Chapter 10

Thea

Soft, steady beeps call to me, but I’m so comfortable that I’m not ready to get up yet. I stretch my arms above my head lazily and blink my eyes open slowly. I feel a pinch and pull on the back of my hand, and my eyes shoot open at the sensation.

I’m in what looks to be a hospital, but it’s not Golden Claw. I sit up, looking around at the beige walls and white tiled floor that glows in the bright sunlight pouring in from the window. I scan the room for a clue as to where I am when an unfamiliar but very handsome man catches my gaze.

“Mornin’, Sleeping Beauty,” his deep voice calls out.

I scramble backward, wrapping my arms around myself and end up smacking my head against a monitor parked near the bed.

“Ouch, easy princess, no one is going to hurt you,” the man says, his face softening. His hands are up in surrender as he steps forward. He pulls a chair up behind him and sits at the edge of the bed.

“I’m Bennet, and you are at the Onyx Ridge pack. My alpha, Alpha Knox, found you