Chapter 15
Chapter 15
“Sooo, you’re more stubborn than brave?”
“Call it what you will. I wasn’t going to leave you to die,” I say.
“Thank you.”
I wait for more, and when there isn’t, I look up at him. “For what?”
“For getting me out of that bear trap, for not leaving when I could have been killed, and for not letting Dr. Stevens take my leg.”
“He really needs to retire,” I say.
“Which is why you’re going to replace him,” he says arrogantly.
“I am not going to replace him, Warren. I have school. I have…labs and exams and things like that.
“We can talk to the school and figure out the labs. As I said, and you must know, you’ll get more opportunity to practice your skills here in my pack than you will in some human school’s laboratory. And exams can be taken online. People do it all the time. Any other arguments that I can negate for
you?” he asks me.
“So arrogant,” I mutter angrily.
“Confident,” he says.
“What?” I ask, frowning.
“I’m not arrogant, I’m confident. There’s a difference.”
“How do you keep hearing what I’m saying?” I ask him.
“How long have you been living with humans? I think you’ve forgotten how sensitive a werewolf’s hearing is and I’m an Alpha, mine’s more sensitive than most.”
UGH! I’ve been living with humans long enough that I’ve gotten used to muttering to myself without others being able to hear me. Now, I’m going to have to start being careful what I say so I don’t
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offend anyone.
There’s a knock at the door.
“Come in.” Warren calls out.
“Does no one know that this is a surgery room?” I mutter, already forgetting that he can hear me.
“Uh, excuse me doctor. I have one of the omegas here that sews our clothing, but she says she doesn’t know how to sew up a warrior,” Warren’s Beta, Charlie, says. I turn and see a wide–eyed young woman staring at Warren’s leg on the table.
“Give me a moment, I’ll be right there,” I say, quickly taking a towel and covering his leg. I don’t want to have to smell vomit while I work.
Charlie takes her from the room and I turn back to Warren’s leg. “Okay, I have all the small pieces underneath back in place. There are going to be some slivers that I won’t be able to put back in, but hopefully Arric can work around the small pieces of missing bone.”
“I’m a strong Alpha wolf, mate. I’ll make it work,” he says, once again sounding like he’s strutting proudly for me.
“Right. So, I’m going to put the big bone fragment against the existing bone and let you start healing it while I go check on these other warriors. When I come back, I’ll finish putting the smaller pieces over top and then we can get you sewn up and nearly back to normal, Alpha.”
“Warren, Yara. Call me Warren,” he says and I can hear the fatigue in his voice.
I look up into his brownish–green eyes, his very expressive eyes. And right now, those eyes look exhausted. I move closer to him and put my hands on his chest, pushing him back into a lying down position.
“Why don’t you rest while I’m gone?” I say gently. “You’ve had a long day and your body needs to heal.” I watch as his eyes start to drift closed. I know it’s a bad idea, I know I shouldn’t, but my fingers have been itching to touch him since I’ve seen him too. I gently run my fingers through his hair, feeling how soft it is in the places where it isn’t covered in blood.
“Sleep, Warren, I’ll be here when you wake up.”
I’m not sure what makes me do it, but I lean in and press my lips to his, hearing him sigh as his body falls into a deep sleep.
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“Sleep well, Warren,” I whisper in his ear, then I cover his leg and step out of the room, letting his Beta know that someone needs to watch the room and protect their Alpha while I go help the nurses and omegas in the hospital.
Charlie
I can see why our Alpha is intrigued with his mate. She’s a feisty little thing. I am, however, surprised that he’s not putting her in line for all of the things she’s muttering under her breath. On the contrary, he seems to find it amusing.
Before Dr. Yara came out and told me that Alpha Warren needed guards on his room, he had mind linked me telling me that I needed to send some people to get her clothes and her car.
“Make sure you scan it for trackers, he’d said.
When she walks out of Alpha’s room, she looks like she was made to be the head doctor of a pack hospital. She may lack confidence in certain things, but medical knowledge and concern for her patients isn’t one of them.
“Dr. Yara, Alpha Warren asked me to get your clothes and your car. If you’d tell me where they are, I’ll be happy to go get them and bring them here.”
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