“Lucian.”
Chapter 0018
Lucian’s FONV
Ending the call with Dr. A. I lowered my phone to my desk. Then, I a minute breathe it succ and relief filling me.
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Outside my office door. I saw Ben, my Beta, walk by
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Aria: her height and weight, and what could be found of her background. On the other side was Dr. A’s Information, which was harder to come by, so the pile was smaller.
Immediately, I leaned forward and started comparing the two stacks.
Ben watched me with a curious expression. “Forgive me, Alpha, but what is the purpose of this?”
Thummed. “I feel Aria and Dr. A might be the same person
Ben reeled backwards in shock. Eyes wide, he said, “Don’t joke, Alpha! How could that be possible? Luna is just an ordinary wolf from an orphanage!”
Looking through the materials of Aria’s past, I noticed that apart from taking medical courses during her days as a student, she had no direct overlap with Dr. A.
As far as the records were concerned, Aria was totally ordinary in every way, while Dr. A was dazzling
“Aria has taken medical courses…” I said aloud. That wasn’t nearly enough to connect her to Dr. A, but no coincidence, however small, could be ignored.
“Everyone dreams of becoming a Healer, with all that status and recognition,” Ben said,
“A kid from an orphanage would be no exception. Almost everyone in the pack has taken medical courses, but when all is said and done, hardly anyone actually has the talent to be a Healer.”
I frowned deeper than before. What Ben was saying was true, but something about this still felt off to me.
“It’s normal for someone to take medical courses,” Ben continued. “Luna can’t be Dr. A.”
While I mostly agreed with Ben, I couldn’t ignore my own feelings on the matter.
The incident at the bar had been too coincidental. Dr. A had emerged from that bar bathroom, while Aria had totally disappeared. Aria could have sneaked out a window to avoid me, or maybe… Could she have disguised herself as Dr. A to avoid confrontation with me?
“Her scent is different than Aria’s,” Max said in my mind. Dr. A smelled… off. We know Aria’s scent well enough to know the two are incompatible.”
“There could be explanation for that…” I replied, but I wasn’t totally sure what that explanation could be. The scent blockers on the market only dimmed a person’s smell. They didn’t alter it into nothing, as Aria would have needed to do, if she were in fact Dr. A.
Scent aside, there were other factors that drew me to this conclusion.
Flipping through Dr. A’s side of the folder, I realized there was less information on her than I’d earlier presumed. We had no record of her past. It was if she just appeared on the scene one day, arriving out of nowhere.
That added to her mystery and her allure, which fascinated me but also frustrated me.
If Dr. A had a clearer past, I could discount Aria and know for sure that the two were different people.
As it was, I just didn’t have enough information, even with these investigative files, to make a conclusion one way
or the other.
With a short, huffy exhale, I sat back in my chair.
Ben continued to watch me. His opinion on the matter was clear: in no universe, could Aria and Dr. A be the same
person.
Even to me, it seemed far–fetched. Aria wasming and reserved, seemingly preferring to hide in my :
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than to walk at my side. Dr. A was confident and strong. The fame didn’t seem to bother her. In fact, she didn’t seem to notice it at all.
They were two very different people, with very different personalities.
I could understand Ben’s disbelief that I would even try to make this connection, but I just couldn’t shake this feeling.
Standing near Dr. A, looking down at her…
In those moments, I had been so sure she was Aria.
Could they possibly be the same person?
