“Leave!” he ordered sending his alpha authority into his words. “Go home and stay there. You are not welcome here!”
“J-Jason…”
“Get her out of my sight and off my land!” Jason shoved her aside.
Luke and Ben were immediately on their feet and roughly escorted her to the door linking pack members for a car and her things. On their way out, they passed Noah and Bridget on a tour of the packhouse.
“Oh Bridget!” Phoebe eagerly called her over. “Do you have any balm with you?”
“Why? What happened?” Bridget immediately fell silent at the sight of the omega. She shared a grim knowing look with Phoebe. “I have some here. Take her to the pack hospital and I’ll grab it.”
No other words past between them as Phoebe gently escorted the omega out of the cafeteria following her directions to the pack hospital. Jason followed curious about what she planned. Lucille, Norah and the others also trailed behind.
Reaching the hospital Phoebe looked at the nurses, “We need to examine room please, a quiet one.”
They hesitated at her request but complied under Jason’s scrutiny. Phoebe sat the omega down and continued to clean her wounds knowing the cool water helped ease the burning sensation of silver.
“Alpha,” the doctor arrived. She was a pretty she wolf with an air of authority even Jason couldn’t dare overrule when it came to medical procedure and knowledge.
“Doctor Evans,” Jason acknowledged not taking his gaze off his mate.
“What happened?” Doctor Helen Evans looked in on the exam room and saw the strange she wolf nursing an injured omega. “Who’s that?”
“My mate.”
Helen blinked surprise looking at her Alpha with wide eyes.
Like everyone else she heard the rumors but she hadn’t expected to see her new Luna calmly cleaning wounds while she chatted with the injured omega.
“What’s your name?” Phoebe asked trying to take the young she wolf’s attention away from the injury.
“Shannon.”
“That’s a beautiful name.”
“Her name is Phoebe,” Jason told the doctor watching his mate. “Apparently Katrina used silver to scratch the omega’s face. The cut looks pretty deep.”
“Oh dear,” Helen shook her head looking again at the unfortunate omega.
Werewolves had amazing regenerative capabilities but silver wounds were the exception. For them silver acted like a caustic agent causing chemical burns and slowed their natural regenerative abilities. Wounds caused by silver never healed properly and were guaranteed to scar. While a silver wound could be seen as a badge of honor for a warrior for a young, unmated she wolf being maimed for life was a daunting prospect.
“I got it!” Bridget announced scooting past their audience. “
Oh, pardon me, doctor.”
Helen nodded having already been introduced to the new, prospective nurse. She had conducted an informal interview and was impressed by Bridget’s herbal knowledge and medical skill. She didn’t interfere with Bridget as she took Phoebes place and began to treat the omega. This would certainly be a good practical test.
First Bridget used novocaine to deaden the pain and stitched the worst of the wounds closed. The bleeding had all but stopped making it easy to work. Before bandaging she opened a small canister and generously smeared the yellowish balm over the wounds.
“There, I’ll need to see you in a couple days to check on the healing and reapply the balm,” Bridget said. “All right?”
The omega nodded fighting tears, “H-how bad is it going to scar?”
“It’s too soon to tell but I think we’ll be able to avoid scarring completely.”
“R-really?”
Bridget smiled encouragement, “Try to keep the bandage dry.”
“Okay. Thank you! Luna, thank you.”
“Of course,” Phoebe smiled
They saw the hopeful omega off and Phoebe suddenly found herself wrapped in Jasons protective embrace. He nuzzled her whispering, “You were amazing.”
She blushed noticing he wasn’t alone. Norah, Lucille, Mona, the pups as well as Luke and Ben had joined them along with Noah who had followed his mate.
“Not bad,” Helen nodded to Bridget after she tossed her gloves and washed up. “But it would be wise not to get the patients hopes too high.”
“Sorry?”
“Silver wounds scar pretty badly no matter how well they are treated,” Helen said.
“I know. That’s why I used this,” Bridget said giving her the container of balm.
“What’s this?”
“It’s a healing salve. It helps silver wounds heal and prevents scarring.”
“What!”
Bridget jumped as everyone exclaimed in one voice. She stared from one to another before sharing a look with Phoebe who seemed equally startled.
“How? Where did this come from?” Helen asked.
“We made it, Bridget said nodding to Phoebe.
“We?” Jason stared at Phoebe.
“Bridget did all the work. We just used my kitchen to mix and experiment,” Phoebe explained with a shrug.
“I’m going to need more information than that” Helen said.
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