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“Lilah,” he rasps, pulling me tighter.
I fit so perfectly against him.
This is perfect.
“We’ll protect you now.” He pets my back in long, soothing touches. “We’ll take care of you.”
It sounds nice.
I know it’s not true, but it’s so nice.
I let myself sink into him like I’m sinking into a cloud because I know when I wake up from this, all that’ll be left is the storm. Lightning and thunder and me all alone in my cave, the way I was always going to end.
The truth sours the fantasy.
I’m done being pathetic. Done hanging around a pack that doesn’t want me. I can be strong.
I will be strong.
I pull away from the dream.
“Careful,” Orion says, so soft.
I try to open my eyes, to break the spell, but they won’t open. I touch my face, but my fingers scrape cloth.
“You hurt your eyes,” Orion whispers. “The doctor said you’ll be fine, you just have to rest.”
“Doctor?” I sure as fuck wouldn’t dream a doctor.
I grip my temples, panic starting to rise.
“Is she awake?” A rumbling alpha voice stirs the panicking mouse inside.
Atlas.
“Lilah?” His voice comes closer.
I push Orion, flailing as I start to panic, start to remember.
They rejected me like they were always going to.
So why are they still here?
“What… Why…” My voice is scratchy.
“It’s okay,” Orion soothes like he’s speaking to a spooked horse. “You’re okay.”
“I’m not.” But I will be when they’re gone.
“Star?” Finn’s scent hits my nose, oranges sharp in a way I’ve never smelled before. Anxious?
Not possible.
Fingers brush my shoulder.
I jolt like he tazed me. “Don’t.”
“You’re at the clinic,” Hunter says, the only voice of reason. “We found you in the barrel.”
