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Eleven

Author: Luxie
last update publish date: 2026-01-13 23:24:15
Cameron POV

Fourteen hours earlier

Evangeline’s breathing rasped against my chest. Each wheeze scraped through the quiet hospital room and chipped away at the hope I kept trying to rebuild.

I had spent months telling myself she was getting better.

She wasn’t.

Her illness came in waves. She would recover just enough to make me believe the worst had passed, then the sickness dragged her under again.

I no longer knew which was worse.

Watching someone remain sick foreve or watching them improve, onl
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Barbara Holder
Eva knows she is dying, she has a limited amount of time to her disposal to present a heir, hence the need to obtain a surrogate to do that However,
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Nancy Smith
Lisa is in a hard situation. Also Cam wolf is reacting to her...why?
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Esther Jolivett
To thine own self be true! Eva knows that her time is limited, and she is just being real, even the Alpha’s wolf is withdrawing and pulling towards Lisa. Grief will cause you to look everywhere but at truth sometimes.
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