Chapter 9
Asher dragged Amy away, telling me to wait for him to come back and explain.
Who cared to wait for him? I didn’t care at all.
Lucy looked down at me and quietly asked,
“Cora, are you okay? Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?”
I covered my chest, pretending to be in pain, and teased her,
“My heart hurts so much. I need to go out shopping to feel better.”
She laughed at me but, seeing I was doing better lately, agreed to take me out for a bit.
I bought an lee cream–something I hadn’t tasted in a long time.
These past months, the only thing I’d eaten were endless pills and medicines; my tongue could hardly tell flavors apart anymore
Lucy watched me, smiling b
but with red eyes.
1 directed her to drive to an upscale bridal shop.
I knew I probably wouldn’t make it to her mating ceremony day.
I wanted to see her in–a wedding dress. She didn’t ask why I brought her there; she just followed me in with reddened eyes.
We were best friends, connected without needing words.
1 picked out a strapless silk wedding gown for Lucy,
While she tried it on, I chose a bridesmaid dress for myself.
Dressed up, I squeezed into her fitting room and took a selfie with her.
It seemed I still could witness her mating ceremony.
I knew I had good taste. Lucy looked stunning in the dress.
Lasked her if she liked it
She rolled her eyes and whispered,
“No,
o, it’s too expensive.”
“Let’s just take a couple pictures and call it a day.”
I smiled and left her to snap photos alone in the fitting room, then quietly paid for the dress without telling her,
She was the best girl in the world and she deserved the most beautiful dress.
I swallowed the cruel pain in my chest and left the bridal shop.
1 took a cab to the cemetery to see my mother.
But the road fellendless, like the road would never end
I couldn’t hold on any longer and slowly closed my eyes
I didn’t know how long I’d slipt.
I thought I’d died, but I didn’t find my mother in the Moon Goddess‘ realms.
So I woke up, opening my eyes to see Lucy.
She was curled on my bed, looking like she’d cried for ages. Her eyes were so pully from crying, and she looked like she’d been punched.
Benustered a weak smile and tried to reach out to touch her face, to tell her not to cry.
She grabbed my hand, kissed it over and over, and excitedly whispered,
*Coral You finally woke up! You’re healed! Oh God, this is amazing!”
Hearing her words, I finally believed I hadn’t died.
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I didn’t feel especially happy–just grateful to see her again, to witness her mating ceremony in person–that was enough.
A week later, I gradually recovered.
I could feel my heart beating strongly inside my chest.
That was the sign of life.
Lucy looked into my calm eyes and finally told me the truth.
It turned out my heart had stopped beating on the way to the cemetery,
The driver found it end rushed me back to the Pack hospital
At the same moment, Asher hurriedly arrived at the Pack hospital, planning to tell me the good news that the anti–rejection drug had succeeded.
Instead, he saw my body.
He was shocked, crazed, full of regret.
He grabbed the pack doctor’s collar and growled,
“If you can’t save her, I will destroy this entire Pack hospital and kill everyone inside.”
The pack doctor shook his head,
“Alpha, Luna’s heart has stopped beating. She’s dead…”
Asher stared into his eyes and finally said,
“If her heart has stopped, then replace it.”
“The anti–rejection drug has been developed successfully.”
“Give her my heart.”
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