Shifted Fate (Amy)

Instantly I was back on the table, having this man cut my pup out of me. I growled so viciously that Rick paled. "Are you okay?"

His words were soft, and panicked. I stared at the doctor, who froze.

Luke raised his hands in surrender. "Hey, I know I'm new, but I'm just here to help."

Nix scoffed. Eat him. 1

Megan laughed. But she shook her head. He's innocent. Even back then, it was Brandon that alpha commanded him to hurt us.

I don't care, he killed our pup. Nix snapped.

But he allowed us to hold him in the last seconds. I called back to her, and I watched as she settled.

Fine, but just this time. Nix stalked off into the trees and Megan followed.

I'll watch over her. Send a call when we can heal you.

I turned my attention back to Luke. I felt my chest tighten as I remembered him covered in our blood. But I shook from the pain.

"It's fine." I whispered to Rick, and he laid me down on the table.

"What happened?" Luke got to work checking me over. "Rogue attack?"

I scoffed. Rick looked towards the door. "Alpha."

THe doctor stopped and looked towards the door. "Where?"

I couldn't help it. I laughed. "No, he means I was attacked by the alpha. Or the alpha to be, anyway." Luke froze.

"Are you kidding me?" I shook my head and yelped from the pain. Luke's face darkened. "I'll be right back." He walked out of the

room and I looked at Rick, who just raised a shoulder.

"I don't have any clue." He started to look antsy.

"What's wrong?" I raised my eyebrow, and he blew out a breath.

"I'm just worried." He looked at me and then back to the door.

It took a minute, but I clued in. "Go."

He shook his head. "You're hurt."noveldrama

"I'm fine. You got me here." I patted his arm. "I can do the rest myself."

He looked back at me. "But-"

"But nothing." I shook my head slow. "I know you're worried about your family after helping me. Go." I pushed him as hard as I

could, but he turned to me and tried to hand me my bag. I looked up at him, confused.

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"While you were busy with Vince and Brandon, I grabbed your bag, laptop, and phone." He placed it on my bed beside me. "I figured you would want these with you." He was looking at me in such a way I knew he really meant he knew I wouldn't want

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I nodded. "Thank you."

He nodded. "Dinner?"

I cracked a smile. "Is still on."

He nodded, then turned. "Stay safe."

I pulled my phone out. "You too." I sent him a text in code. Telling him to take Shelly and Abby to the house, and gave him my back door code. He checked his phone as he walked out. Rick turned, caught my eye, and he gave a tiny nod before he waved. Then

he was gone.

I laid down on my bed and waited for the doctor to return. Nix was still on edge. I could hear her deep in the woods, but at least I

could call for my wolves if anything happened.

Luke walked back into the room and I felt my body tense. He must have caught me, because he slowed down and raised his hands again. He waved the phone in his hand. "I just went to get my phone. If you're okay with it, I would really like to take pictures, so I

can include it with my report to Rowan."

My eyes grew wider. "Rowan?"

He nodded. "The king. I trained to be a doctor in the royal pack. All doctors do."

He came closer. "Can I document this?"

I nodded. "Will you send this directly to him?"

He nodded. "Yeah. I took a little longer grabbing my phone because I already called him. He's expecting the pictures."

I sighed and then nodded. "Great. Just what I need." I sighed. "Go ahead."

He took pictures of my face from different angles. And then checked my face. He clicked a button and then started talking. "Patient has a broken cheek. Possible broken occipital bone, both eyes have broken blood vessels. Nose is broken, in what looks to be three spots." He hissed as he checked my lip. "Split lip." He pulled away. "Is there anything else?"

I nodded. I nodded to my side. "I'd love to help, but I have a rib sticking through my side."

He cursed, put the phone down on the bed, and grabbed some scissors. He slowly cut my shirt away from me. Then he started talking to himself again. "Patient has her six and seventh ribs protruding through her skin." He sniffed near the hole. “She's also bleeding into her lung." He turned back to me. "Why aren't you healing? Do you know if you have ingested wolfsbane?"

I heard a soft growl, but my head was pounding, so I just hushed Nix. "No wolfsbane."

"Is that Amy?" I heard a faint voice, but my brain caught up to all the pain. The darkness took me before I could answer.