Chapter 28: The Alpha's Ruse
(Grace's POV)
I bolted through the corridors of the pack healing center, my heartbeat roaring in my ears. My legs felt shaky, but I moved urgently, one step after another, the alarming words Quinn had spoken replaying in my head: "He's coughing up black blood."
Cora snarled and whimpered within me. I couldn’t calm her, nor could I calm myself. But through the faint connection of our mate bond, I knew something wasn’t quite right. Lucian wasn’t distressed. He wasn’t in pain. He wasn’t panicked.
But then, why suppress the bond? Why let this escalate to such a spectacle?
As I turned the final corner, I almost collided with Quinn. She was standing outside Lucian’s private chamber, her usually collected demeanor shaken, her robe slightly askew. She looked
