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Chapter 29: Kingston
It had been two weeks since I brought A home from the hospital. I continued to sleep in the bed with
her after the first night she asked. I wasn’t about to turn down the opportunity to be so close to her. I
understood that it was because I had some kind of effect on the pain caused by her broken mate bond,
but I even saw that as a good sign.
I was more careful about how far I took things. I wanted her toe to me when she was sure she was
ready. There were still a few stolen kisses here and there between us, each one better than thest,
but we both made sure to stop things before they went any farther than that.
But it was getting harder.
I pulled into the parking deck of the hospital. A had been feeling a lot better. Her head wound and
ribs seemed to heal quicker than expected, so I pushed her follow–up forward to today. They would do
some x–rays and see if there was any progress with her broken leg.
I led her through the halls to the doctor’s office, where we were immediately sent to the radiology
department toplete the X–rays. The process went quickly – one of the perks of being the Alpha –
and we were heading back to see the doctor.
We figured it would still take some time before they had the results for us, but they were kind enough to
put us in a private room to wait.
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“So, have you thought more about what you want to do as far as a job goes?” I asked as I ran my
thumb along the back of her hand that I was holding.
She shrugged. “I still keeping back to either going back to school or getting into publishing. Maybe
even both. Goddess knows I’m used to keeping busy.”
“And you’re sure you don’t want to just keep writing? I’m sure finding you a new publisher wouldn’t be
hard.”
“Yeah, I think I want to take a break from novels for now,” she said. “I still love writing. But that still feels
so much like my old life. After everything that’s happened, I’m not sure I have the inspiration I used to.
I’ll go back to it one day. Just not right now.”
“Okay,” I said with a smile. That made my ns for after the appointment more exciting. I was hoping
she didn’t notice that I was about toe out of my skin with excitement.
There was a knock, and the doctor finally walked through the door.
“Ms. Garner,” he said politely. “It’s lovely to see you again. Especially in such great shape.”
“Yes,” A said with a smile. “I have been feeling much better.”
“I’m going to start with an examination, then we’ll go over the results of the x–rays.”
He checked A over thoroughly. I checked her bruising daily and knew they had all cleared up
completely. Even the
nastiest ones around her ribs. The stitches in her scalp had
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dissolved, and there was only a small raised scar where they
had been.
“Well, Ms. Garner, you appear to be in great shape,
considering you don’t have your wolf to heal you,” the doctor said. “In fact, you’re still healing rather
quickly. Including” – he rolled his chair across the floor and pulled out the X–ray images, clipping them
to the lightboard on the wall – “your leg. We had to put a small te in to restore the bone. In a human,
we would still expect to see space along the break line. But yours seems to have closed quite well
already.”
“Not that I’mining, but what do you think is causing that? I still don’t have my wolf. I haven’t
been able to reach her for weeks,” A inquired.
“It could be that your wolf isn’tpletely dormant. You’ve had her and shifted for years, so she may
have just blocked herself off from you. But that could mean you can still ess her residual healing
ability,” the doctor exined. “Even shifters whose animals stay dormant from the start still heal faster
than the average human. Not nearly as fast as a shifter with their animal, but still.”
“So, Dasha may still be watching out for you,” I told A.
The corners of her mouth twitched with a small smile.
“Either way, we can remove the cast today and switch you over to a walking boot.”
“So I don’t need the crutches any more?” A asked brightly.
“You may want to continue to use them for today while you adjust,” the doctor rified. “But you should
be good without them by tomorrow.”
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I waited while they removed her cast and fitted her in the
boot. The appointment took longer than expected, but I was d it was because A was doing so
well. When we finally got back to the SUV, I was ready to take her to the surprise I had for her.
“You ready?” I asked as she buckled in.
“For what?” she asked, confused.
“I have a surprise for you,” I said with a smile.Belongs to (N)?vel/Drama.Org.
I pulled out and headed straight for an office building on the other side of town. I scanned my badge for
the parking lot and found a spot close to the entrance.
“What is this ce?” A asked.
“There’s someone I want you to meet,” I said, squeezing her hand before I got out of the vehicle.
We entered the building, and I led her to the elevator. We rode it up to the fifth floor, and I took her
straight to a corner office at the end of the hall. The door was open, so I knocked on the doorjamb. The
woman behind the desk looked up and smiled.
“Alpha Kingston,” she said brightly, standing up and walking around the desk to greet me. “Wee.
And this must be the Ms. Garner you were telling me about.”
“Yes, A this is Erica DeSantos. She’s the lead publisher here at Second Story Publishing,” I
introduced. “Erica, this is A Garner.”
“It’s wonderful to meet you, Ms. Garner,” Erica said, shaking
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her hand. “Alpha tells me you’re the real Sabina Heartwood. I must say, I’m a big fan of your work.”
“Thank you,” A said with a smile. Although I could tell she was still confused. “It’s nice to meet you
as well.”
“I hope you don’t mind,” I started, “but when you were talking about finding a job after you first got here,
I reached out to Erica.”
“Well, we’ve talked a few times since then,” Erica cut in, “and he mentioned you were thinking about
possibly going into publishing, maybe even opening your own publishingpany.”
“Well, perhaps,” A said. “I hadn’t really nailed the details down yet.”
“That’s why you’re here,” I said. “Erica ns to retire in a few months but still hasn’t found anyone to
rece her. She wants to interview you and see if you are open to an internship.”
“I’d be training you to take over thepany,” Erica rified.
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