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

1. it.

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.

of 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

The doctor asks, looking closely at Ella’s face as I lay her down on the

exact number of days, but frankly I don’t think it will

this point. 2

at me. “Too soon for

growl, grabbing the man by his coat and bringing his face close to mine. “And she as

his

he barks back at me, his eyes angry as

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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.

between us. “You dare take that tone with me?” I ask,

sir, but I am the Alpha in this surgery. And if you want me to save her life, you must back

I turn my head to

that bed –

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 gaze for a moment more and then does as I say, getting down to the

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 the clothes from her poor fragile body, strip her naked so that I

the sight, but I refuse myself that indulgence. If she can endure it,

can’t comprehend. It’s almost more than I can do to

course, but I know that her life is in their hands, not mine. And it

here and watch her fight knowing that there’s nothing I can do. As I

plugging it in as another quickly spreads clear jelly on Ella’s stomach.

state.

a heartbeat on the screen. My stomach drops and I hear a

me. Her uterus is torn, leaking blood at the cervix, and her organs are in failure – she

focusing my eyes on him. “Is

says, turning back to me. His voice is apologetic as he utters his next words. “It’s not good,

snar! at him, taking two instinctual steps forward. “You will save them both,” I demand,