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“You asked if I was injured, and I’m not,” I explained, holding open the door for her. “But there are plenty of other people in the pack that could use your help. You said you’d heal me if I was hurt. I think it’s time we put your talents to use.”

Chapter 7 - Sienna

Back at the cabins, Franco led me to the hall, where many of the pack’s wolves had gathered after their altercation with the rival pack. Werewolves were known for their quick healing, but that didn’t mean it was instantaneous. Many of the Forsaken Shadows warriors had been injured in the scuffle. Everyone was doing what they could to alleviate their pain and suffering, but standard practices could only go so far.

Standing with Franco, I looked around the crowded room at the injured wolves, taking note of those with the most severe injuries.

“I’ll start with those three.” I pointed toward a trio being bandaged up by Clara and a few other she-wolves. They had barely made it inside the hall before collapsing on the floor, blood pooling near them as they grappled with their injuries and fought against those trying to help them. One was holding his hand, screaming in agony as blood spurted from a severed finger. Another’s leg was bent at an extreme angle—broken at the femur. The third was unconscious and very pale.

“What do you need from me?” Franco asked.

“Once I heal these three, they’ll need to be taken back to their cabins to rest. In the meantime, triage the rest of the group and bring me the ones that need healing the fastest.”

Franco nodded and immediately began to bring order to the hectic room. I pulled a bag from my pocket and dropped to the floor next to the unconscious man. As distressing as the other two’s plight was, whatever ailed this man needed to be dealt with first.

“What are those?” Clara asked.

“Healing crystals,” I explained as I selected a large opal. I brought it to my lips and spoke to the stone. “Please, allow me to find his injury,” I said to it. “Thank you for helping me heal him.”

Holding the opal in my right hand, I closed my eyes and trailed my closed fist around the man’s body.

Lead me to where my healing can be useful.

As my hand approached his left temple, it began to feel warm, and I knew whatever ailed him lay beneath the crystal.

“A healing spell, I will intone, flesh to flesh and bone to bone. Sinew to sinew, vein to vein. All that is broken shall be whole again,” I chanted.

As energy traveled out of my hand toward the man’s head, I took a deep, steadying breath. It had been a long time since I had used a healing spell for something so large. I had nearly forgotten the toll it could take on me. But my efforts were rewarded when, a moment later, the man’s eyes fluttered open.

“Luna?” he asked, blinking at me in confusion.

“No, it’s Sienna,” I corrected him gently. “You must have mistaken me for someone else, but that’s alright. How are you feeling?”

“He was referring to your title, not your name,” Clara pointed out.

“Yes, you are my luna,” the man agreed. “Thank you for healing me. I felt your energy even though I wasn’t awake. I feel so much better.”

I smiled in response and let Clara know that he could be moved to his cabin to rest. The title bestowed on me by the injured man echoed in my head as I turned toward my next patient.

It had hardly occurred to me that members of the pack would see me as their luna. After all, I wasn’t a werewolf. But I was the mate of their alpha. I wasn’t sure whether it was my marriage or my spell that had convinced the man that I was worthy of his respect. Hopefully, utilizing my skills for their benefit would prove to them once and for all that I wasn’t hiding any other abilities from them. I enjoyed their respect, but what I needed was their trust.

“Please, Luna,” the man with the broken leg begged. “Can you fix me?”

I placed a hand on his cheek gently as I pulled a tourmaline stone out of the bag. Once again, I closed my eyes and asked it for its assistance in healing. It grew warm as I hovered my right hand over his leg.

“A healing spell, I will intone,” I began again, more confidently this time. “Flesh to flesh and bone to bone. Sinew to sinew, vein to vein. All that is broken shall be whole again.”

As the last word left my lips, a loud crack split the air as his leg snapped back into place. He screamed from the pain, and it took everything in me not to scream along with him. My brow broke out into a sweat as energy was expelled from my body. I gulped unsteadily as it left me in a rush, but I managed to maintain my composure.

This was only the second injury. I needed to keep going.

“Put this in your hand,” I said to the third man, placing an aventurine crystal in his injured palm.

He obeyed dutifully, and I spoke the healing spell once again. The bleeding stopped immediately, and his skin began to regrow where it had been severed.

“It won’t regrow completely, but you’ll be okay,” I said.

“Thank you, Luna,” he said.

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