ELODIE'S POV—
Several days slipped by, and he never came. No footsteps outside my door. No shadow darkening the hallway. No Calhoun.
My wolf whimpered in the back of my mind constantly, crying for him, but I shut her out. I couldn't afford to listen. I had already promised myself never again. Never again would I waste another tear for him. He wanted me gone, pushed aside, replaced. So be it.
The hospital walls became both my prison and my comfort. Days passed in silence, broken only by the beeping machines and the occasional nurse's voice. Then one afternoon, my phone lit up with a message. My chest tightened before I even reached for it. It wasn't him. It was his Beta.
"Spend a few more days in the hospital. Rest. Take good care of yourself."
I let out a long, shaky breath. Relief wa
