#Chapter 214 - Ethan Wakes

Ethan I blink my eyes open to bright white lights and the sterile scent of a hospital. It takes a few moments for my senses to focus on the details around me. At first I see only my surgeon’s face hovering above me. Has the surgery not begun yet? I wonder dazedly. I could have sworn I’d already started counting backwards for the anesthesiologist. But when my doctor speaks, there’s a smile in his voice. “Welcome back Ethan. Everything went perfectly. You’ve been asleep for a while, but your family is eager to see you.” My family, I muse, the wheels in my mind turning much too slowly. Does he mean Nina and Matthew? But even as I think these words, my wolf pipes up. I smell Jane. I smell the pups! They’re here! He exclaims. No, they can’t be. It’s not possible. I reply, groaning internally at the pain this simple fact causes me. Jane’s scent washes over me, much too potent to be my wolf’s imagination. Gentle fingers stroke my cheek, and the next thing I know, her sweet