Chapter 20

Dan

I ran my hands gently over the female’s limbs, uncovering them one at a time and gently checking for breaks or other serious injury before replacing them under the blanket and moving to the next. While I was not a healer, a pack alpha had to have a little bit of all kinds of knowledge to do their job. Part of that was recognizing certain types of illness or injury and knowing the basic treatment for them. Before I’d taken on the role, this was one thing I’d never learned a thing about, but I’d made it my business over the past year to learn as much as possible about every facet of the pack and how to keep it running well.

So far, I’d seen a lot of bruises, some nasty road-rash-type scrapes, and at least one of her wrists was likely sprained. But most of that would heal when she shifted. If she shifted. Because I was getting the feeling she might not remember how to do that. Or that it was even a thing.

My mate opened his mouth to respond to her, but I held up my hand. “You asked a