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Chapter 10: Silent Battles
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I decided it was wise to go with the former.My hand, which had been frozen inches above the metal, moved. The knob turned under my fingers before my mind could catch up and scream at me to stop. The connecting door swung open with a soft hush of wood against carpet, and I stepped through.Alpha Dimitri was shirtless.He stood near the center of his room, one hand gripping the thick wooden bedpost while the other was pressed against his chest. His shoulders tensed with every breath, the muscles in his back tightening as though even breathing had become difficult. Sweat glistened down his spine. His chest rose and fell in short, uneven breaths, each one sounding like a struggle. His forest-green eyes were narrowed in concentration, but the brightness of their color only made his pale face stand out more.Everything else vanished.The threats, the fact that I was trapped with another Alpha, the lie of Scarlett Bane, the baby hidden beneath my clothes, and the bloodline secret that had s
The Alpha’s Scarred Healer Chapter 10: Silent Battles
My mouth had gone dry. "I understand, Alpha.""Good."I nodded slowly, letting the information settle, but it was not the information that had lodged itself deepest. It was the person he had mentioned. That warrior girl you are fond of. He hadn't said Xena's name, and he didn't need to. He knew enough to dangle her without it, which meant he knew more about me than I had ever given him reason to.My hands had started shaking somewhere during his threat, and they had not stopped. I pressed them flat against my thighs, willing them still, but the tremor only sank deeper, settling into my wrists like it had made a new home there.The thought made my stomach turn in a way the threat to my own life hadn't."Thank you, Alpha," I managed.Inside, my mind raced. Every Alpha carried this, and it was not spoken of outside the bloodline. And now I knew it too.Nothing locked into place yet, but I understood, with a lucidity that turned my stomach, exactly how much more dangerous my situation ha
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“The name. Do you have it?”The words echoed in my ears as I struggled to find an appropriate response.Alpha Dimitri stood framed in the connecting doorway, green eyes fixed on me. My heart slammed against my ribs, each beat loud enough that I was certain he could hear it. I had nothing, no name, no diagnosis, only the echo of his earlier threats still ringing in my ears.I swallowed hard, forcing my mind to move faster than my fear. “When did the sickness start?” I asked, my voice coming out steadier than I felt. “What does it feel like, exactly? And how have you been treating it until now?”I didn’t dare look away from my own fingers, twisting together in front of me. Although I was stalling, I still needed the answers. I couldn’t start any concrete research without knowing these things yet, right? My gift had shown me fragments on the floor of his chambers. I knew of the corruption in his blood and about his organs fighting a slow war, but without context, those fragments were
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The supply house smelled of dried herbs and dust.I handed the list to the man behind the counter, my fingers still aching from how tightly I had gripped the paper on the walk over. He scanned it, frowned, and told me the bad news without looking up."Only three of these are in stock."My stomach tightened. Three. Out of twelve. I stood there, my heart thundering hard against my ribcage, as Ms. Darkmoon's horrid scowl surfaced in my mind. The man at the counter didn't even seem cruel about it. He was just stating facts, and that somehow made it worse.I swallowed. "What about the rest?"He shrugged. "Some you'll have to get from the outside market. One of them only grows in the castle gardens. The rest… I don't know. Might be out of season."I paid for the three he had. The pouch of cash Ms. Darkmoon had given me felt noticeably lighter when I left. Half was gone on a quarter of the list. Nine herbs still to find, and barely enough money left to buy one of them properly. I stepped bac
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The connecting door stayed open.I lay in bed, staring at the dark gap between my room and his, and every muscle in my body went tight. I had tried to sleep, and I had failed.My mind kept circling back to the same images: his green eyes in the doorway, the calm way he had threatened to execute me, the feel of his fingers brushing my hair like it was the most natural thing in the world. My body refused to relax. Every small sound in the castle — a distant footstep, the low hum of the ventilation system running through the walls, the faint click of something electronic somewhere down the corridor — made my heart jump.I kept one hand on my stomach. The baby had been quiet all day. I didn't know if that was normal or if the exhaustion and fear were affecting it. I rubbed slow circles over the small swell, whispering silent prayers to the goddess. Keep my child safe. Just keep us both safe.Studying the room without meaning to, I noted the window, the main door, and the connecting door I
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He was already inside the room.Alpha Dimitri stepped forward from the doorway, closing the distance between us with slow, deliberate steps. The air in my new room grew thinner with every inch he took. My head dropped before I could stop it. Chin to chest with my shoulders curving inward. The same posture my body had performed for years around Lucan. It made me small, safe, and invisible. And I hated it. I hated that even here, my muscles still remembered exactly how to make myself smaller.I kept breathing, my breaths rapidly alternating between shallow and fast. Each inhale caught high in my throat.He stopped right in front of me.I could feel the heat rolling off his body. The clean scent of his skin mixed with faint traces of herbs and something darker, more masculine. My hands fisted in the sheets. I waited for the blow. For the words that would tell me I had already failed some test I didn’t know existed.His hand rose.I flinched hard, my head jerking away with one arm flying
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