“Where the hell is the doctor?” Luke demanded.
“He might still be in the safe room,” the nurse said. “Luna
Kristie didn’t want him to leave until the attack was confirmed over.”
“What? We called the all clear,” Luke struggled not to snarl.
Snapping at the nurse certainly wouldn’t help.
“It’s what the Luna said,” the nurse shook her head.
“Then why are you here?” Luke asked. Certainly the nurse had been in the safe room too.
“Blake and Emma were so panicked I knew it had to be Phoebe that was hurt,” the nurse said as she cleaned and disinfected the wounds. “I wasn’t going to let anyone stop me.”
“You know Phoebe?” Jason looked at the nurse for the first time.
“She’s pretty much my best friend,” the nurse nodded.
“You’re name?”
“Bridget.”
Jason felt Lobo relax. If the nurse was Phoebe’s friend then she could be trusted. He turned his focus back to Phoebe resting his forehead on hers trying to reach her through their untested link
“I don’t think her leg is broken,” Bridget announced. “I just have to close the lacerations. Hey you!”
“Me?” Luke blinked startled by her informal tone.
“Yes. Wash up and glove up.”
“I don’t know anything about medicine.”
“I don’t need your opinion,” Bridget snapped. “I need your hands. Help me for Goddess’s sake!”
Luke hesitated before hurrying to the sink. He scrubbed quickly before snapping on a pair of latex gloves and coming to the nurses side.
“Stand here, now hold her leg so the edge of the wounds line up while I close them.”
Luke winced trying not to look as the nurse worked to close the deep gashes. After stitching the worst of the wounds she smeared a generous amount of a thick, yellowish balm over the injuries before bandaging the leg with practiced efficiency.
Jason tried not to watch. The sight of his mate’s blood only infuriated his distraught wolf. Instead he continued to rest his forehead against Phoebes breathing her scent and hoping their physical contact soothed her.
“Phoebe, angel?”
“…Um, Alpha?”
Jason looked up at Bridget.
“You’re Phoebe’s second chance mate, aren’t you?”
“You know?”
Bridget nodded, “I might be the only one who knows about her rejection. I don’t think she even told her parents.”
“Do you…”
“No. She never told me but I assumed they were a pack member given how she avoided the packhouse.”
Jason nodded. It was probably best he didn’t know. Turning back to Phoebe he kissed her hand. Physical contact and her scent were the only things keeping him sane.
“Alpha! How’s Luna?” Cam and Noah suddenly burst into the exam room.
The warriors wore only borrowed shorts given to them by their reinforcements. They were also covered in wounds though thankfully none of their injuries seemed fatal. Cam did have a rather deep gash in his shoulder however.
“Alpha we…” Noah suddenly froze blinking in confusion.
His brow furrowed as he stared at Bridget. It was several moments before he said, “Mate.”
Bridget shivered her eyes wide in wonder at the unexpected meeting. She knew a long time ago her mate wasn’t a member of their pack and hadn’t had much hope in ever finding them. She didn’t move as Noah closed the distance between them gently cupping her chin in his palm and staring at her as if memorizing every inch of her face.
“Alpha?” the door opened again as Chaz entered.
Noah jumped spinning around and growling as he stood between his mate and the unmated male.
“Whoa, easy,” Chaz held up his hands in surrender. “We got an issue.”
“I’ll say. This pack is screwed if their doctors are so incompetent they don’t even show up,” Luke snorted.
“That’s not even the half of it.” Chaz shook his head herding a pair of pups into the room and helping them sit on another exam bed.
“Pups?” Luke raised an eyebrow.
“Blake. Emma.” Bridget immediately went to them checking them for any injuries something she hadn’t been able to do in her rush to help Phoebe.
“The Luna here wouldn’t let them into the safe room, something about them using up all the oxygen or some s**t,” Chas growled.
“Luna Kristie is always like that,” the little girl said. “She hates us.”
“Why?” Luke asked curious and impressed by the pup’s forwardness in a small room surrounded by warriors.
“Because we don’t have a mommy or a daddy,” Emma answered.
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