Page 80 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 1

I had to admit, the man sure was fine… Yes, maybe not as ripped and dominating looking like Alejandro was - his skin looked more tanned and defined… But he was still very sexy... I stopped admiring his perfect six-pack and looked at the wounds. It was almost as if he hadn't even gotten injured the day before.

I walked closer to him. How was that even possible…?

"Wow…"

"I’d like to pretend you’re saying wow at my body, but it’s the wounds, right?" He said, with a small smirk.

"Yes, the body is great too, but I do mean the wounds." I said, amused as I traced my finger over the almost fully healed cut and felt him tense.

"Sorry if I'm hurting you." I said, removing my hand and leaning closer as I examined it. "You’re healing so well."

"Thanks to you." He said quietly.

"No, it’s my fault you ended up getting hurt. I honestly can’t believe I did that."

"Well, it seems unknowingly you tapped into it. Remember Kiara, sometimes when one of the pups got ill, didn’t they enjoy your touch?" Raven asked suddenly.

"That’s because I was gentle and not whacking their heads to run away." I retorted, amused.

"Alright, alright! I get it. But thinking of it, didn’t those comments start more after you turned eighteen?" She asked.

She wasn’t wrong…

"Ok guys, I need to go!" I said, grabbing the doughnut packet. I rushed from the room, stumbling a little as I hurried through the hallway heading for the second floor.

If I had this ability, then I could help Valentin, right? How did I tap into it? Was it the urge to want to see them get better?

"This is a hospital, Miss Kiara." Callum’s voice came as I almost knocked straight into him.

"Sorry!" I said embarrassedly.

He gave a small smile.

"Heading to Valentin’s room?"

"Yeah…"

"Here’s your card and I think I’ll come with you. If you’re planning to use your ability, I want to monitor it. We don’t want you to overexert yourself." He said firmly.

"I…" I trailed off.

He had a point. I was really excited as I impatiently waited for him to lead the way. When I was finally able to reach Valentin, I noticed the smell in the room had eased up a little since the day before and he looked visibly calmer, holding on to the item of clothing that I had left under his head.

"Do you think we could get the blood pressure machine in here?" Doctor Callum said quietly to one of the nurses who stood by the door. She nodded before walking off.

The two guards stood close behind as I placed my hand on his forehead. Ok, here I go… I thought, taking a deep breath.

"Do you have any idea how you will do this?" Callum asked me.

"I don’t really know. Whenever someone's ill, I just have this urge to want them to be alright again." I said. "So I think I got this."

I took a deep breath, watching as the nurse pushed the stand with the machine on into the room, leaving it with Doctor Callum.

"We haven't been able to check his heart rate or anything due to his behaviour, but he’s calm right now, so let’s see…"

I slowly peeled the bandages of the herbal paste I had applied off and wiped them clean. Trying not to flinch at how deep and garish his wounds were. I had seen they had tried to stitch him up too, but it didn’t work, not with the infection eating up at the flesh.

I waited until the machine was hooked up and then closed my eyes, placing my hand firmly on his forehead. I wanted him to get better, to be there for Jean and his unborn child. My heart raced at the sadness that I had felt for her, the fear that she may lose her mate filled my heart with fierce determination. No matter what, I was not going to stop trying until he was better.

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