Page 46 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 1

I nodded and sent Raven a text message, waving at her to capture her attention and motioned at her to check her texts. She gave me the thumbs up after reading it and only then did I follow Serena out of the hall.

"The hospital is actually quite big." She said. "We do get a lot injured."

I never thought of that… "Really? So, you probably have a lot of doctors?"

"Yeah, the hospital has the capacity to hold 700 if need be."

"Wow."

"Of course we have a lot more warriors than that, but luckily we have never needed even half of that." She said shuddering.

"You weren’t from this pack right?" I said. She smiled.

"Nope, I come from a pack near London."

"Ah, I did think that from the accent." I answered.

"Really? I've been here for nearly fourteen years!" She said, blushing lightly. We carried on walking until we got closer to the hospital.

"You can still tell." I replied as I now looked at the large white and grey hospital. The crest was proudly presented on it. I wondered what humans would think if they saw this pack? I knew that miles around were barred off as private land but it still made me curious. "Have humans ever come here?"

"Luckily no, but if they do we’d say the land belongs to a rich dude." She said. "And it isn't a lie, Alpha Alejandro is very wealthy."

She paused at the hospital and looked at me. "Are you ok with blood?"

"Of course. I’ve grown up helping out at the hospital." I replied.

She nodded as we both stepped inside. Dad didn’t like me fighting and the most I was allowed to do was help at the hospital but I had actually begun to enjoy it too.

I was not prepared for the strong smell of blood that hit me, mixed in with the sterile smell of disinfectant. She walked through and everyone seemed to know who she was, politely bowing their heads. I followed, keeping up, despite the pain in my ankle growing thanks to all the walking.

"The operating rooms are on the first floor. We have wards and scan rooms on the top floor as well as some consultation rooms… The canteens ahead. I will also introduce you to Doctor Callum, who will be the one to take care of you whilst you are here. He is the head doctor in this hospital."

"Oh, I feel honoured."

"Alpha said to make sure you’re passed to the best, but don’t let it deceive you. Doctor Callum will have you working hard." She said, stopping outside one of the wards. I looked inside and wished I hadn’t. There were three men, all covered in lots of bandages. I could smell that there was something putrid mixed in the air. Some of their wounds were probably infected…

"A wendigo attack, they managed to kill it… but it cost them a lot."

I felt my blood run cold; how did a Wendigo manage to hurt three bulky warriors? Did I just get lucky when I faced one? A shiver ran down my spine at the thought of what could have happened to me.

25. A Lifestyle I Like

ALEJANDRO

I don’t know what the fuck overtook me but when Carmen insulted Kiara, I lost it. My instincts were telling me to rip her to shreds but I had tried to keep control, a battle I was losing until she had placed her hand on mine. I closed my eyes, my assumption that there was more between us only seemed to be getting further confirmed. That maybe - just fucking maybe, Kiara could be my mate. The thought sent a knot of emotions through me. I rubbed my jaw frowning deeply.

Fuck… If it were… It meant the Moon Goddess hadn't forgotten about me… But wasn’t she at least a decade late? I had made up my mind that I was never going to have someone, and that was what I wanted. Kiara fucking messed with me. I had more enemies than I’d ever be able to fucking count. I didn’t need a weakness and that is what a mate would be to me, a weakness I didn’t need nor want.

The blood moon was less than three weeks away and if that was the case, then I needed to skip the event and avoid Kiara for the night. It was manageable… But then what? Would she wait a few years and then move on and choose her own mate? My eyes flashed red and I felt my anger flare up at the very thought.

I was fucking messed up. I wanted her, yet I hated her. I didn’t want to give her anything... I had nothing to give her. At the same time, I wanted to keep her to myself, mate or not.

‘Alpha, we have guests.’ One of my warriors mind linked me.

‘Who?’ I replied. I wasn’t fucking expecting anyone.

‘Alpha Bill and his daughter.’

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