"YOU'VE BEEN KNOCKED OUT ALL DAY."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHw8rmGBA2
At first, I couldn't see anything. I merely saw a dark-haired guy sitting beside me. However, I recognised him through his voice.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MjKhVoE8Z
"Liam?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡgAeAi0WMnA
"The one and only," he murmured, running his hand through my hair. "How're you feeling?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjigsJD9ld
For almost a minute, I didn't reply as I tried to make sense of what happened the previous day. Mary had attacked me and West intervened. Then...copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡcr0vbhrAWz
My eyes widened with disbelief, as I recalled it. He had shoved her; he had hurt his soulmate. He tried to protect me.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdaNNsOKfb
"Is Maryanne hurt?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡkZvDgXnT7I
"You were just knocked out for 18 hours and that's the first thing that came to your mind?" he asked incredulously. "Lyn, I say I know you but I don't think I'll ever understand how your brain works."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j97PkpgUl
"She's just too nice," Anna remarked. "I mean, she's concerned about the girl who tried to kill her." As she came into view, my vision began to sharpen and the room seemed unrealistically clear. "Maryanne is completely fine; she woke up yesterday."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuz0hmt66I
"And West?" Hitting her would have been hard for him, as well. "Where is he?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡirIN5YLsSS
"He's with her," she told me; her voice sounding bitter. "Either way, she'll live."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0bk70Fxhz
"That aside, how are you feeling?" Liam asked gently. His eyes were fixed on my cheek, where Mary's claws had undoubtedly left scars.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡT73s8lPCrV
"I definitely feel better than what I look like." Liam's lips twitched slightly at my reply. But he didn't smile. Maybe he felt inclined to be serious when he thought I was in pain... "I'm okay, you know?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKn2xs1iUT
"Only just," his voice was a mere whisper. "If West hadn't pulled her away in time, you could have..."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5Unp1n4zF
"What is it?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsMIUV4Kxw
"The Gray Wolf venom in Mary's claws would have poisoned your blood and suppressed your Wolf," Anna finished for him. "You would have returned to the state you were in, 8 years ago."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSg3UNwW6r
"Can that even happen-" I had no idea...copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiwKFWM30l
"Yes, it can... It can happen many times; the pain will get worse each time and it will become harder to strengthen the bonds," Liam interrupted. "Only, it can't happen with the same venom."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFNvoIqssY
"The same venom?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡY8QecL2IH9
"Venom from the same Gray Wolf," she explained to me. "In your case, that's West. His venom was in your system for 8 entire years... Your body has built resistance to his venom."copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡayrGi7C4aD
"If, by any chance, he were to attack you again, you would be unfazed by his venom," he told me.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSjeoHWP9p
For about a minute, I didn't answer. Instead, I tried to remember the night I was attacked. Parts of it was the clearest thing in my memory.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8yEnKppt7
I could almost feel the claws shred the skin on my back; the pain that chilled the blood in my veins. I remembered my mother's screams, as the blood flowed from my wounds soaking my clothes. I still recalled the sense of laying in a pool of my own blood, watching my life fade away.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDG0kY8X3i
But I also didn't remember...copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtbUHzCEpM
"Liam?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4dUCRhnhGR
"Yeah?" he responded at once.copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgv5hP3pN7
"Are you sure West was the one who attacked me?"copyright protection201ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoATjitVXS
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