CHAPTER 217: NO SECOND CHANCES

ARTEMIS’ POV

Both her hands come up in surrender.

“Relax… please,” she says, trembling with a hint of fear in her eyes yet with a little softness.

She hangs her head low the next second.

“I was trying to save your life; that’s why you’re here. Though I didn’t think it would work. Your heart was gone,” she says, a hint of disbelief in her voice and the way she stares at me like I'm some ghost.

Even she wasn’t expecting me to be alive, and truly, all of it feels strange.

The sudden energy in my blood, the sensitivity of my eyes and ears picking up the slightest sensations quickly. I can feel the change, doubting if I truly am a Lycan or if I was just dreaming the whole encounter.

“I don’t need saving, especially not from you,” I say, rushing to get up before the pain from my wound hits hard.

I wince from the pain, unknowingly grabbing too hard at the headrest of the bed frame. It shatters with ease in my grasp from the little force, crumbling like sand.

I stare at my han