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My father’s expression quickly turned from concerned to infuriated.
“Why the hell would I lie about that? Your mother was with her when it happened.” Zane and I exchanged wary glances.
“I don’t feel any different,” Zane said. “If she’d died, we’d feel it.”
I closed my eyes tightly, but I couldn’t sense a change, either.
“I know you don’t believe in our mate bond, Father, but it’s strong enough for me to know that nothing has changed. She’s alive and well.”
“Then where is she?” my father asked.
I rushed upstairs, Zane and my father trailing close behind.
I ripped open the door to Lanie’s quarters.
Nothing.
“Lanie, are you here?”
Silence.
My heart thumped so hard it made me nauseous.
It couldn’t be true, could it?
“MAXIM!” I snarled as I ran back down the stairs.
He came to me immediately.
“My father is saying Lanie has been killed.” I swallowed hard, not meeting Maxim’s eyes. “Track her scent. Prove that this is merely some bad information.”
“Son.” My father grabbed my arm, but I roared at him, wrenching myself away.
“Xander,” Zane started to speak, but I couldn’t stand hearing him try to talk me down right now. “Don’t,” I commanded I rounded on my father. “How the f uck did this happen?”
I still didn’t believe it.
Just like Alice’s pregnancy, nothing was adding up.
“Wait.” I held up my hand. “Why the f uck was Lanie in the elty with my My father shrugged. “Luna duties.”
Another f ucking lie, I could feel it in my bones.
“What happened to them in the city?” I asked.
“She was hit by a car. Lanie died instantly.”
Lanie
I woke up to light streaming in through the window.
Once my eyes adjusted, I took in the room around me.
Adecent-sized bedroom, furnished in cozy earth tones.
The view from the large windows was moody and gorgeous, a forest covered with rolling fog. I pushed myself from the bed, my hand going to my forehead, feeling like I was in a daze.
I walked out to the main living area, more big windows lining the walls and letting in morning light. The place wasn’t huge, but it was definitely nice.
It was decorated with the same warm greens, oranges, and yellows as the bedroom.
Like a forest in the middle of fall.
But it wasn’t fall now, I realized as I suddenly noticed small sno wflakes dancing through the sky. Wait…why didn’t I know what time of year it was?
Why didn’t I recognize this place?
My head started to pound and my vision blurred.
I stag gered and laid myself down on the cool wooden floor.
I couldn’t remember anything.
The panic set in, and beads of sweat burst across my hairline.
I grabbed fistfuls of the nightgown I was wearing, clutching it like a lifeline.
I was dizzy, on the verge of passing out, when a woman entered the room.
I had no idea who she was.
She walked over to me and pushed back my hair, a concerned look on her face.
“Oh dear,” she said. “It would seem that something went terribly wrong”
Lanie
“Who are you?” I managed to ask the strange woman.
She had short, dark hair that framed her soft face in waves. It seemed like she was around my age. She held out her hand and pulled me up off the ground.
Tm Dr. Isolde’s assistant. An apprentice healer.”
I blinked slowly.
Was I supposed to know who Dr. Isolde was?
She clasped my hand in hers and shook it slightly.
“My name is Adele,” she said, a bright smile lighting up her face.
I nodded.
“My name is…” I trailed off, and panic rose in my throat again. “I don’t know.”
Adele grabbed my shoulders gently and held my gaze with hers.
“Your name is Katie,” she said evenly. “And you need to breathe.”
I took a deep breath through my nose and blew it out through my mouth.
“Good.” She smiled again. “Staying calm is essential Shifting wouldn’t be good for the baby.” She glanced down then back up to me.
My hand flew instinctively to my belly.
Baby?
Shifting?
What the hell did all of this mean?
“I don’t…” I struggled to find where to begin. “What do you mean by shift?”
She stood back, studying me with a curious expression.
“You’re a wolf shifter,” she said. “A pregnant one, actually I could strangely recall that wolf shifters existed, that I lived in their world, but for some reason, the fact that I was one seemed like news to me.
And if I was pregnant, then where was my mate?
And why was Adele looking after me?
As if she could read my mind, she said, “You’re going to be staying Katie.”
“Is that bad?” I asked her.
She smiled again, but this time her lips were tight.
“You were dropped off at our clinic. You’re perfectly healthy, but you might feel a little off for a while.” And then she pulled me into a tight hug, squeezing me momentarily before letting go.
As she pulled away, I caught a strong whiff of her scent, I my wolf had just been reawakened.
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