Alpha Dom and His Human Surrogate

Chapter 267 – My Mate, Covered in Blood

Sinclair

I roar as I stumble through the doors of the hospital, my bleeding mate clutched in my arms.

Everyone in the emergency room freezes doctors, nurses, patients. Everyone. The noise that comes from me is unending, a demand, a plea, a threat. I am halfway between states now – my eyes filled with the wolf’s flame, my hands ending in razor-sharp claws.

She breathes against my chest, barely. Blood drips from her.

The bond I can barely feel it, between she and I-

And my child-

I take a breath, then, glaring around the room, and open my mouth to shout again, “DOCTOR,” I cry.

“Get me a doctor! NOW!”

The room collectively jumps at this, patients clearing away from the desk and heading towards the sides of the room, the nurses leaping to their feet. A doctor strides forward – one I don’t recognize but he’s here, damn it, he’d better be good –

“Come,” he commands, stopping a few feet from us and then gesturing backwards towards the door to the treatment rooms. He doesn’t need to look any closer to know that she needs immediate

care. “This way, fast.”

I stride after him as he shouts out commands on his way. In my arms, Ella is deathly pale, passed out, hardly breathing. I glance down at her, at her beautiful face, her rose-gold hair falling across

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She’s strong I know she’s strong –

But she’s given so much. I grit my teeth, growling, livid with the universe for asking this much of

her. I will not lose her to this.

doctors gather around us as we move down the hall, the doctor who first met us at the entrance taking lead and giving commands left and right. They move quickly, efficiently, bringing forward machines and tools as

many months?” The doctor asks, looking closely at Ella’s face as I lay her down on the bed as

of days, but

this point. 2

murmurs, and then glances up at me. “Too soon for an early

survive,” I growl, grabbing the man by his coat and bringing his face close to mine. “And she as well. You will do everything – you will

to his credit, does

eyes angry as

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Mate, Covered

step away from me and brushes off his coat, keeping his eyes on mine. “I will move mountains for her, sir,” he bites out, his voice still low. “I will do everything I can to help her survive. We owe you that. But it will not be helped by you losing your temper.

between us. “You dare take that tone with me?” I ask, my voice low with warning. “I am your

chests almost meeting, glaring up into my eyes. “You may be our King, sir, but I am the

the growl rip from my throat then, but I turn my

that bed –

pride is not worth her sacrifice. I glare at the doctor but step away. “Do your work,” I snarl, folding my arms across my chest and stepping to the head of her bed. The doctor holds my

with people, with beeping machines and IV’s and tanks of oxygen. They work quickly. Almost before I can comprehend it, Ella has a mask over her face to help her breathe, wires and tubes plugged into her arms. The nurses cut

away at the sight, but I refuse myself that indulgence. If she can endure it, then I can surely stand to watch. So I stare, following their

comprehend.

is in their hands, not mine. And it kills me to

that there’s nothing I

Ella’s stomach. Then, they turn towards a screen, murmuring as they try to look at my child,

state.

cannot see a heartbeat on the screen. My stomach drops and I hear a moan. A moment later,

and turning to me. Her uterus is torn,

focusing my eyes

is apologetic as he utters his next words. “It’s not good, Sir. If it were anyone else, I’d…I’d instruct my team to

him, taking two instinctual steps forward. “You will save them both,”