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Chapter 9 

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“Please notify his family as soon as possible. Decide quickly whether he will return home for treatment or be transferred here.” 

Alistair recorded the doctor’s words and arranged for someone to inform Vivienne. 

Vivienne arrived af the hospital herself. 

When Dorian opened his eyes, he thought he was still dreaming. 

“Vivienne…” 

Her name slipped from his lips, hoarse and filled with disbelief. 

The longing he had carried through countless nights surged all at once. Tears rolled uncontrollably down his cheeks. 

Vivienne stood by the bed, looking at him. 

She had been very worried, but seeing him in person transformed that worry into a quiet, subtle sorrow. 

She knew they would never return to how things had been. 

Her wolf crouched silently in her chest. There was no anger and no howling. Nothing at all. 

Her expression was calm. She took the doctor’s report, read it carefully, then photographed it with her phone and sent it to Marcus to relay to the Blackthorn Pack. 

Only then did she look back at Dorian. “Do you know you are sick?” 

Dorian nodded. He had heard the doctor and nurse speaking while half-conscious. 

He seemed gravely ill. He felt sorrow for not being able to spend more time with Vivienne. 

There were so many words he wanted to say. 

“Vivienne… I am sorry. I know I have wronged you.” 

“Even if this is the last time… can you stay? Don’t leave me. Don’t hate me either…” 

His voice was weak, almost pleading. 

Vivienne watched him for a long moment before speaking. 

“I will stay here until your family arrives.” 

“But Dorian… our relationship ended long ago.” 

Perhaps it had ended three years ago. From the moment she smelled Seraphina’s mark in his wolf, it had already ended. 

She had given him a chance. 

Three years had passed. He had failed to seize it. 

She had lingered in old feelings, which made her suffer for another three years. 

If she had left the Blackthorn territory sooner, even starting from the bottom as an ordinary artist, she would not have been in so much pain. 

Being a claimed mate had always been a kind of chain. 

Less than a month later, Dorian closed his eyes. 

Before he left, he wanted to speak to Vivienne one last time, but she refused. 

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His wolf tried to call to her at the very end. Her wolf no longer responded. 

He could only take paper and pen and laboriously write a few words. Slanted and shaky. 

[I am sorry.] 

Vivienne took the note and stared at it for a long time. 

Her face was damp. She folded the paper and put it in her pocket. 

There was no need for apologies. 

She silently wished that in the next life, they would never meet again. 

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