few minutes after Kade delivered the news.She said something about checking with the attending physician about my discharge timeline and then she was gone.The door closed behind her and Kade settled into the chair she’d been sitting in.He looked at me for a long moment without saying anything.“What?” I asked.“Nothing.” He leaned back and crossed his arms. “Just making sure you’re actually awake this time and not about to pass out again.”“I’m fine.”“You said that right before you collapsed.”I didn’t have a response to that so I just looked at the ceiling.The silence stretched between us and I could feel him watching me.“She’s been here the whole time,” Kade said eventually.I turned my head to look at him. “What?”“Ellaria.” He gestured to the empty chair. “She hasn’t left since we brought you in. Not once.”I stared at him and tried to figure out what he was getting at.“She was pretty insistent about being the one to treat you too,” he continu

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    60.

    ARREN.I woke up to white ceiling tiles and the smell of antiseptic.My head felt like it was stuffed with cotton and my mouth tasted like something had died in it.I blinked a few times and tried to piece together where I was.Hospital. That much was obvious from the sterile white walls and the steady beep of monitors somewhere to my left.How I’d gotten here was hazier.My side throbbed with a dull ache that told me someone had been digging around in there recently.I turned my head slowly because even that small movement made the room tilt.That’s when I saw her.Ellaria was asleep in the chair beside my bed.Her head was resting on the mattress near my hand and her hair had fallen across her face in soft waves that moved slightly every time she breathed.She had one arm stretched out on the bed and her fingers were so close to mine I could feel the warmth coming off her skin.The crutch was leaning against the wall behind her.I stared at her for longer than I probably should have

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    59.

    ELLARIA.They got him to the hospital in record time.Kade pulled right up to the emergency entrance and I was out of the car before it fully stopped.Medical staff rushed out with a gurney and I directed them as they loaded Arren onto it.“Silver poisoning,” I said. “Infected wound on his left side. He’s been running a fever and just lost consciousness.”They wheeled him inside immediately and I followed on my crutch.The next several hours blurred together.They took him to a treatment room and I scrubbed in. The attending physician took one look at my crutch and tried to tell me I should wait outside but I wasn’t having it.I said flatly. “I’m his doctor. And I know his medical history.”He didn’t argue after that.The wound was worse than I’d feared and the infection had spread deep into the muscle tissue. We had to debride the dead tissue and flush it with antiseptic.Arren was made and remained unconscious through all of it.When we finally got him stable and moved to a private

  • His Contract Luna Says Goodbye    58.

    ELLARIA. The cars were really gone.I stared at the empty space between the trees where Arren said the vehicles had been parked just hours ago.Tire tracks carved deep into the dirt and disturbed leaves scattered everywhere. But no cars.“What the hell?” Kade walked forward and crouched near the tracks. “They were right here. Three of them.”Arren stood completely still and stared at the empty space with an expression I couldn’t read.Caden moved past me and surveyed the area. “How long ago were you here?”“This morning,” Kade said. He stood and turned to look at Caden. “Early. Before sunrise.”“And now they’re gone.” Caden’s voice was flat. “Convenient.”“What’s that supposed to mean?” Kade stepped toward him.“It means someone knew you found them.” Caden didn’t back down. “Someone moved them before we could verify anything.”“We took pictures,” Arren said. His voice sounded off and slower than normal.I looked at him.He was still staring at the empty space and his face had gone ev

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    ELLARIA.I was reeling from what I’d just heard.Standing in Arren’s office trying to process the words that had just come out of Kade’s mouth.I immediately shook my head. “That doesn’t make any sense.”“We ran checks on the plates.” Arren’s voice came from behind his desk and drew my gaze to him. “The evidence is iron tight.”My eyes trailed over his face.He seemed otherwise fine but his skin was so pale. There were dark circles under his eyes that made it look like he hadn’t gotten any rest. Maybe not since the night of the attack.He leaned back in his seat and shifted his gaze to Caden. His expression was completely blank.I glanced at Caden.He was relaxed in his chair. Too relaxed. Like he was forcing himself to look calm when he wasn’t.He was glaring at Arren.Kade moved around from where he’d been standing near the window. He turned to face Caden with visible agitation.“If you have something to say to defend yourself now would be the time.”Caden’s jaw tightened. “I have n

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