Chapter 45

Winter POV

f**k, where am I? I’m slow to open my eyes, feeling pain shoot through my body with every movement. I stare at the white washed walls and the hospital gown that I’m wearing. What the hell happened to me? Damnit, Kai has a lot to answer for, I grumble to myself, annoyed.

We lost the fight with another wolf. Don’t you remember Winter?

Ouch, guess that’s why I’m in so much pain.

We look good in a hospital gown though, totally rocking it.

You always look on the bright side, Sabriel.

Guess what? Kai was the one who brought us here.

Don’t get your hopes up Sabriel. He only did it because we needed medical attention. I told her bitterly.

After all, he’s the reason we’ve ended up in the hospital in the first place.

I blink against the bright light and try to sit up, causing machines to start beeping. Damnit. A man in a white doctor’s coat comes running in, stopping short as he sees I’m awake. I looked at him hopelessly and motioned

towards the machines with an apologetic glance.

“Calm down” he murmurs to me and I stop wriggling around. “Let me get those needles out of your arm”, he adds, and I flinch as he begins to do just that. God it stings.

“Sorry” he apologises. I just nod. I want out of this place. The sooner the better. Besides, I have omega duties to

take care of.

I read his name tag. It reads ‘DR JAMES.’ He seems like a nice doctor and I relax somewhat. At least he has a good

bedside manner.

know where you are? Do you

It’s not like I can

mute” he mutters, “so I guess I’ll have to do all the

adds with a smile.

you to stay for the next few days” he explains, “not only were you injured

severely malnourished and underweight. Do you remember to eat while doing

quietly.

think. It’s true, I do tend to forget to eat while I’m working, most of the time, because I just

But I hadn’t quite realized just how many meals i’d been skipping until

to have my head when

at the doctor sheepishly and he scribbles something down on

you’re going to be eating regular meals”

really don’t want to get on a doctor’s bad

you got those?” he asks and I shake my head, very adamantly.

to see you. If you don’t mind, I’ll

to see me. She’s the only friend I’ve really made in the time I’ve been in the pack. How

and I nodded, watching him go and waiting for

is he doing here? He doesn’t give a damn about me. In fact, he’s the very reason I’m in the hospital in the first place. I glared at him, even as Sabriel began to wag her tail in my mind. Where was the loyalty?

the room and takes in my appearance. I’m pretty

not like I’m trying to impress

came to see

ordered you to train”, he says,

bad Alpha actually apologizing? That’s a first, I think

runt” he says, “I would never have even dreamed of making you spar in your

form.”

eyes flash. Good, I was pissing him off. Now he knows how

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