Chapter 29
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“Okay. I’ll be there in ten minutes.”
Ethan’s hospital was at least fifteen minutes‘ drive from the manor. Well, it was if you obeyed traffic laws. Ethan was an alpha, though, so maybe those laws were more like suggestions for him.
Or maybe the patient was really urgent.
I thanked the archivist, ran full out to my room, and changed clothes. I didn’t have much, but I found some jeans and a turtleneck that at least didn’t look like a servant’s clothing. I slipped out of the manor and put my mask on. It covered my whole face except for my eyes. It was more of a veil, really.
The address I’d given Ethan was an empty house my father used for out of town guests who weren’t important enough to keep in the manor It was empty because Leo put his wolves up in a nearby hotel instead of expecting us to house them all.
A classic baby blue Impala pulled up to the porch barely two minutes after I arrived. Ethan really had pushed the speed limit. I slid into the
passenger seat.
“Buckle up,” Ethan ordered, then added. “Thank you for agreeing to come.”
“Sure,” I said, still out of breath from the rush. I’d pay for running like that, but Ethan’s urgency was contagious.
A little ways down the road, Ethan asked, “Are you part of Leo’s pack or Arthur’s? They’re the only ones around here.”
“I, um. It’s complicated,” I said. “Please don’t ask me any more. It’s really not your business.”
“Okay, okay,” Ethan said. “I was just curious.”
That felt weird. Speaking so defiantly to an alpha would usually earn me a beating. Ethan just shrugged it off.
“Why do I keep getting someone else when I call you?” Ethan asked. “Why don’t you answer your own phone?”
“I don’t have a phone,”
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No one would waste money giving a cell phone to a servant. And even if I did save up somehow and get one, Eva would just smash it.
Ethan stopped the car at a red light. He turned towards me with open shock on his face.
“You don’t own a phone? Everyone has a phone.”
I shrugged.
“Never mind. As soon as we’re done, I’m getting you a phone. No arguments. A healer needs a way people can contact her.”
“If you insist,” I said.
Maybe I could keep it hidden.
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We reached the hospital and Ethan took off for the door at a dead run. I followed as quickly as I could move. I saw why he was so frantic as soon as I was inside.
The patient was a large male wolf who looked like he’d been mauled. They hadn’t even tried to take him into a room; he was still in the triage area. One nurse was using a device to help him breathe. Another was switching out an empty IV bag for a fresh one.
I didn’t ask questions. It was obvious what I needed to do. I rushed forward and pressed my hands
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The doctors and nurses shifted aside to give me room to work. I focused on the healing power my wolf had shown me. I only needed to stabilize the wolf enough for the medical staff to work.
It was hard work. I was sweating and panting by the time the wolf’s wounds began to seal over. I was covered in blood up to my elbows and my legs felt like jelly. But the nurse helping him breathe backed off and I felt his heart pump and his lungs fill beneath my hands.
Someone tugged me away from the patient.
“Thank you, Dr. Angel,” said one nurse.
A second one held out a cup of orange juice, “This will make you feel better, Dr. Angel.”
It took me a moment to realize they were talking to me. Why were they calling me Dr. Angel?
