"YOU'VE BEEN KNOCKED OUT ALL DAY."copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡor3KeZDRcG
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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2WMfmOvCI
"Liam?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9A47WqQht
"The one and only," he murmured, running his hand through my hair. "How're you feeling?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡEk5tfKhpoW
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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VMVyXZQS4
My eyes widened with disbelief, as I recalled it. He had shoved her; he had hurt his soulmate. He tried to protect me.copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlSsejbMb2
"Is Maryanne hurt?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4tCU8eQnl
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡxV0wjMJJnl
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcgWLanl0w
"And West?" Hitting her would have been hard for him, as well. "Where is he?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rIpcOIjvG
"He's with her," she told me; her voice sounding bitter. "Either way, she'll live."copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡEq2VFN31Ov
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡQqir9h6tsw
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYN7valDvs
"Only just," his voice was a mere whisper. "If West hadn't pulled her away in time, you could have..."copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCLOXm04El
"What is it?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡzt63PgMMdL
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeLsTF2jlt
"Can that even happen-" I had no idea...copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡel3qXgVnbt
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKq94tsxYm
"The same venom?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xDXgINhn3
"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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuNEDWbpv2
"If, by any chance, he were to attack you again, you would be unfazed by his venom," he told me.copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqkhCBtwQY
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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡaA3eo9zCWL
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 protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡKrpmHqg9jm
But I also didn't remember...copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY3arGAo17
"Liam?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLe07OtAqe
"Yeah?" he responded at once.copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡIz4AUaQjaL
"Are you sure West was the one who attacked me?"copyright protection349ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5agMsRYeUR
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