Chapter 22

HAZEL

The doctor had been in here and told me about the internal bleeding, broken rib, and the various wounds I had spread out across my body. He told me to be careful like it was my fault and I had fallen from a cliff or something.

Maybe that was the lie he was told but I doubted it. They knew what had happened. If Miss Elaine knew, the doctor surely did too. Was this behavior normal in the palace? Beating girls and lying about it. Was that why Elaine was so afraid all the time? I wish I could ask her but I doubt she’d tell me the truth.

He left and told me to rest. They wanted to keep me until my wolf was strong enough to heal us both but they weren’t giving me anything that would get Trixy’s strength back.

We still hadn’t eaten and the IV wasn’t doing much but keeping me awake. Trixy was still dormant; I could feel her but we couldn’t talk or connect.

The idea of staying in here for two days made my skin crawl and there was no way in hell that I was