Chapter 70: A Mother's Secret
(Elara's POV)
"Misfortune never comes singly. Just as silver burns always spread at the weakest points, so does bad luck always strike those who are already suffering."
The pack healer's words echoed in my ears as I stared at my mother's motionless form on the hospital bed. Her breathing was shallow, her skin an ashen gray that made my heart clench with fear.
Everything I'd worked for—my position at the pack hospital, the debts I'd slowly paid off, the fragile respect I'd earned despite my omega status—suddenly felt like a cruel joke. All my knowledge, all my training, and I hadn't even noticed my own mother was suffering from silver poisoning.
"How long?" I managed to ask, my voice barely above a whisper.
Dr. Harrison looked down at me with thinly
