My Alpha Stepbrother's Dirty Secret novel Chapter 186

CHAPTER 77

RYAN’S POV

“Doctor! Doctor! Doctor! Please, help! Someone help!” I yelled at the top of my voice as Anna was being rushed in on the stretcher, her gown soaked in blood, her face pale, and her body frighteningly still. My chest was ripping apart, my legs weak, but I didn’t stop running alongside the nurses as if me screaming would somehow keep her alive.

“Let me take over!” Dr. Kellan’s voice boomed, sharp and commanding, and in that moment he pushed the nurses aside and grabbed the stretcher. He had flown all the way from Nivelle for my inauguration, but now it was as if fate had planted him here just for this moment. His hands were steady, his eyes laser–focused, and before I could blink, he was wheeling her straight into the emergency room.

“Ryan, you can’t come in,” he barked at me. “We need space. She’s losing too much blood. If you want her alive, wait outside!”

“No, no, please–I can’t-” My voice cracked, my body fighting to push past, but two nurses held me back.

“That’s my mate! That’s my baby in there! Please!”

“Ryan!” Dr. Kellan shouted without even looking at me as the doors slammed shut. “If you love her, then wait outside and let us do our job!”

I froze. My chest was heaving, my fists shaking, my throat closing up, but I stumbled back, dragging both hands through my hair in pure frustration as I hit the wall and almost slid down to the floor. My mind was spinning, my wolf clawing at me from the inside, screaming at me to break the doors down and go to her, but my body… my body was frozen.

And then, all at once, I heard footsteps. Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grandpa, Beta Logan, Gamma Steve, and Alex came rushing down the hallway. Mom’s face was already soaked with tears. Dad’s jaw was clenched tight. Grandma clutched Grandpa’s arm for support.

“What happened? Ryan, what happened to her?” Mom cried, rushing to me, her hands gripping my shoulders as if shaking me would give her the answer.

“How is she? Tell me she’s okay!” Grandma’s voice cracked as she stepped closer, her eyes wide with fear.

I couldn’t take it. I growled loudly, running both hands roughly through my hair, the sound tearing from my chest so raw that it echoed through the entire corridor.

“I don’t know!” I shouted, my voice breaking. “I don’t fucking know! She was fine, she was inside the hall, and then–then someone found her in a pool of blood at the damn staircase!” My throat burned as I slammed my fist against the wall. “I should’ve been there! I should’ve protected her!”

“Son…” Dad started, his voice low but tight, but I snapped my head up, my eyes burning.

“Alex!” I barked, my voice sharp, cold, Alpha–heavy. The entire hallway seemed to tremble with the authority in it. “Find out who the hell did this to my Anna. Now!”

“Yes, Alpha,” he said with absolute respect, his tone leaving no room for doubt. He turned on his heel and sprinted down the hall, already pulling out his phone.

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