My fingers trembled violently.
As expected, even though the timeline had changed in this lifetime, I still couldn't escape the fate of having my eye gouged out by Carlson's own hands.
Just then, the healer's assistant rushed in.
"Alpha! The scheduled anesthesia won't be arriving until tomorrow, and there's only one dose left. It's not enough for both of the patients!"
Carlson looked back and glanced at Selena, who was writhing in pain, then at me, lying on the operating table.
He didn't hesitate when he gave out his orders.
"Give Selena the dose."
The assistant hesitated. "But what about Ms. Radolf—"
"She is a white wolf. She has strong regenerative abilities. She can put up with it."
Carlson coldly interrupted the assistant's words as he began walking toward me menacingly with the scalpel in his hands.
He figured that it wasn't a big deal just to dig out one of my eyeballs. After all, he had killed many wolves and witnessed countless bloody battles, so this should be a piece of cake for him.
However, when he saw my eyes looking at him, he suddenly began sweating from his palms as memories from when we were ten flashed through his mind.
Back then, I had just gotten a minor scrape on my palm and immediately began wailing in pain, and he had to bribe me with ten lollipops to make me feel better.
Nobody knew how much I was afraid of pain more than he did.
He suddenly began to panic.
However, Selena's painful whines and whimpers still continued floating into his ears.
He forcefully suppressed the panic in his heart and spoke in a low voice that he probably didn't even realize was trembling a little.
"Don't be afraid, Ayna. I'll be gentle. It'll stop hurting very soon."
However, I just stared up at the ceiling blankly with my lifeless eyes like I never heard a word he said.
Excruciating pain instantly swept through my entire body the moment the sharp scalpel pierced into my eye socket.
It hurt so much that my veins immediately bulged with pain, and my body convulsed violently. However, I bit down on my lips and refused to let out a single peep.
Ultimately, I still passed out from the pain.
The surgery was over an hour later.
When I woke up again, I felt a horrible hollowness in my left eye that was also throbbing with pain.
I was now a disabled wolf.
I looked around the ward and realized that it was completely empty. Not a single soul was there with me.
I numbly forced a bitter smile on my lips, struggled to get to my feet, and stumbled out of the ward, relying on my only remaining right eye for sight.
Carlson was in the next-door ward, holding Selena's hand in his as he gently comforted her, "Alright, it shouldn't hurt anymore. You've only just received the eyeball. It's normal for you not to get used to it just yet."
When he saw me coming over, he averted his gaze for a split moment before frowning and saying, "Why aren't you resting in your bed?"
I didn't answer his question and instead said dryly, "Kindly keep your promise to me, Alpha Carlson, and make the announcement to the whole pack."
Carlson's expression fell as soon as he heard me say that. He thought that I was there to seek comfort from him, but I had only gone over to sever all ties with him.
"You're really—fine! Go ahead!"
He felt a surge of inexplicable anger welling up inside him. He raised his voice at me and said, "Since you're being such an ungrateful brat, then I'll just grant you exactly what you asked for! Neil!"
Carlson beckoned to Neil with a frustrated wave of his hand and told him to do just that.
A few minutes later, Neil published an official announcement on the top of the pack's online forum.
"Official Announcement: White Wolf Ayna Radolf will be leaving Moonshadow Pack at her own discretion. From this day onward, her fate is no longer in the hands of Alpha Carlson Moonclaw."
A relieved smile finally appeared on my pale face when I saw the announcement pinned to the top.
I didn't linger after that. I just dragged my wounded self and walked out of the healing center.
This was goodbye.
I never wanted to see Carlson ever again.
