Bound To The Broken Alpha (Amy and Daniel) novel Chapter 131

Chapter 131 Go Back To Her

CLARA

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The smell of antiseptic was the first thing that hit me, the same smell every hospital carries and it was becoming a norm for me.

Another hospital bed. Another day pretending that what’s killing me has a name the doctors

can treat.

My skin burned as though something beneath it wanted out, and every bone in my body throbbed like it was being pried apart.

They called it an infection. They ran tests, whispered to each other, and wrote notes like they were solving a puzzle that made sense on paper.

But I knew better. It wasn’t an infection but I’d managed to convince Mark that I needed to be here so he would stop asking questions about what really happened. He wouldn’t understand anyway. He never did.

He was sitting beside me again, as if keeping vigil could undo anything. He looked tired.

I kept my eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. It was easier that way. Pretending meant I didn’t have to deal with his voice, his pity, or his desperate attempts to make things right.

After a while, I heard him sigh. “You look worse,” he said quietly.

I opened my eyes then, turning my head just enough to look at him. “Thanks,” I muttered. My voice sounded rough, unfamiliar. “You can go.”

He didn’t move. Just sat there, hands clasped, staring at me like I was some tragic painting he couldn’t stop analyzing.

“I miss you,” he said finally.

A laugh escaped before I could stop it. Bitter and tired. “No, you don’t. You miss Amy. You always did.”

“That’s not true.”

“Then why do you keep looking at me like I’m her?” I asked. “You think I don’t notice! Ev time you talk to me, it’s like you’re talking to a ghost,”

He looked down, guilt flickering across his face. “Clara, I’m here because I care. Because matter what happened, you’re-”

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“Don’t say it,” I cut in, voice rising. “Don’t tell me I’m still part of your life. You threw me out moment she turned her back on you.”

“That’s not fair.”

“Neither was what we did,” I snapped. “You want to pretend it was love? It wasn’t. It was two broken people using each other to fill a hole.”

He reached for my hand and I let him, only for a moment. His touch was warm, too warm. It reminded me of everything I’d lost everything I’d ruined.

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When he started to pull away, I grabbed his wrist and yanked him closer. I kissed him before could say anything else. For a second, he didn’t resist. Maybe guilt. But then he pulled back, breath uneven.

“Clara, don’t,” he said softly. “This isn’t what I want. I just want to be here for you that.”

“Get out,” I yelled.

“Clara-”

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“Get out!” I shouted again, voice cracking. “Go back to Amy if that’s what you want!”

He stood there for a second, like he might try to argue, then turned and walked out without another word. The door shut with a dull click.

The silence that followed was deafening.

I stared at the door until my vision blurred, then dragged myself out of bed and onto the cold tile floor. My hospital gown clung to my skin, damp with sweat. My body felt like it was breaking apart, but I didn’t care. Pain had become background noise by now.

I pressed my palms against the floor, breathing hard, trying not to scream. Everything hurt – my body, my mind, the memories. I wanted to claw them out of me.

After what felt like forever, I reached for my phone on the bedside table. My hands shook so badly that I almost dropped it. I scrolled through the contacts until I found the number Selene had given me months ago. No name, just digits. She’d told me to call if things ever got “too much.”

They were past too much now. When she answered, her voice was smooth, and calm. “Clara?”

I swallowed, my throat dry. “Tell Elias…” My voice faltered, then steadied. “Tell him I’ll do it. Whatever he wants… I’ll finish it.”

There was silence on the other end, a brief pause like she was deciding whether to believe me.

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Then, softly, “I’ll tell him.”

I hung up before she could say anything else.

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My hand trembled as I lowered the phone, and I let out a shaky laugh. It sounded wrong, like it didn’t belong to me.

I leaned against the wall and looked around the white walls, white sheets, white light. It all felt sterile and fake, like the world had been stripped of color. Maybe it was fitting. I’d bled the color out of everything I touched anyway.

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