EvelynI sat on a bench outside my treatment room, the wooden slats digging into my thighs. My side ached dully where the wolfsbane wound had been. The corridor smelled of antiseptic and pine.Robin and Hilda stood ten feet away, facing each other like territorial animals. Neither spoke, but the tension crackled between them. Hilda's shoulders were squared, her stance wide and ready. Robin's jaw twitched as he glared down at her.Hilda was cursed. I'd figured that out. Her life had been brutal, she lived to survive. Years of it made her fierce enough to stand against anyone. Even an Alpha."Step back," Hilda said, her voice low and dangerous.For a split second, fear flickered across Robin's eyes. He actually did step back, though he played it cool by turning around to face someone else in the hallway.The man he turned to looked familiar somehow. I recognized his voice when he spoke, but couldn't place his face. He was ordinary—brown hair, medium build, nothing remarkable."Make sure
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