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.

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 we approach a bed at the

at Ella’s face as I lay her down on

could tell him the exact number of days,

this point. 2

murmurs, and then glances up at me. “Too soon for an early cesarian. The child….it would

his face close to mine. “And she as well. You will do everything – you will move mountains, if I command it

his credit,

barks back at me, his eyes angry

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doctor takes a 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

close the distance between us. “You dare take that tone

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

rip from my throat then, but I turn my head to

that bed –

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 gaze for a moment more

Ella has a mask over her face to help her breathe, wires and tubes plugged

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,

professionals murmur to each other as they work, speaking in a medical language I can’t comprehend. It’s almost more than I can do to stand still, helpless. I have basic

their

her fight knowing that there’s nothing I can do. As I watch, a

ultrasound machine, plugging it in as another quickly spreads clear jelly on Ella’s stomach. Then, they turn towards a screen, murmuring as they try to

state.

the screen. My stomach drops and I hear a moan. A moment later, I realize that the noise dropped from

doctor commands, stripping off his bloody gloves and turning to me. Her uterus

I growl, focusing my eyes on

glancing at her, and then quickly nods. “There’s a heartbeat,” he says, turning back to me. His voice is apologetic as he utters his

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