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Chapter 28

Author: Lana Mora
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Tabitha's POV

In the cab, I covered my abdomen the whole time, trying to stop the bleeding and avoid arousing the driver's suspicion.

Finally, I returned to the Black Thorn Pack. Thank God I had put on a jacket when I left home.

Or the pack guards'd definitely notice the blood on my shirt.

Biting back the pain, I rushed to the Alpha villa.

After taking off my coat, I walked to the bathroom with a first-aid kit.

Good thing that my wound had been healing fine, so this attack only caused minor bleeding. I didn't need to go to Orson.

I rinsed the blood off my clothes real good before tossing them into the washing machine.

After handling all that, I threw myself on the bed, trying to get some rest. The dull pain in my abdomen got me a bit agitated.

Well, not exactly. Vilda was the real cause.

Just when I was onto a clue, she came out and rendered all my effort pointless.

Damn it!

I couldn't help recalling Vilda's image.

Her clothes were all ragged and wrecked. If s
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