“Well, I will say this for a Lycan you’re healing faster than expected. That’s good. You’re not ready to shift yet, dear. I’m sorry I wouldn’t recommend it. Your forearm is still broken, and we don’t want to complicate the injury just yet. So, we’ll come in every twelve hours or so make sure everything is going well and hopefully when it knits together some more, we might try the shift back into the flesh if you feel ready. I’ll make sure that someone arranges breakfast for both of you this morning. Now can I help any other way? Questions?” Dean shook his head and Kiera tucked her head under a pillow that lay on the bed near her. “Not right now, thank you. As long as there’s no complications,I’m happy.” “Yes, well, I’d say in three to five days she should be able to leave. Your forearm was pretty bad because you broke both bones, not just one. That’s why I believe it’s prudent to not rush anything. So I’ll write up a report for the next healer as I’m afraid

“I need to know. Is this that I must expect from her night terrors? I’ve never seen her in the middle of one. What should I do if she has another? I need some kind of guidance on this. She didn’t seem herself and she won’t talk to me about it.” “Enough Alpha Jonas, we’ll talk later. Please let us make her comfortable and then we’ll speak about it. I have questions myself and I’m not sure if you know the answer to them. We’ll discuss it then. Now please step aside while we settle her back in again.” Dean hated feeling like he was helpless and clueless. He’s supposed to be her alpha and her mate. When she needed help, he was right there but might as well be miles away from the good he was. He stormed out of Kiera’s room in utter frustration at himself. He thought they were just bad dreams. How could he have known? None of the videos or reports did anything but mention she experienced them. None gave his details that’s she’d lash out at anyone that got near her

“What do you mean you talked to my brother? James, you know I wanted to speak to him. Did he say anything about Kiera and how she is doing? What’s happening? Did you talk to him about the parcel of land? How about access to the healing centre? The guys that are going after rogues for blood. Is it true he thinks they might try to take Kiera? I am sick of living on rumours, I need to know.” Trisha couldn’t believe that James didn’t tell her when Dean called finally. She’d been waiting so long to talk to him. Trisha was used to talking to Dean whenever she found him. “Can I visit Kiera?” James needed to get a handle on Trisha, or she’d be running the pack herself and he’d be left in the dust. “Are you done now? Of course, we spoke about all of that, and I can’t believe we had a civil discussion without arguing or pissing each other off.” “I wanted to see that. I want the receipts or at least photos or some sort of evidence proving that statement.” “Ha

Oli paced that waiting room until someone offered him a place he could rest because he didn’t want to make a pest of himself or make demands that weren’t his to make. He’d just woken from a nap and was preparing to inquire about Elder Evans when a knock came at the door of the room he was using. A small red-haired woman entered with a smile and a tray of food. The smell of hot food hit Oli and his stomach grumbled. “I came to see how you are and make sure you got something to eat. I’m Aricka Wolversen, Luna of the Black River Pack. How are you holding up?” She seemed sincere to Oli and that he wasn’t sure how to take that. His mind kept going in search of an ulterior motive. What did she want to know? But nothing about her pointed in this direction. Oli stopped buttoning his shirt in surprise when she said her name. The Luna was standing here with food for him. His brain went into a tailspin, trying to remember what the proper protocol was to a situ

Finally, Kiera’s eyes opened, and Dean could let go of a sigh of relief. “Hey, you’re okay. You’re pretty much healed, back in your flesh, and in the Healing Centre. Don’t panic, I’ve been here the entire time to make sure no one did anything they shouldn’t. How are you feeling?” “Like I was hit by a big truck.” “Well, you were in a fight with Elder Evans.” “Yeah, what was that about? He stabbed me with something, and I’m not sure I remember what he said. I don’t think it made sense to me at the time and less now.” “We don’t know what’s going on with him. He’s alive and at Black River Hospital. They needed to surgery on him. You messed him up pretty bad.” “I didn’t mean to. He came at me and stabbed me with something. I just… Responded to it, he was so angry and ranting about something.” “So he went at you first?” “I shifted into my wolf. I was running, just to blow off some steam and think. Then he was in front o