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Chapter 6

Author: Holly
There was a brief silence on the other end of the call.

Dad's steady voice had stopped abruptly. A moment later, the sound of something hitting the ground came through.

When he spoke again, his voice was filled with disbelief. "Say that again. What happened to Winnie?"

Leo lowered his gaze to my cold, lifeless body before repeating himself. "Winnie is dead. By the time we arrived, she'd already lost all vital signs. Her internal injuries were too severe. She didn't survive long enough for us
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    I'd never seen Dad and Leo look like this before.They sat beside my hospital bed and stared at my motionless body with looks of regret on their faces.Dad held my hand tightly while calling my name.It had been so long since I'd heard him speak to me in such a gentle voice.Unfortunately, no matter how many times he called my name now, I would never respond with the same enthusiasm I'd shown him as a pup.Leo gently ruffled my hair and reminisced about our past together.He thought I'd somehow hear him if he talked long enough. "Winnie, the truth is finally out. It was my fault. I had so many opportunities to save you, but I failed to take even one of them."They spent hours talking beside my bed. They kept vigil over me throughout the night.The following day, Dad began making arrangements for my funeral.The funeral was simple, and it was attended by only a few people close to me.Leo slumped beside my body while repeating my name over and over.Dad, the stern and unyield

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    Dad paused and turned to face Monica in confusion. "What is it?"Monica's expression turned tense. She stammered, "T-Things were pretty bad when it happened. If you watch the footage, it'll only upset you more. Maybe you shouldn't watch it."Leo sneered as if he'd seen through her. "Monica, she's your elder sister. Don't you even care about her? Don't you want to know why Winnie's injuries were so severe that she died before the ambulance could reach her?"Monica was left speechless.Dad turned on the laptop and watched the entire surveillance footage.The footage clearly showed Monica ignoring my warnings and crossing the border without permission. Fooling around, she'd set off fireworks. She'd accidentally set fire to the buildings and vegetation along the border.To protect Monica, I'd taken the full impact of a falling beam.When the footage ended, the ward fell completely silent.Monica, in particular, was frozen in place. She couldn't even utter a single word.Dad looked

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    There was a brief silence on the other end of the call.Dad's steady voice had stopped abruptly. A moment later, the sound of something hitting the ground came through.When he spoke again, his voice was filled with disbelief. "Say that again. What happened to Winnie?"Leo lowered his gaze to my cold, lifeless body before repeating himself. "Winnie is dead. By the time we arrived, she'd already lost all vital signs. Her internal injuries were too severe. She didn't survive long enough for us to rescue her."Silence lingered on the other end for a long time before Dad finally spoke again. He sounded utterly drained. "Bring Winnie back immediately."The walkie-talkie call ended.Leo held me tightly in his arms and remained silent for a long time.I watched as tears fell one after another onto my body. He was crying in secret.Only when the healer urged him to move did Leo finally come back to his senses.He carefully lifted me onto a stretcher. He then helped the healer carry me

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    My soul separated from my body. I floated midair as I watched Leo kneeling before my corpse with a blank expression.His hand hovered under my nose. It was trembling violently. His eyes were filled with terror, and he couldn't believe I had stopped breathing.He called my name over and over. He even sounded angry. "Winnie, are you pretending to be dead just to get a reaction out of me? Can you stop acting for once? Alpha and I don't have the patience to keep indulging you!"When I didn't move, he pressed his fingertips desperately against the side of my neck. He was trying in vain to find a pulse. His tone sounded stern, but his voice trembled. "Stop messing around, Winnie! Wake up!"I wanted to tell him that I couldn't wake up anymore, but I couldn't make a sound.All I could do was watch him break down and scream in anguish. The werewolf who had once promised to protect me for the rest of my life was now lying beside me in ruins.Leo abruptly turned around and shouted for a dif

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    The voice coming through the walkie-talkie seemed to grow fainter and fainter, while everything before my eyes became increasingly blurry.I could no longer feel any physical pain. Gradually, I lost all sensation.I thought I could hear Dad's faint voice coming through the walkie-talkie. "Winnie, can you hear me? The ambulance will be there in three minutes. You'll be safe soon."He continued, "Don't blame me for what I did. I believe you can understand why I had to do it. I'll be waiting for you to come back."As I listened to Dad's voice, I recalled how he'd held me after Mom died and promised that from then on, we would always have each other.Later, he brought Monica home, and I had to share half of his affection with her. At first, it was a toy. Later, it was a bag of snacks. Eventually, it became a piece of jewelry and even an entire room.Whenever I showed the slightest sign of dissatisfaction, Dad accused me of competing with Monica for his affection.But I wasn't. I onl

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