Lia:I woke up choking on air.My body jerked upright before my mind caught up, heart slamming so hard it hurt. White walls replaced trees. The smell of antiseptic burned my nose. Lights, too bright, too clean, made my vision swim.Not the forest.Not dead.The realization didn’t calm me. It made panic crash down harder, my heart racing faster than it should have.I swung my legs off the bed, ignoring the sharp protest in my arm and shoulder. Pain flared, grounding and terrifying all at once. Someone had patched me up. Someone had brought me somewhere.Pack territory.I pushed to my feet, unsteady, instincts screaming to run.“Easy,” a woman’s voice said, calm but firm. “Breathe. I know that you are scared, but you need to breathe.”A hand lifted, not to grab, not to restrain, but to stop me without touching me. Authority radiated from her in a way that made my wolf hesitate despite herself.“Slowly,” she added. “In. And out. You need to calm yourself, child. I know that you don’t wan
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