Chapter 360
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VALERIE.
Driving to the hospital, I feel empty. It’s my first day working there, but since that day I haven’t spoken
to Zade and it’s insane how… bleak everything feels.
There’s been a few times he’s been watching me, and I spotted him, but he simply would turn and walk
away.
Along with his silence that I am now blessed with, I also feel like I can’t stop thinking about him. It
scares me, tears me up with guilt and confusion and there’s nothing I can do to stop myself from feeling
this way.
He is wrong about Jai. Being selfless and wanting to protect everyone is not selfish. It does not mean
he didn’t love me. He loved deeply, and he cared for everyone. From an outsider’s point of view, I get
it… and I hate that he voiced the dark thoughts that niggled in my mind.
I
Zade was beginning to leave a searing effect on me, and when he isn’t around, he is making his way
into my mind even more than before. I sleep thinking about him, and I wake up thinking about him and
some of it is far from innocent.
Zade Toussaint… auburn hair, grey eyes, features that are made to entice, but there’s something more
with him and it isn’t just the mate bond…
There’s this connection, like he understands me… Not just the me that people. see, but the me that I
don’t want others to know of… If I was selfish or angry, it’s like I know he’ll understand and not judge
me no matter what.
The pull between us is real, and when he’s around, life feels better.
I don’t know how that is possible when I’ve only been here a few days, but he isn’t just the silent
prisoner who killed Jai… but a person, with a personality that is beginning to make me swoon and that
scares me… because I know I’m losing control of my emotions. More and more every single day.
What if I did something that I shouldn’t? Like falling into those muscular arms that could either protect
me or destroy me. But then the thought of him. destroying me entices me. I groan, trying to ignore the
fact I woke up aching with
need.
Oh, I need to get this out of my system!
Getting out of my car, I enter the hospital, ready to get to work. I’ve already been introduced and
welcomed, and I knew my schedule from when I visited the other
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day.
“Doctor Scott, you’re here. If you need anything, don’t hesitate to ask, once again welcome to the
team.” The ward manager says, smiling charmingly.
“Thank you, Mr Owen.”
“Please call me Cassian,” he smiles and reaches into his pocket. “Ah, before I forget, here.”
My smile falters when I look at the small badge that he’s holding out to me. A symbol to declare that I
am a ‘Special Species‘.
“I’m sorry about this, but you know the rules.”
“Of course, it’s only fair,” I say, my own words making me feel a little sick.
Fair… there was nothing fair about being labelled for being different.
He frowns slightly. “I wouldn’t call it fair but don’t worry about it. I doubt many of our patients will even
know what it means, and you’re approachable.” He pats my arm before he walks off and I put the pin
on my doctor’s coat.
I sigh softly. It didn’t weigh anything, barely an inch wide, but it feels like a burden, weighted with the
true meaning behind it. Well, it’s to be expected now, things really have changed.
I better get to work…
The hospital was indeed understaffed, and Cassian was correct, no one wast bothered by the badge,
more relieved by the extra set of hands to help, and everyone is clearly exhausted by the end of their
shift, except me.
“Wow, you don’t look tired at all, Doctor Valerie.” Ronda, a nurse working on the same ward as me,
says with a low whistle.
“I am a little exhausted now. It has been a long day,” I answer as Jill passes us both foam cups filled
with steaming coffee that we welcome happily and thank her.
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