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.

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

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

say. I could tell him the exact number of days, but frankly

this point. 2

and then glances up at me. “Too soon

will 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 move mountains, if I command it

doctor, to his credit, does not

back at me, his eyes angry as he grabs my

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Mate, Covered in

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

lips pull back from my teeth in a snarl as I close the distance between us. “You dare take that tone with me?” I ask, my voice low with warning. “I am your King –

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

throat then, but I turn

that bed –

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 business of saving

later, the room is swarming again 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 the clothes from her poor fragile body, strip her naked so that I can see the blood thickly

endure it, then I can surely stand to watch. So I stare, following

as they work, speaking in a medical language I can’t comprehend. It’s almost more than

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

her fight knowing that there’s nothing I

as another quickly spreads clear jelly on Ella’s stomach. Then, they turn towards a screen, murmuring as they

state.

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

and turning to me. Her uterus is torn, leaking

focusing my eyes

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

steps forward. “You will save them both,” I