Chasing His Wolfless Luna Back (Rayna Quinn) novel Chapter 16

Chapter 15: The Target on Her Back

Sebastian’s POV

“Any changes in her condition?” Margaret’s strained voice came through the phone, the tremor in it betraying how close she was to breaking down. These past few days had been hell for everyone. We’d come so close to losing Thea.

“She woke up briefly yesterday before falling back asleep. The doctor says it’s normal for patients with head trauma.” I heard her relieved sigh. Since Alpha Sterling’s death, Margaret had been different, desperately trying to reconnect with Thea. Too bad Thea had already decided she wanted nothing to do with any of us.

“Will she make a full recovery?”

“The doctors are confident, but they’re monitoring for complications from the new wolfsbane toxin.” That was what terrified me most. Honestly, I just needed her to be okay. “Don’t worry though. Thea’s strong. She’ll pull through. I need to go, but I’ll call when she wakes up. Last time she was asking about Leo.”

After hanging up, I found myself staring at her sleeping form. Her dark honey–brown hair fanned across the white pillow like spilled silk, a striking contrast against her pale skin. When had I started noticing every detail about her? The delicate arch of her cheekbones, the gentle sweep of those impossibly long lashes against her cheeks, the natural rose–pink tint of her full lips that no makeup could replicate. Even with bandages marring her face, she looked so beautiful in the soft morning light filtering through the hospital windows.

Because you never wanted to see it before, my wolf whispered. You were too busy hating her to notice anything good about her.

I sighed, knowing it was true. I’d gone to great lengths to block her out, and it had worked until now. This new Thea demanded attention. Demanded to be seen.

Taking her hand in mine, I was struck by how small and soft it felt. I’d been doing this

constantly – rubbing her wrist, feeling her pulse, just to reassure myself she was still alive. That the bombing and poison hadn’t taken her from us.

Every time I thought about that Sunday, my chest constricted painfully. I’d called to warn her about Aurora, who’d come to me crying about something Thea had said. The moment

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Chapter 15: The Target on Her Back

I heard the explosion and people screaming, my breath caught. I’d been left shouting her name into the phone.

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When they told me her car had been rigged with wolfsbane and she was critically injured, my heart stopped. The feeling went beyond fear or anguish it was something I couldn’t

understand.

Her hospital room was filled with fresh flowers and colorful balloons. Gift baskets and cards piled up so quickly that the nurses had to start sending them to her house. Most came from her students, who visited in groups daily and constantly called the nurse for updates. Those pups adored her.

I’d never cared about the work she found after the divorce, assuming she must be failing at it like everything else. But seeing her students‘ devotion changed my perspective. They wouldn’t show such love if she wasn’t an exceptional teacher. Her colleagues spoke only praise, making me realize how little I knew about her life.

“Sebastian.” Aurora’s voice pulled me from my thoughts. She stood in the doorway with

Roman. Unlike Aurora’s perfect composure, Roman looked wrecked.

The attack had shaken him deeply. Not just him – all of us. Nearly losing his sister seemed

to finally be sinking in.

“Has she woken up?” Roman asked softly.

“No.”

“You need to go home, Sebastian,” Aurora insisted. “Shower, change clothes, then come

back. You look like death.”

“I’m not leaving, Aurora.” My wolf bristled at the suggestion. What if something happened while I was gone?

They eventually wore me down. Before I left, Aurora pressed a kiss to my lips – our first since deciding to try again. But something felt wrong. Her lips felt wrong. The kiss felt

wrong. Why the fuck would I feel this way?

After the world’s fastest shower, I meant to nap for thirty minutes but slept three hours. Racing back to the hospital, I found Kane in Thea’s room while Aurora and Roman waited outside, apparently banished.

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“Detective,” he nodded to Kane before turning to us. The casual greeting did nothing to

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