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nAdrianna sat beside Keisha and shook her shoulders.

"Keisha, are you okay? Wake up!

" She was getting panicky.

nA throaty voice made her turn her head.

"What happened here?

" asked Dmitri, walking fast towards them.

nAdrianna didn't know how to answer him. 'We were fighting over you…' How ridiculous would that sound? She could never say that; her pride would get hurt, so she chose to remain silent.

nDmitri came near them and saw that Keisha was unconscious.

"How did this happen?

" he asked Adrianna.

nShe didn't answer and pursed her lips. Her panic was growing fast, because her wild magic had come out uncontrollably. She wanted Keisha to wake as soon as possible, so she could know that Keisha was still doing well after being after hit by hermagic. It was killing her from inside.

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"You should take her to the hospital now,

" replied Adrianna.

nDmitri looked at her with anger as she shrank.

"Did you do something to her?

" he asked, looking very angry.

nAdrianna lowered her head and stared at Keisha. She decided to never ever cross their path. She decided never ever to be in their vicinity. She just wanted this to be over and to go home to her grandfather. A tear rolled out from her eye. How did she even get embroiled in a thing so stupid as this? Why couldn't she keep her emotions in control? And the way Dmitri was asking her questions was annoying her. She just wanted the day to be over.

nShe ignored his question again. Dmitri didn't bother her much and lifted Keisha. Together, they went back to the parking area where his car was parked. Nate opened the back door and Dmitri carefully placed her in the back seat. He turned to Nate and said,

"Take her to the healer immediately.

"

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"What about you?

" asked Nate.

nDmitri looked at Adrianna and said,

"I need some answers.

"

nAdrianna stared at him and spat it out,

"There is nothing to explain here. I don't want to meet you guys again. I don't want to see you again. Don't even cross my path, because if you do, I will report it to the dean.

"

nAfter saying that, she ran to her motorbike, started the ignition and drove it off of the campus at a very high speed, leaving Dmitri to glare at her back.

nAdrianna - his cat, was getting feral and dangerous.

nWith a dejected look, he sat in the passenger seat up front with Nate. On their way to the healer, he remembered that Kuro had asked him to give him another two or three days as he hadn't been able to contact Adrianna. Dmitri knew that it was the truth because Adrianna had completely cut herself off from her family after the incident with Rufus. He could understand her fear of being thrown into an unknown relationship, but he had a plan charted out this time. He had informed Kuro that he would be coming to meet them in two days.

nThey went straight to the healer of the blue moon pack.

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nWhen Adrianna reached the cottage, her grandfather was waiting for her. He looked at her tired face and mentally tried to hear her thoughts. But Adrianna had shut herself completely. Ever since he had returned from his trip, he had become all the more protective over Adrianna. When he learned about her incident with Rufus, he was seething. How could a father do something like that to his child?

nKuro had been asking him the entire week to convince Adrianna to accept the supreme alpha's hand seeing as he had threatened to kill every blue moon pack wolf otherwise.

nBut Ed thought that this was Kuro's new pressure tactic. He wasn't letting Adrianna get hurt again. Ed had, in fact, gone to the pack's healer to find out more about what had happened, but the healer was tight lipped. All he said was that Adrianna had been found on the periphery of the pack's territory.

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"What about Rufus? How come he can't speak at all?

"

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"It seems he was given a concoction of poisonous compounds extracted from Lily of the Valley and Foxglove. His vocal cords have been irrevocably damaged,

" the healer had replied.

nEd was left wondering as to who would even do that.

"Who did that to Rufus?

" he asked.

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"I have no idea… After the incident, Adrianna was found unconscious on the border of the red moon pack territory and Rufus was found far away, somewhere in the forest. It is possible that someone attacked them…

" replied the healer.

nEd had become apprehensive of the incident, and had left the healer in a huff. He had returned to the cottage, and had coaxed Adrianna to practice magic everyday. However, her schedule had been too tight. With her midterms approaching fast, she constantly had to study. She simply had no time to practice her magic.

nEd's main issue was that Kuro had communicated to him that the supreme alpha was coming within the next two days. Things were getting extremely complicated.

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