Chapter 0019
Miranda’s POV
Goosebumps litter the entirety of my skin. When my eyes meet Sebastian’s my body shocks to life. A gasp leaves my lips as he catches me and he slows my momentum from the shove.
His touch feels electric on my hips. My fingers dig into his biceps. My system shocks me to life as I gasp. Everything happened so quickly that I can barely process the last twenty seconds.
His face remains as cold and empty as ever, despite his usual hardened features gently softening, and he lets go of my waist. He steps in front of me, shielding me from the Garnmas, and I poke my head out from behind him.
“Leave her alone,” his Alpha voice is commanding. It sends chills down my spine. The Gammas look at one another in disbelief. “She’s injured. Why are you kicking her when she is already down?!”
The Gammas bow their heads at Sebastian. Many of them hold anger in their eyes, glaring at me as I step out from behind Sebastian. They hold their defensive poses from before and narrow their eyes at me.
Many of their faces relax as their heads bob back up. The anger has vanished and it has been replaced with disappointment. Disappointment with themselves, I hope.
One Gamma steps forward, cautiously approaching me. He bows his head at Sebastian and turns his attention to
- me.
“Allow me to show you to the base’s infirmary. Let us help take care of your injuries.” I nod in response to him. I glance at Sebastian, who turns his head away. I follow the Gamma to the infirmary, where many other wolves lie and suffer in agony.
This is all Lily’s doing. Her reckless tampering with the formula has caused so much pain and turmoil. Because of her, she has worsened many wounds, leading to serious, and even life–threatening, infections. Many wolves are going to need amputations and many others will have a long recovery from other debilitating symptoms.
Lily is at fault for so many ruined lives. She should face the consequences of her actions, but we all know that will never happen since she is Sebastian’s betrothed.
My heart shatters when I pass a boy who barely looks over the age of ten. His face and body are covered in bright red rashes. He fiercely itches at them, his nails digging into his skin as the doctor tries to get him to stop. I can only imagine the misery he must feel from the medicine’s side effects.
in on my face. He looks at
I pull away from the Gamma and move to the boy’s side. I try my best to mask the frown on my me and his expression is begging me to help ease the pain.
I sigh and thrust my hand into the bag on my side. I pull out a few pills. I hand them to the boy, who swallows them with a gulp of water, and the red marks on his skin begin to fade. He sighs with relief and closes his eyes.
I turn around to see a handful of Gammas staring at me with stunned expressions. My gaze catches the tallest Garnma, whose eyes flicker with a hint of trust.
Sebastian breaks through the group and stares at the young boy. His expression falters ever so slightly and he shows a hint of surprise on his face. I divert my gaze and look back to the tall Gamma.
“It seems that you weren’t all talk…” he clears his throat, admitting, “You might actually know what you’re doing.” I nod at him and flash a smile but turn my face away to look at the young boy.
Under my father and Lily’s control, Moonlit Labs has greatly suffered. Instead of caring about patients and werewolves who were in dire need of proper medicine, they shifted gears and focused on profits instead.
Chapter 0014
+25 BONUS
They prioritized monopolization of the pharmaceutical sector. They shunned ethical production methods and refused to innovate their medicine. They hiked up prices and gouged their customers for subpar products and in the process, they’ve tarnished my mother’s name.
