All Chapters of CRAVING THE ALPHA SURGEON: Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

After lunch, I hurried out of the cafeteria. My head was still filled with Ethan’s gaze from earlier, haunting my thoughts. I walked down the hospital corridor, which was fairly quiet during the break hour.As I turned the corner, a tall figure leaned casually against the wall, waiting for me. Ethan. I froze for a moment, my heartbeat uneven.“So it’s true you’re now with Dr. Liam Darkmane?”“That’s none of your business, Ethan.”He gave a faint smile. “You’re right, it isn’t. I just thought you were different, but it turns out…” He shook his head slightly, leaving the sentence unfinished.Why did that look in his eyes make me feel guilty?Ethan turned away and walked off without another word. I exhaled heavily and was just about to step forward when someone came running toward me.“Sienna!”I looked up. One of my fellow clerks was hurrying over, holding a white envelope sealed with thick red wax at the top.“There’s a letter for you. It’s from Ashborne University,” she said, handing

I was still standing in the corridor, pressed against the cold hospital wall. That long white tail kept swaying slowly behind me, as if it didn’t understand the depth of my shame.“What have you done, huh?! You just humiliated me in front of everyone! Stroking Liam’s face in the operating room, of all places?!”The tail moved again, this time curling around my legs. “Stop! Please, stop! I can’t even control you.”I covered my face with both hands. The beeping monitors, the stench of medicine, the footsteps passing by all of it crushed my chest. It felt like everyone would laugh at me forever. I really was the most disgraceful Luna in history.The operating room door swung open. I quickly straightened up, my heartbeat pounding. And of course—it was him. Liam stepped out, still in scrubs, his expression unreadable as he walked steadily toward me.I lowered my gaze, too afraid to meet his eyes. “I-I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. I couldn’t control it.”He must be furious. He must be disappo

LIAMThe news came in the middle of a small meeting with the senior doctors. A nurse walked in, her face anxious.“Dr. Darkmane, Sienna Cole is in the ER.”I shot up so quickly the chair behind me nearly toppled over. My hand dragged harshly over my face, holding back the curses that almost slipped from my mouth.I had known from the start that bonding with a girl so much younger than me would always mean trouble. She wasn’t mature yet, still too naïve, still stubborn, but none of that changed the fact that she was my Luna, and every time she got hurt, it felt as though half of my soul was being torn apart.I strode quickly toward the ER. The smell of antiseptics, the tang of blood, the shouts of nurses and patients all mixed together. But I was searching only for one thing, my Luna.The moment the door swung open, I saw her.She was lying on a bed, her face pale, cold sweat dampening her temples. Her leg was tightly bandaged, an IV line fixed to her hand. The attending doctor glanced

The day I’d been waiting for or more accurately, dreading finally arrived.The exam room was cold, with a long table where three senior surgeons sat: Dr. Adrian, his face firm and authoritative; Dr. Helena, with a thin smile that did nothing to hide the sharpness in her eyes; and lastly… Liam.I sat with the other clerkship students in rows of chairs.One by one, my friends went up. They answered questions with confidence. Some stumbled, but they always managed to get out from under the pressure with decent answers.I tried to absorb it all while taking mental notes. But when my name was called.“Cole, step forward.”Dr. Adrian’s voice made me freeze on the spot. I stood on trembling legs, walked to the front, and stood before them.Liam sat on the far right, his posture upright, his face blank. His eyes flicked to me now and then, but without expression. I couldn’t guess what he was thinking.“All right, let’s begin. State the indications for emergency surgery in abdominal trauma cas

We left the photo studio with a small bag of printed pictures. I pressed one against my chest with a wide smile. The last photo the daring one still made my cheeks burn.“Look, Liam! You actually look adorable here. I could sell this to the other clerks, and they’d never believe it,” I teased, holding out the bunny-hat photo to him.His eyes sharpened instantly. “Don’t even think about it.”I quickly hid the photo behind my back. “Hehe, just kidding. This is for my private collection only.”We continued down the mall corridor. People turned to look every now and then, probably because Liam’s aura was impossible to hide, even in a simple shirt with shopping bags in his hand.I kept flipping through the photos. One showed me laughing freely while Liam just stared blankly at me. For some reason, that picture felt special.Suddenly, his hand reached for the photo bag. “Give it.”I gasped. “Hey, that’s mine!”He opened the bag and looked through each one. His face remained cold, but I noti