THE BIKER ALPHA WHO BECAME MY SECOND CHANCE MATE

Chapter 40 46 The woman lying unconscious on the hospital bed was someone I never thought I'd see again . Someone I'd hoped to never see again . it I'm being completely honest , Seraphine Ashworth . Even after all these years , even with her face swollen and bruised beyond recognition , I knew it was her . The same perfectly straight blonde hair , now matted with blood . The same sharp cheekbones that used to look down at me with such disdain .

The same small scar above her left eyebrow that she'd gotten when she tried to fight a senior girl who'd told her she wasn't pretty enough for Tristan . Seraphine had been my senior in high school , two years older and infinitely more confident than I ever was . She'd made my life a living hell for months , all because she had a massive crush on Tristan and he didn't even know she existed . I never told Orion or Tristan about what she put me through .

It seemed like such a silly girl thing compared to the real problems they were dealing with - pack politics , training , preparing for their futures as leaders . How could I complain about mean girls and stolen lunches when they were learning to protect our entire community ? But Seraphim's torment had been relentless . She'd slam my locker shut on my fingers , " accidentally spill drinks on my homework , spread rumors that I was sleeping around with human boys .

Once , she'd cornered me in the bathroom and told me that freaks like me didn't deserve protective brothers , that if I didn't stay away from Tristan , she'd make sure something really bad happened to me . - The worst part was that Tristan never even looked in her direction . She was pretty enough - all the boys in school thought so - but something about her desperation seemed to repel him . Maybe he could sense the cruel streak that she hid so well from adults , or maybe he just wasn't interested in someone who tried so hard to get his attention . Did they end up together later ?

Had she finally worn him down after I left for London ? But that didn't make sense either . It wasn't her picture plastered all over Tristan's apartment - those belonged to some mysterious woman with dark hair and kind eyes that I'd never been brave enough to ask about . - It wasn't the fact that Seraphine was the one lying on the bed that made me speechless , though . It was how she looked . She looked like someone who'd been hit by a truck , then backed over for good measure .

Her face was a canvas of purple and black bruises , her lip split in two places , and her left arm was in a cast that suggested multiple fractures . There were finger - shaped bruises around her throat that made my stomach lurch with recognition . 1/2 18:37 Fri , Jan 2 d . Chapter 40 I turned my gaze toward Tristan , and he nodded grimly , letting me know my horrified thoughts were absolutely correct . 46 " Her mate did this , " the young pack member said quietly , his voice filled with disgust . " Left her for dead behind the packhouse . If Lucius hadn't been doing perimeter checks ...

" I felt the blood drain from my face . Her mate had done this to her . The person who was supposed to love and protect her above all others had beaten her nearly to death and left her broken body like garbage . I felt a sharp pain on my heart . The machines around her bed beeped steadily , monitoring vital signs that were apparently stable but fragile . She had tubes in her nose helping her breathe , and the IV in her arm was delivering what looked like a significant amount of pain medication . Comments R Visitor is it Victoria or seraphine , Daxon or dixson ...

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