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By the time morning came around, most of us had only managed an hour or two of naps throughout the night, but Bells looked rested and happy. We put the couches back to theiroriginal position while Bells went upstairs with Violet to shower and change. The people who lent me the furniture would be coming to pick them up later.

Once I was done cleaning up all the leftover snacks and throwing the trash away with the help of Miguel and James, I also went upstairs to shower and change. Violet mind-linked me that she was going downstairs with Bells to breakfast, so I made my way to find my mate after I was done, when Bells stopped me in front of one of the conference rooms before I could make it to the dining room.

“Do you have Cade’s new number?” she asked.

“I do. Beta John sent it to me a while back,” I answered, and let Bells pull me into the conference room.

“I need your phone,” she said, holding out her hand.

I furrowed my brows. I didn’t know Bells didn’t have Cade’s new number. John sent it to me two days after they left.

“I thought you called him after he left?” I asked her, pulling out my phone and handing it to her.

“I did. I left him a voice message. I never heard back from him, and I promised I wouldn’t reach out again if he didn’t call me back, but now...” she trailed off.

I moved to step away from the room to give her privacy, but she grabbed my arm. “It won’t take long.”

I felt like she needed someone with her to gather her courage, so I nodded and leaned against the door.

“Hey, Cade. I promise I’m not ambushing you. I just don’t have your new phone number. I—There’s some stuff happening, and I won’t be around for a while. I’m sure you’ll hear about it soon enough. Violet will reach out in a few months to tell you more. I just wanted to say I’m sorry for everything again. I wanted you to know how much I love you, and how much I enjoyed the time we spent together. You made me rethink everything I thought I was scared of wanting, and I’ll alwaysbe grateful for that. I hope you find the happiness you deserve. Maybe in another life, we’ll be able to meet up again.” Bells was blinking back tears as she hung up and gave me a shaky smile. “Thanks, big guy. For everything.”

I managed to swallow the emotions down before I could answer.

“Don’t get emotional on me, sister. We’ll figure this out, too.”

The moment Bells was in her coma, Violet and I were on a mission to figure out what the fuck was happening to her. We had already started, but making sure Bells felt supported was our priority.

After breakfast, came the hard part. Dr. Roswell had a room set up in the hospital for Bells’ extended stay. We all cramped in there, even though Bells assured us it wasn’t necessary. When Dr. Roswell walked in with the medication to add to her IV, Cory pulled away from Evie.

“Wait, wait. Wait. Please Bells, just wait a little bit. I have people looking into it. I have the specialists coming. Please. Just wait a little longer,” he pleaded, kneeling next to her.

Bells let out a sob, and grasped his hands in hers.

“There’s no time, Cory. She’s dying. I can barely see her breathing now.”

Bells nodded at Evie, who came and pulled her mate back. Dr. Roswell put the medicine into her IV, and we all waited in silence near her. Before her eyes fluttered close, I felt her pulling at the mind-link.

‘Take care of my sister and give your pup twice the kisses for me,’she asked, making the tears finally leave my eyes.

‘Every day,’I promised her, pulling Violet closer to me when I felt her body shaking.

Dr. Roswell began placing probes and other medical wires to monitor her. There were so many other machines andequipment pushed against a wall, waiting their turn to be used. If Coyo died, they would need to put her on life support.

‘Come on, Little Warrior. It’s time to get to work.’

I took Violet’s hand in mine, and we slipped out of the room with a few others. We walked over to our room, where we’d been stacking the books we’d been getting overnighted from the council and other packs for research. Evie also sent half the contact list of doctors around the world to call. I wasn’t convinced what was happening was related to Adam or her piece of shit mate dying. Something else was causing this and we needed to find the person who knew.

We immediately started working. Violet and I only stopped reading and calling numbers when my phone alarm would go off to remind me to feed my little warrior. I needed her to get enough nutrition to continue to grow our pup.

Chapter Forty-Four

Chris

We were four days into our research and we were getting nowhere. We were in our room, reading a couple of medical werewolf books, when my phone rang and I picked up without looking at the caller ID.

“Hello?”

“Hey, Chris.” I heard a familiar voice.

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