What The Alpha Lost
So I just let myself drift, floating in and out of consciousness, held safe against his chest.
“Don’t sleep,” he murmured. His voice was rough, wrecked. “Amara, stay awake. Please.”
“Tired,” I managed.
“I know. But we’re almost there. Just a little further.”
Almost where? I wanted to ask. But the darkness pulled at me, and I stopped fighting.
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The next time I woke, I was surrounded by white.
White sheets. White walls. The harsh glare of fluorescent lights overhead. The smell of antiseptic and iodine. A clinic, the main clinic, not the eastern sector. I could hear footsteps in the hallway, the soft beep of monitors, the low murmur of voices.
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