“What the hell is wrong with you? You don’t leave a patient in the middle of surgery!””CHARLIE!” I bark.
“Dr. Stevens,” he says much more calmly than I am, holding the door open and gesturing for Dr. Stevens to leave. Dr. Stevens huffs, but walks out.
“My apologies, Alpha. Dr. Stevens is right. I shouldn’t leave in the middle of surgery.” She’s not looking at me and I look at Charlie who shrugs.
“What did you call me?” I ask, my irritation with Dr. Stevens tainting my tone.
Her head snaps up to mine. “Alpha?”
I crook my finger at her and she walks over to me. “And what did I tell you to call me?” I ask her, forcing my tone to be gentler as I take her chin between my thumb and forefinger, forcing her to hold my gaze.
“Warren,” she says, her dark green eyes nearly making me forget that I’m in a surgical room.
“Warren, I confirm, reluctantly releasing her. “Continue, Dr. Yara.” She nods and returns to my leg. I watch her take a deep breath before picking out several more bones until she finds the one she wants.”Arric?”
“Ready, my mate,” he says, beginning to purr which helps her to .
steady her hand and her nerves. When she does, I gesture for Charlie to return.
“Any other serious injuries that Dr. Stevens is threatening to do Something ridiculously over the top with?” I ask.
“Yours is the worst, Alpha. There are a couple with deep wounds that he’s washing out with alcohol.”
Yara sucks in air again and stands up straight looking at us.
“Not the right course of treatment?” I ask her, raising my eyebrow. I’m starting to trust her medical knowledge much more than my current doctor.
“Why wouldn’t he just stitch them up?” she asks.
“He said it would take too long and there are too many injured,” Charlie says, watching her closely. I like my Beta, a lot. But until my mate is wearing my mark, I don’t like all the interest he’s showing in her.
Yara, however, turns to me. “Don’t you have omegas in your packhouse who sew your clothing?””Yes,” I say, frowning at her.
“It’s basically the same. Yes, skin feels a bit different, it’s a bit tougher than fabrics, but they could do it and not cause the pain that pouring alcohol into their wounds is causing.” she says.
I look at Charlie. “Call the omegas, get them over here. Tell Dr. Stevens that he can go.”
“But who is going to assess the warriors?” he asks me.
“Have the nurses give a diagnosis and recommended treatment, then bring it in here to ask Dr. Yara’s opinion.”
“My opinion?” she asks me, obviously surprised.
“Yes, Yara. Your opinion. I’m beginning to think that you are the perfect replacement for Dr. Stevens.”
Yara—
Replacement? I can’t be a replacement. I’m not staying. As soon as Alpha…as soon as Warren’s leg is done, I’m out of here. I glance up at the broody Alpha and wonder if that’s true. Is he going to let me go?
The news about Simon has me worried. If there is a paper trail of his father helping me though medical school…he’ll find me.
“Arric?” I say distractedly, holding the bones together while he heals them.
I have to get my car, my clothes. I have to get back to school, I’m a resident, I can’t just up and leave.
“Tell me where your car is and I’ll have someone go get it. Same with your clothes. As far as your schooling goes, we’ll have to talk about you taking classes online and working your ‘residency’ did you call it, here,” Warren says.
I frown at him. “How did you…?”
“You were talking to yourself. It wasn’t hard to hear you.”
“I can’t leave school, Warren,” I say, looking at him like he’s crazy.”I didn’t say you’d be leaving school. I said you’d be doing your residency here. You can take classes online,” he says as if that Settles it.
“Excuse me? You can’t keep me here!”
He merely raises that damn eyebrow at me again. You’re not my Alpha.. I begin.
He leans forward.”What I am is your mate. Tell me truthfully, if I let you go back to school and I come to visit you in say a week’s time, will you still be there?
I look away, beginning to work on his leg again and refusing to answer him, Even if he wasn’t my mate, knowing that Simon may be able to figure out where I am, would have me transferring immediately.
“That’s what I thought and that, my dear mate, is why I’m not letting you leave.”
He sits back and both of us get lost in our own thoughts again as I let Arric know when I’m ready for him to heal the bones.”Why did you say I was brave earlier?”
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