In A Wheelchair, They Still Can Only Look Up to Me Chapter 07

In A Wheelchair, They Still Can Only Look Up to Me Chapter 07

The first thing I did after waking up was ask the 

staff to reject every single visitation request from 

the Vale family. The Agent asked me, “Really? Not 

even a single visit?” 

I watched the snow falling outside the window 

and gave a small nod. 

I’d spent nineteen years waiting for them to 

choose me. And it took just one surgery to see 

clearly that they could take that choice back at 

any moment. 

So there was no point in seeing them again. 

After a long course of treatment, I officially 

entered the Northern Institute of Medical 

Research. 

My wolf had been severely damaged, and my body 

could no longer handle physical training. So I 

poured all the time I used to spend on skating and 

cheerleading into medical research. 

I started from the most basic cellular experiments, 

studying infection control after bone marrow 

transplants, the relationship between werewolf 

self–healing abilities and nerve damage. 

Sometimes I’d work through the entire night. The 

institute was empty in the early hours, with only 

the glow of the instruments keeping me company. 

But I didn’t feel lonely. 

At least data would never suddenly decide that my 

pain was a lie just because someone else seemed 

more fragile. 

Researcher Kieran was on the same project team 

as me. 

He’d save me a cup of hot coffee, tap on my desk 

when I lost track of time, and quietly stay with me. 

through blizzard nights as we waited for the final 

batch of results. 

In the third winter, he held out a ring engraved with 

cedar patterns and confessed to me. 

“Isolde, I’m not doing this out of pity. I want to 

choose you, every single day, for the rest of our 

lives.” 

Everyone in the lab held their breath. 

I looked at that ring, and all I felt was a dull ache in 

my chest. 

“I’m sorry, Kieran.” 

I pushed the ring back toward him. 

“I’ve been hurt too deeply by being ‘chosen.‘ If being chosen only means you can be cast aside. someday, I’d rather never be chosen by anyone at 

all.” 

Kieran didn’t push. He simply put the ring away 

and continued working alongside me as a 

colleague. 

Years passed. I led the team that cracked the 

most stubborn infection problem in Pack bone 

marrow transplants. The treatment protocol named after me was rolled out across all Packs in 

the North, saving countless lives that would have been lost to post–surgical infections. 

My identity was finally declassified after the 

project ended. 

The Federation decided to hold the highest 

medical honor ceremony for me at Snowcrest 

Hall. 

On the day the news was announced, I received a 

special request. 

Garrick and Selene were no longer Alpha and Luna. They’d donated almost all of their remaining assets just to secure two spectator seats through 

a charity auction. 

The application had only one sentence on it, 

[We don’t dare ask her to come home. We just 

want to see with our own eyes what the child we 

failed has become.] 

I stared at that sentence for a long time. 

Finally, I said to the Agent, 

“Let them come.”