Chapter 17
~Landon~
I’m not sure that I’ve ever driven as fast before. Lincoln stayed in the backseat with Tia, and I focused
on getting us to the Moonlight Pack as quickly as possible. Someone hurt our mate, and I was
seething. It was taking everything in me to keep Goliath at bay and keep myself level-headed. I want to
freak out……I want to scream and cry. I want to find those responsible and rip their hearts out.
Instead…..instead I stay focused and logical. Instead, I take control and make sure we can get to the
pack in one piece so Tia can be helped.
We are allowed right through the gates, and we make our way straight to the clinic. There are nurses
waiting out front with a gurney. As soon as I park the car, the nurses approach the back door to get Tia
out of the car. They load her up, and Lincoln and I follow her inside. We part ways with her when the
doctor joins the procession into the operating room.
Lincoln and I are tempted to go in and make sure our mate is taken care of, but we know that we need
to let the medical staff do their job. “Gentlemen, I’m d you guys could make it safely.” I turn and look
right at Alpha Brenner. He had weed us into his pack to train when we took our time out to look for
our mate. We developed a good rapport with him despite his daughter. Jenna is Alpha Brenner’s
daughter, and she is two years younger than us. The minute we arrived, she was determined to make
her presence known and get us to see her as a potential mate.
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Jenna is an attractive she-wolf. She has light blue eyes and long blonde hair. She is about 5’10 and
thin. She is a typical Alpha’s daughter, you can say. She is used to being important and idolized. I hate
to say that ‘humble’ isn’t part of her design, though her father doesn’t know that. She is very skilled at
being two different people. She was always very sweet and demure around her parents, but when they
were gone, then her true nature shined through.
I nce around the waiting room, but Jenna is nowhere to be found, much to my joy. “Thank you so
much for allowing us toe here; being willing to help our mate.”
“There is no reason to thank me. This is the right thing to do. What happened?” Lincoln flops into a seat
and sighs. I look at him and can feel his pain and sadness through our bond.
“We don’t know. When we found her, she was already like……like that. There were no clues or
evidence to point us in any direction.” Brenner sighs and sits next to Lincoln. I start to pace the room,
and we wait. Each second feels like forever and never-ending. I keep watching the doors, praying for
the doctors to walk through and tell me that everything is fine. Hearing that would put me out of my
misery. It would help me be able to breathe again because right now, I’m suffocating.
People are walking in and out of the waiting room. Some are waiting themselves, and others simply
work in the clinic. Some havee to speak with Brenner, who has been nice enough to sit with us. I
know he has pack duties to attend to, but he is here instead. Some people give us sympathetic
nces, and some look at us with wonder. A few people who recognize us from our stay have given a
wave or a nod but seem to realize that it would be best not to approach. Lincoln shifts from time to
time. He is either sitting back, or he is leaning forward with his head in his hands, but he never leaves
his seat. I continue to pace back and forth. I can’t find it in me to rx enough to sit down in a seat, so I
choose to stay on the move.
I’m mid-stride when a throat clears behind me. I turn around to see a doctor standing with a solemn
look on his face. This doesn’t bode well and makes my stomach clench. I can’t move; my feet are glued
to the floor. I feel a hand on my shoulder, and I rx a bit. I can get through anything with my brother
by my side. I look at him, and he gives me a slight nod, even with the fear evident in his eyes. We walk
towards the doctor and stop a few feet in front of him.
“She seems to be stable, but…….” S**t, there is a ‘but.’ “Her body has gone through substantial
damage. There was wolfsbane in her blood stream and we had to filter it out as best we could. Her
wounds were made with silver which is why they weren’t closed, along with the wolfsbane. We stitched
those closed. There was swelling on the brain, and the extent of that is unknown at this moment.” The
doctor sighs, and I can feel tears falling down my face. I can’t believe this; it’s all too much. My brother
asks the question that I can’t bring to my lips.
“Will she be okay?” The doctor sighs again.
“It will be touch and go for a while. She needs her wolf to heal her, but her wolf isn’t here at the
moment. I suggest you two stay with her. She may not have her wolf right now, but her mates should
help her heal.” The doctor walks toward us and ces a hand on each of our shoulders. “The next 24
hours will be critical.” He pats us and walks away. A nursees and takes us into Tia’s hospital room.
She is hooked up to monitors that are beeping. She looks to be simply resting. When we get closer,
she looks so pale and sickly. A sob escapes my lips, seeing my mate this way. There are already chairs
on each side of her bed. Lincoln takes one, and I take the other. We both grab her hand and prepare
for the long day ahead.