SOPHIA’S POV
I panicked when I saw my family.
Luckily, Bianca got them to leave. She told them to let I sat frozen on the hospital bed long after Marco and Patricia left the room.
The silence around felt heavy. Even the sound of the heart monitor beside my bed seed louder than usual tonight.
My body hurt everywhere. Every bruise ached painfully and even breathing too deeply made my ribs ache sharply.
Bianca stood near the door with her arms crossed tightly over her chest. Her eyes were still red from crying earlier. She kept glancing at anxiously like she was afraid I would suddenly disappear if she looked away for too long.
“You should sleep,” she said softly.
I sighed. “I can’t.”
That answer alone made Bianca’s expression grow more heartbroken.
The mont she left the room, there was silence again.
I leaned back against the bed and closed my eyes tiredly. The mont I did, painful mories flooded my mind.
I rembered Helen slapping repeatedly while screaming insults, Declan standing there coldly watching as Jessie hit while I lay helpless on the floor.
My wolf whimpered weakly inside .
Suddenly, the hospital room door opened quietly. At first, I thought Bianca had returned.
But then the scent hit imdiately.
Zade.
My eyes snapped open instantly. My heart pounded with fear.
Oh no.
The room remained dark except for the small hallway light behind him. Zade stepped inside silently before closing the door behind him.
He reached toward the wall and the room instantly filled with soft light.
And the mont Zade saw properly.....he froze completely.
I watched the exact second his expression shattered. His eyes slowly moved across my bruised arms.
He took in my swollen face, the dark marks around my neck, the cuts near my forehead.
The mont he saw everything clearly, the color drained completely from his face.
His wolf exploded violently inside him. I felt it.
I could literally feel the fury radiating from him.
I swallowed hard.
“Who did this?” he asked quietly.
The calmness in his voice frightened more than shouting would have.
I looked away from him. “Leave.”
He didn’t move.
“Sophia.”
“Leave,” I repeated weakly.
Instead, he walked toward the bed.
The closer he ca, the more terrifying his expression beca. His eyes looked bloodshot now. They were filled with a mixture of rage, heartbreak, and disbelief. His hands were shaking at his sides like he was struggling to control himself.
My wolf stirred weakly inside . Even in this condition, she still reacted strongly to him.
Zade stopped beside the bed and stared down at silently for several long seconds. His breathing looked uneven now, like he was trying very hard not to lose control completely.
Then finally, he spoke again.
“Who touched you?” he asked.
I forced myself to stay cold.
“It’s none of your business.”
His jaw tightened instantly.
“None of my business?” he repeated quietly.
“Zade, please go.”
Instead of listening, he suddenly grabbed the chair beside the bed and sat down. His eyes never left my injuries for even one second.
“You disappeared,” he said quietly. “I went to your apartnt and found hospital papers. Then I ca here and found out you nearly died.”
I said nothing.
Zade laughed bitterly “And now I walk in here and see this? Sophia...what the hell happened to you?”
I looked away again because his expression hurt too much to look at directly.
For the first ti in days...soone actually looked angry for . That realization nearly broke the remaining control I had left.
I still forced myself to stay distant.
“You shouldn’t be here,” I whispered weakly.
“Stop saying that,” he snapped.
I flinched.
The mont he noticed my reaction, guilt instantly crossed his face.
Zade lowered his voice again. “I’m sorry.”
He reached toward my wrist carefully. The mont his fingers touched my bruised skin, his entire body stiffened.
I saw pure rage flash through his eyes.
His voice beca dangerously quiet.
“They beat you.” He said.
It wasn’t a question anymore.
Tears imdiately burned my eyes again.
I tried looking away, but suddenly my emotions completely collapsed.
Everything I had been holding inside for days finally broke apart.
“They blad ,” I whispered shakily.
Zade’s expression darkened instantly.
My breathing beca uneven now.
“Helen ca first,” I whispered weakly. “She said I killed the Stone family’s child. She slapped over and over again. It hurt so much. It still hurts”
Zade’s hands clenched tightly into fists. His wolf was practically snarling now.
I continued speaking weakly.
“Then she got a phone call and left.” Tears slowly rolled down my cheeks now. “After that...Declan ca.”
The mont I said Declan’s na, the room temperature seed to drop instantly.
Zade’s eyes beca terrifyingly cold.
“He blad for Dahlia getting exposed during surgery.” I swallowed painfully. “Then he brought soone with him.”
Zade frowned. “Who?”
“Jessie”
The exact second I said the na, I saw the recognition in Zade’s face.
“Jessie?” he repeated coldly.
I nodded weakly.
Zade laughed softly again, but this ti the sound was genuinely frightening.
“I know him.” he said.
My chest tightened.
“He’s the man you humiliated before,” I whispered weakly.
Zade’s jaw tightened.
Of course, he rembered.
Jessie used this chance to take revenge on because he couldn’t Zade directly.
Tears rolled down my cheeks harder now.
“He kicked while I was lying down,” I whispered shakily. “I couldn’t even fight back. He punched over and over again. He beat up badly.”
Zade’s entire body beca rigid with rage.
My wolf whimpered painfully again.
“I was so scared,” I admitted softly “I still am”
As soon as I said those words, Zade suddenly sat beside on the bed and pulled into his arms.
I froze instantly.
But then...the warmth broke completely.
I started crying harder imdiately. This ti, it was real crying. It was the kind that made my chest hurt.
Zade held carefully against him like I might break apart completely if he touched too roughly. One of his hands gently stroked the back of my hair while the other carefully supported my injured body.
His shirt quickly beca soaked with my tears.
“I was scared,” I whispered again weakly.
Zade shut his eyes tightly.
My wolf slowly curled weakly toward his warmth despite everything.
For several long minutes, neither of us spoke.
The only sounds in the room were my quiet sobs and Zade’s uneven breathing.
Then finally, he spoke quietly near my ear.
“I’m going to kill them.” He said.
The coldness in his voice imdiately made freeze.
“Zade...”
“I an it.”
I pulled back slightly to look at him. His eyes terrified . There was absolutely no softness left inside them now. There was only rage.
“No,” I whispered quickly.
“They touched you.” His voice sounded deadly calm now.
“They beat you while you were recovering from a miscarriage.” His jaw tightened harder. “They nearly killed you.”
Tears continued sliding down my face silently.
Zade wiped them away with his thumb. Then he looked directly into my eyes again.
“I swear to you,” he said quietly. “Nobody who touched you will walk away from this. I will avenge you”
My wolf stirred weakly again, not from fear this ti. But from the sincerity inside his voice.
And for the first ti since this nightmare began... I realized soone was finally willing to stand beside completely.
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