I couldn’t stop crying.The chamber was thick with the smell of blood and herbs, the metallic tang of iron filling every breath I took. The healers worked frantically around him, their hands red, their voices sharp and urgent. I stayed pressed against his side, gripping his hand so tightly my knuckles burned white.“Hang on, please,” I whispered, my tears falling onto his arm. “Please… just hang on for me. You can’t leave me now. Not after everything we’ve been through together.”One of the healers snapped, “Lady Aria, you must step back—”“No!” My voice cracked, but I refused to let go. “I won’t leave him. Do what you must, but I’m not leaving him!”They exchanged glances, muttering, but none of them had the strength to drag me away.His chest rose unevenly, each breath a battle. Every time it hitched, my heart stopped with it. His skin was burning hot one moment and ice-cold the next. I stroked his hair, my tears soaking into the pillow beneath his head.“Alpha…” I whispered against
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