Chapter 141
Evelyn’s POV
I hid my tattered feelings beneath a mental mask as I headed back to the medical ward. Í fixed a soft smile on my face for every person I passed through the halls. No one needed to know what was really going on beneath the surface of my facade.
Not when it could easily unravel everything. It wasn’t worth the truth coming out.
I reached the medical ward and was immediately approached by a stern-looking Diana. She tossed her clipboard aside and came marching over to me.
“Oh, no. There’s no way that you’re working today,” she stated.
“Diana, trust me. I feel much better than I did yesterday.” I was deeply touched by her concern for my well-being.
She crossed her arms over her chest and scowled. “Okay, I admit that you look less frail, but you seriously can’t put yourself through that kind of strain again. How would Kane feel if he were to find out that his wife is overworking herself?”
I fought back the urge to scoff. Oh, please. He and I would put on a good, conniving show. But the moment we were truly alone, he would give me a lecture on how careless I was being.
I could already hear his voice in my head. “How am I going to explain to the Alpha King that I allowed my wife to work herself to death? How the fuck am I expected to secure his permission to wage war against the rogues?”
The care wouldn’t have been genuine. Nothing about our relationship was.
I bit the inside of my cheek, trying to refrain from wincing at the unpleasant sensation that settled in my rib cage.
“Look, I’ll make you a promise,” I said. “The moment I begin to feel off, I’ll stop and won’t push myself to go any further.”
A smile gradually tugged at the corners of Diana’s mouth. “Deal.”
I headed back to the restricted area and met with the same guard I had from the day before. He gave me a wary look but got up to unlock the door, nevertheless.
He took his spot in one of the open chairs, while I took my usual position beside one of the unconscious rogues. Everything was going smoothly as it normally would. I marked down whatever changes in their monitors occurred through the treatment of my abilities.
But, there came a time when all I could do was sit in the deafening silence. I tried to ward off the unwanted thoughts regarding my situation with Kane, but it was no use.
Perhaps Cheryl and the others were right this whole time…
On top of the ache that had taken up residency between my lungs, the back of my throat grew sore. I lifted a trembling hand to my chest and finally allowed the tears to fall.
Somehow, I had fallen into the same fate as my mother when it came to marriage. Her relationship with my father had once started out strong. Before my father let his insecurities get in the way of things, they were a rather dynamic pair.
But the moment she came into her full designation as a silver wolf, things changed. Everyone in the pack acknowledged her as the true alpha they needed to follow. From there, her relationship with my father dissolved
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into petty arguments and rude remarks.
My marriage to Kane began the complete opposite. There was no love or real feelings between us, yet somehow, amidst the ongoing insanity, I found myself wanting to be closer to him.
“It’s not real,” I whispered to myself.
For the first time since I signed that damn contract with Kane, I felt the full consequences of my actions. “What the hell have I gotten myself into?”
A year, I thought. It was only meant to last a year…
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