Ethan
I barely registered the shift back to human as I burst through the hospital doors, racing down the sterile corridors with a single thought blazing in my mind.
My voice boomed through the hallways, raw with panic. “Where is Rosemary?!”
A nurse caught my eye, recognizing the urgency in my voice and my frantic expression. She stepped forward, her face calm but concerned. “Right this way, Alpha. She has come out of surgery, and it was successful.”
Her words washed over me like distant waves, their meaning dulled by the fear pounding in my chest. Nothing would soothe me until I saw Rose with my own eyes, until I could touch her hand and know that she was still here, still breathing. The nurse led me down a hallway, moving fast.
Finally, she gestured toward a door at the end of the ha
