The Pack's Doctor novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18: Hospital.

Yara.

I race to the banister, watching as Warren gracefully shifts into Arric. If I wasn't looking for it, wasn't paying attention, I wouldn't have seen him flinch. Dammit! I knew that leg wasn't healed enough to shift.

"I'll have to start all over again," I mumble as I grab a pair of shorts and put them on as I race down the stairs. I quickly pull my hair up into a ponytail, tying it in knot which will have to do for now.

"Luna, this way!" a pregnant she-wolf says to me.

"I'm not going to the safe room," I say, turning as nearly everyone in the room stops to look at me.

I turn, and look at them. "I'm a doctor! Your pack members will need me. GO! If you're part of the medical team and you're not pregnant and don't have young pups, get your ass to the hospital.

NOW!"

I watch as the pack jolts with my command, but I don't have time to wonder about it. I race out of the front of the packhouse and down the cobblestone drive to the hospital.

"Luna, there are only a couple of us who can assist. We've never been in the hospital during a battle before," Savannah, one of the nurses I worked with earlier says, running up beside me. "Here, you'll need this more than I will," she says, pulling a hair tie out of her hair and handing it to me.

"Thank you, and what do you mean you've never been in the hospital during a battle?" I ask as we rush into the hospital, and quickly wrap my hair in the hair tie.

"Dr. Stevens said it wasn't safe. That we were to report immediately after we were let out of the safe rooms."

"Then who was helping these warriors?" I ask, stopping to stare at her incredulously.

"No one. They waited until we were let out to get help."

"No one died waiting for treatment?" I ask.

She looks away. "Several died, Luna. Some probably could have been saved, but. it took us too long..."

"Okay, well, that stops now," I say as two more nurses rush in, looking completely lost.

"Triage kits, crash kits, do you know what is needed, what to put together?" I ask and all three shake their heads.

I begin moving again, walking to the storage room and beginning to pull things off the shelves.

"Triage, crash, triage," I say as I hand off what I need.

"Luna, someone's here," one of the nurses says.

"What's your name? I didn't catch it earlier," I say.

"Anna, Luna," she says.

"And you?" I ask the other nurse.

"I'm Piper, Luna."

"Who's the most senior nurse here?" I ask.

"I am, Luna," Savannah says.

"Savannah, you're with me. Anna, Piper, do you see what we need for each of these?"

They nod, looking like deer in headlights. What the hell? This is a fucking hospital for goddess' sake!

"Keep making them until I call you. Put triage on one side, crash on the other. Add anything else you think we'll need," I say, rushing out the door and back to the main area.

"Luna! Why aren't you in a safe room?"

"Because I'm a doctor, stand aside," I say to the warrior who is holding the man I need to see.

"Does Alpha know you're not in a safe room?" he asks me.

I turn and get in his face. "I am a doctor. Would you rather I let this man die while we argue about it?" I growl.

"No Luna," he says.

"Savannah," I say, turning to see that she's already getting soap and water to wash off the wound.

When the two warriors continue to huddle around me, I look at them. "You don't need to stay."

"We kind of do, Luna. Alpha will kill us if something happens to you and we knew you weren't in a safe room."

I stop and look at them. "Fine. Then guard that hospital. No one gets in who doesn't belong to this pack."

"Yes, Luna," they say, seemingly relieved to have orders.

"Why isn't your wolf healing you?" Savannah asks him.

"Too weak," the warrior says. I look over her shoulder. He has nasty slashes on his thigh and he's bleeding heavily.

"PIPER! I NEED AN IV BAG!" I shout, turning and nearly running into Haynes.