"YOU'VE BEEN KNOCKED OUT ALL DAY."copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75bZg10Cbx
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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡftUF6L6W71
"Liam?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡElKM7IoZfy
"The one and only," he murmured, running his hand through my hair. "How're you feeling?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnE7nU9nxk
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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMOOsUAyQH
My eyes widened with disbelief, as I recalled it. He had shoved her; he had hurt his soulmate. He tried to protect me.copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡAv3kib3Gaj
"Is Maryanne hurt?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6HUe4Pnrm
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡHl9waCqKbh
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLNv65HaMR
"And West?" Hitting her would have been hard for him, as well. "Where is he?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1YbWcfLzG
"He's with her," she told me; her voice sounding bitter. "Either way, she'll live."copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8h2hNdUeY5
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqQjWWpD7b
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBdtM9G1Vf
"Only just," his voice was a mere whisper. "If West hadn't pulled her away in time, you could have..."copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3xKllYfzW
"What is it?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡk5nbpk8OYf
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtQcXCmDDi
"Can that even happen-" I had no idea...copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡTllr6HM5Wl
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1hrpsQJAFI
"The same venom?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEbGR9ieNW
"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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡwHiS8pzUuw
"If, by any chance, he were to attack you again, you would be unfazed by his venom," he told me.copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡgwNIVgyFRe
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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡnHSznKIGYw
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 protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡDvdVnmlXgP
But I also didn't remember...copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡtxmhfhxOXp
"Liam?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2l6VUuFDaE
"Yeah?" he responded at once.copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9O9nKxJ5u0
"Are you sure West was the one who attacked me?"copyright protection113ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXxheNzMBw
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