The Pack's Doctor novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66: Safe Hunter

I felt something deep inside me ease when I got Charlie's mind link about Yara. I'm still about an hour away from Harold's pack, but Arric pushes us hard to get there, leaving our warriors behind. Yara said she needed us. I don't know what happened to her, what Simon may have done to her, and I don't care right now. We'll get through it. I'm just so thankful that she's safe.

When I get close to Harold's pack, I howl that I'm coming in. Hopefully they know that I have no intention of waiting for the patrols to let me through. I need to see my mate and nothing will keep me from getting t o h e r.

As we catch her scent, Arric pushes even faster, following her scent, along with the scent of antiseptic, to the pack hospital. Arric rushes into the hospital and I shift without stopping. Everyone in the waiting room, including Alpha Harold just points and I rush to her room, slamming the door open.

The first thing I see are her bruised, swollen cheeks. Simon will die slowly for touching what is mine. Then her lips begin to tremble and she sniffs. She's in my arms before the first tears falls from her eyes.

"T'm here. You're safe," I say, feeling like I can breathe for the first time in days. I hold her while she cries, walking around the room as I kiss her head and nuzzle her hair.

"I'm here, baby. I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere," I murmur softly.

I will, though. I will hunt Simon down like a dog and kill him. But not today. Today I will take care of my m a t e .

I'm not sure how long I hold her, but she cries herself to sleep in my arms. When she does, I open the mind link, feeling my warriors and even Charlie are here now.

'Charlie, I need Savannah,' I mind link him.

A moment later she knocks softly, then steps in.

"She's asleep?" she asks softly and I nod.

"Good. She wouldn't rest until you got here."

"What happened to her? What did he do to her?"

"Mostly what you see. He hit her, three times according to Farrah."

"Farrah? The one who left our pack after Yara saved her life?"

"That's the one. She found her and brought her here."

"I need to talk to her. What other injuries? Did he..?" I can't ask. I'm trying to stay calm so Yara can get the sleep she desperately needs.

"He didn't. Luna swears he didn't it goes along with what Farrah said.

However, he tied her arms behind her back and she apparently didn't realize that her arm was dislocated so when she shifted, it tore. Annika is still weak from the chloroform that he used on them, but she's getting stronger now that they are safe. Yara wanted her to heal her face first so you wouldn't see it, but I insisted that Annika focus on the more serious injury."

"Is it okay that I'm holding her like this?" I ask, looking down at my mate.

"T'm sure being close to you is strengthening Annika even more and Luna wouldn't have been able to fall asleep if she was in pain."

I take a deep breath, smelling her cinnamon and nutmeg scent.

"Do you want me to get you a chair, Alpha?" she asks.

"No, thank you. I have too much energy to sit. Can you send Farrah and Charlie in for me?"

"Sure thing, Alpha."

Yara shifts in my arms, tucking her face against my neck. Arric begins purring to help keep her calm. The door opens and Farrah, Charlie, and Alpha Harold all walk in. I frown, unsure why he's here.

"Farrah, you found my mate?" I ask her.

"Yes, Alpha."

"She was with Simon?"

"Yes. I saw him taking her toward a mountain out east, in between Alpha Quinton and Alpha Harold's packs. I followed them. I couldn't get to her right away. I'm sorry. But I waited. I watched. If he'd tried to...I would have done something. But I knew he had to sleep at some point and when he knocked her out..."

She cuts off as I growl. Yara shifts in my arms again and Arric begins purring again.

'Focus. Our mate is more important than our anger,' Arric scolds me.

I take another deep breath, feeling Yara's weight relax in my arms again as Arric's purr puts her back into a deep sleep. When she tucks her face against my neck again and sighs, I refocus my attention back on Farrah.

She watches our interactions, smiling a bit. "She knew you'd come for her. She knew that you would find her and that you would kill Alpha Simon. She even told him that he better hope her bruises were gone before you saw them or you'd kill him slowly. I haven't seen love and trust like that between an Alpha and a Luna since..." She stops, looking at Harold.

Arric begins purring again that our mate knew we'd come for her, that she trusted that we would find her.

Farrah turns back to me.

"She kept calling you 'my mate', almost as if she was taunting him. She's stronger than she looks," Farrah says with admiration.

"Yes, she is. I am in your debt," I begin but she shakes her head.