Chapter 33: Unspoken Bonds
Chapter 33: Unspoken Bonds
(Elena’s POV)
Night fell, the territory lights twinkling outside the window. I sat cross–legged on the bed, organizing healing protocols for the next day in my notebook when my phone rang.
David Blackthorne’s name flashed on the screen. I answered, and before I could speak, his boisterous voice
came through.
“Sis! Have you forgotten? My birthday is the day after tomorrow! Are you and Alpha Marcus coming?”
I paused, glancing at the date: June 10th. Time really flew by without notice.
I assured David that I hadn’t forgotten, but couldn’t guarantee if Marcus would come. David was about to say something when I heard Patricia’s voice in the background, grabbing the phone.
“Elena, you and Marcus must attend his birthday party,” Patricia insisted with her usual demanding tone.
David snatched the phone back quickly. “Ignore Mom. Your presence is enough for me.”
I agreed softly, feeling warmth at my brother’s understanding. After ending the call, I stared at the screen, lost
in thought.
I hadn’t celebrated my own birthday since I was eight, but I didn’t want to disappoint David.
Because of the tense relationship with Marcus, I didn’t use our mate bond to communicate. I sent a message
to Marcus about David’s birthday, carefully editing it to avoid sounding too deliberate. The message
remained unanswered after several minutes.
I set aside my phone and continued working on my protocols.
The next morning, I walked into the Great Hall and saw Marcus sitting at the table reading a magazine.
Catherine Hayes was off duty today.
I approached him cautiously. “When did you return?”
Marcus didn’t look up from his reading. “Last night.”
“Did you see my message?” I asked, keeping my voice neutral.
“I saw it,” he replied, turning a page.
“Will you come to David’s birthday?” The question felt heavier than it should.
Marcus finally looked up, his golden eyes studying my face. “Do you want me to go?”
I pushed the question back to him./”Will you come?”
He turned another page with deliberate slowness. “It depends.”
I felt my heart sink. His non–answer was answer enough. He likely wouldn’t attend.
As I turned to leave, Marcus stopped me. “Elena.”
I looked back to see him gesturing toward the breakfast spread on the table. “I prepared this for you.”
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He closed his magazine and walked toward the Shadow Archives, leaving me staring at the untouched meal.
I couldn’t understand his recent behavior. The gesture felt genuine, yet distant.
I left without touching the breakfast, my mind spinning with confusion.
(Marcus’s POV)
When i emerged from the Shadow Archives an hour later, I noticed the breakfast remained untouched and
cold.
My expression darkened as I stared at the wasted food. I threw it into the trash with more force than
necessary.
Elena didn’t know how to appreciate others‘ efforts. The thought irritated me more than it should.
(Elena’s POV)
I spent the entire morning in the Surgical Chamber performing a complex brain tumor removal. When I emerged at noon, the patient’s family rushed toward me with anxious faces.
“The healing was successful,” I announced, watching relief flood their expressions.
The elderly woman’s son gripped my hands gratefully. “Thank you, Healer Elena. You saved my mother’s life.”
I gave them post–healing instructions and returned to my chamber, running into Isabella Blackwood and Sophia Rivers near the Healer’s Station.
“Oh, who is this?” Isabella looked me up and down, her eyes full of contempt. “So it’s Elena, the desperate
one.”
Sophia was secretly delighted to hear Isabella belittle me in front of others. The more people who hated me, the happier she seemed.
“Why do you say Healer Elena is desperate?” one of the pack nurses whispered to her colleague.
“I don’t know…” the other nurse replied, but both quickly returned to their posts when they met my eyes.
Isabella hugged her arms and smiled smugly. “What, you also know you’re ashamed? If you knew this, why bother in the first place?”
I withdrew my gaze and said indifferently, “Miss Blackwood, are you here to stand up for your friend?”
“Healer Elena, you misunderstood,” Sophia interjected smoothly. “I didn’t know you and Bella knew each other, and I didn’t expect you to have grievances.”
She positioned herself as the innocent victim, as always.
“Elena, what face do you have to accuse Sophia?” Isabella stepped protectively in front of Sophia and pushed me. “When my cousin was forced to break up with Sophia, you rushed up to flatter him and pester him! Now that Sophia is back in the territory, if you know what’s good for you, leave my cousin quickly!”
Several nurses listening nearby gasped in shock. “Her cousin? Could she be Alpha Marcus’s cousin?”
“My God, Healer Elena was with Alpha Marcus…”
“No wonder I always felt something strange between Alpha Marcus and Healer Elena. It turns out they were together before?”
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“Bella, don’t say any more,” Sophia held Isabella back, looking embarrassed. “Healer Elena and I are
colleagues. I don’t want you to make things difficult for her for my sake. How can she stay in the institute in
the future?”
Isabella clicked her tongue impatiently. “Sophia, you have such a good temper! Why do you care about her?
She’s just desperate.”
She mocked me confidently. “Besides, as long as my cousin still has the equipment project cooperation with the Central Healing Institute, with her thick skin, she won’t leave where my cousin is. Like a mangy wolf, she
can’t be driven away.”
Every word of Isabella’s was designed to wound. The nurses looked at me with sympathy in their eyes.
But I had grown numb to these attacks. After infinite repetition of such injuries, I had finally figured something out.
Sometimes, when you stubbornly pursue something you can’t get even when you’re a mess, you suddenly just don’t want it anymore. Letting go was really that simple.
I looked at Isabella and suddenly smiled, raising my eyebrows slightly. “Are you done?”
Isabella was speechless, her whole body frozen in surprise. In the past, every time she deliberately mentioned how good Sophia’s relationship with Marcus was, my face would turn ugly and I couldn’t refute a word.
I would only run away in despair. But now I didn’t seem uncomfortable anymore.
“First of all, this is a healing institute,” I said calmly. “Even if you want to stand up for your friend, you have to wait until I get off work, instead of delaying the work of patients and medical staff here.”
I looked down at my watch. “Secondly, I have a healing conference in half an hour. Time is precious, and I don’t want to waste it on you. Since there’s nothing else to say, I’ll leave.”
As I turned to leave, Isabella snapped back to reality and blocked my path. “You can’t just ignore me!”
“Miss Blackwood, please mind your manners in the institute,” I said firmly.
Isabella’s face flushed with rage. She raised her hand to strike me.
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