Page 57 of Her Cold-Hearted Alpha: Part 1

I didn’t speak, hoping that maybe he would? Please say something… Something to prove Raven wrong... His face was emotionless as he cast me a once over before he looked away and walked right past me. I closed my eyes, feeling a strong surge of pain squeezed my chest.

‘He didn’t care…’ I told my wolf; I could feel her sadness too. Raven had been right, but what did I expect? That he’d even have some sort of feelings for me? Why should he? I was nothing but a young she-wolf who had been stupid enough to fall for the Lycan Kings' charms…

30 The Patient In Room 13

KIARA

I wasn’t going to cry over my own mistake. If he wants to act like last night didn’t happen, then I will do the same. I made my way past the training grounds, my eyes watched the training regime that was currently going on. It was brutal, I could see there was no such thing as holding back. It was like the survival of the fittest...

I heard quiet footsteps behind me and paused.

"Greg." I said, recognising his scent.

"Morning." He said in reply. I sighed inwardly.

"I’m headed to the hospital. You don’t need to follow me, I'm safe here."

"Still, I need to do my job." He replied firmly.

What time did he even get up? I turned and looked at him.

"Look, I’m fine and I don’t want someone following me constantly. Please just give me space."

I know I probably sounded harsh but I didn’t want someone worrying over me. "Look around, there’s plenty of people here and I'm perfectly safe."

‘Not everyone can be trusted, you should know that.’ He said through the link.

He wasn’t wrong but I didn’t have the patience to listen today.

‘I will be fine; I’ll drop you an update hourly via mind link. I'm going to the hospital and I don’t need you worrying over me." I said curtly.

"Got it. Just be careful, princess."

I frowned at the term, a term many called me because I am the Alpha’s daughter. He walked off and I found my attention returning to the warriors. I watched them for a short while before I continued to the hospital.

Doctor Callum seemed to approve of me being there nice and early as he put me to work immediately, saying he wanted to see my knowledge of medicinal herbs. I knew it was a test for him to check if he could actually trust me around patients.

The task before me was several unmarked jars, he wanted me to make a note of what each mix or paste consisted of. He left me in the room, saying if I were done soon we would go check on Luca’s bandage.

I now looked at the long line of jars, this was going to be a piece of cake. I put some music on low volume through my phone, not wanting to disturb anyone as I had forgotten my earphones, before getting to work.

"Elder wood, Lavender, Clove…." I wrote the names in my large writing on a sticky note as I sniffed the herb carefully, not wanting to miss anything. The task wasn’t as easy as it appeared, it had taken me more than an hour. At the end of it there were two jars I was still stuck on. My head felt fuzzy, probably thanks to all the herbs I had been inhaling for the last hour. I massaged my temples before I took a deep sniff of one of the two remaining jars.

Goddess, what am I missing…? My eyes suddenly flew open as the answer came to be like the flip of a light switch. I smirked. Smart move Doc, but not smart enough… Satisfied with my answers, I wondered if I should go find Doctor Callum. I mean, he didn’t come back even once.

It took me less than five minutes to find him. He was talking to two nurses and I stayed far away, not wanting to intrude. The moment he turned and the women worked off, I ran over, stumbling as pain jarred up my ankle. I saw his gaze fall to my ankle, his brow creasing slightly, but it lasted less than a second as he crossed his arms and looked at me.

"Are you done, madam?" He said.

"I said don’t call me that…" I protested.

"I won’t disobey my Alpha. Now why are you wasting time?"

"I’m done." I said, feeling like a ten-year-old child telling my teacher I was finished with my work.

"Already?" He asked sceptically.

"Well, come see for yourself." I said. I really wanted to move on to something more exciting…

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