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Chapter 10

Author: M.L. HART
last update Last Updated: 2025-07-31 20:40:31

how does it feel when you put any weight on it?”

As I lie stretched out on a cozy couch in the lounge, I stare at Adela’s full head of gray hair bent over my leg.

Although I’m still close to panic about the possibility of her discovering I’m an omega at any moment, I steady my breath as she runs a hand down my leg.

“It hurts too much. Every time I try it just feels like I’m going to fall.”

When she probes at a tender spot near my ankle, I suck in a sharp breath. To my relief, she doesn’t do it again.

Adela snags a fresh bandage from beside her before she gets to work re- bandaging my leg. “Well, it’s still a little swollen around the ankle, but I’m not feeling a fresh break.”

“And the others, Adela?” Mack speaks up from where he’s crouched on the floor beside her.

While I’d have liked nothing more than to have Mack carry me upstairs after breakfast, the need for information trumped the need to hide.

I need to know how bad the breaks in my leg are, and how long it’s going to take me to
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