Chapter 18 - In Another Pack

NATHAN

I fumed as her body remained in my hands and her eyes could not control the tears that formed in her eyes. She was subconscious but for some reason, still very aware of what was going on with her and around her.

"How dare you!" I yelled at the doctors who only stood, none with remorse in their eyes.

"How dare you!" I spoke louder when none of them replied. 

One of the doctors tried to approach me, his words being incoherent or maybe I was the one who was not listening. "Stay away from her and from me. Stay away from me and do not incur my wrath!" 

"I'm sorry, Nathan but we have strict instructions for all of what we are doing."

"Who or what on earth would give you strict instructions on a werewolf like you and like themselves? Who?!"

"Alpha Sullivan did." 

All of the emotions I had dissolved at the mention of my father. I had always known him to be firm but never that harsh or wicked. I didn't understand it and I was not sure I was ever going to. My father? It did not sound about right.

I stared at Jasmine again in my hands and back at the doctors and the dots did not connect. "Why?" 

"You don't remember?" 

"Remember what?" I asked back. "How long has this been going on?" There was no answer and my patience was definitely running out. "Answer me!" 

"I am sorry, Nathan. I respect you but your father has almost all the answers you are looking for." 

I ignored them. They were not really my business anymore and I knew it. It was better for me and for them to be out of the premises before I did something I was going to regret, especially to all of them, the females and males alike.

"I am taking her out of here and you dare not follow me or stop me, every single one of you." 

Their eyes communicated with each other and I was sure they all had the same thing on their minds. I would not have them break my heart into pieces by watching them do all of that to Jasmine.

I carried her in my arms firmly and it only hurt more that I almost did not feel her in my arms. Each movement I made that shook her made her shiver and I could not bare to look at her. Her lips shivered as she continued to cry and it only meant it was that bad since she could remember it even in her subconscious. 

"No, please. I don't want to go there. Please." She moved closer to my chest, as if to protect herself in some way and I immediately thought of ways to comfort her.

I doubted she was going to hear me if I talked but I tried.

"It's okay. We are not going there, we are going somewhere else." I replied and I felt her relax in my arms. I was glad that she heard me and that she heard me well. I only wanted to do anything and everything that was going to make her feel better.

The drive was the fastest I had ever driven. Each time I turned to look at her, I increased the pressure I applied to the accelerator, it was the only response I knew to all that was going on.

I looked around and the hospital was still nowhere in view. I drove faster and made sure we got there in only seconds.

I had never enjoyed the fact that another pack was close to us but for this reason, I knew I was going to be indebted to them seeing as I called the Alpha of the pack who was my friend and he agreed that we could come in. I had only told him I needed my friend to be checked quickly and I could not go into details of why we were not doing it in my pack but he understood and asked no further questions.

The car had barely got into "park" when I flew out of the car and unto the other side of the car, lifting Jasmine still whimpering into my hands and following the direction of my friend who had come out as soon as he heard my car.

He looked at Jasmine and then back at me and I immediately knew what was going through his mind but I had not time to answer that just now and I figured it was something we could talk about later. 

Still, I had unfinished business to do, my father had a lot to say but I calmed myself, something I had been doing since I found out about Jasmine being at a close proximity to me and I had not known for months or for years, the moon goddess knows why.

"What caused this?" The pack doctor of Moonrage pack asked as soon as we were in the clinic.

I knew I had to be careful about how I worded things so it would not put my pack in a bad eye and it was something I would get back to later myself but I had to tell them something. "I drove by and heard her shout from a building. I stopped, tried to open the door and when it finally opened, she fell into my arms naked and with a lot of blood. I brought her here because it was closer to where I found her." 

The pack doctor stared at me for a few seconds, as if he was scrutinizing my story but he asked no further questions before getting to work. 

As the doctor made the move to remove my cardigan from her body, something in me shifted.

"No!" All heads turned to me. "You can treat her without taking off her clothes." I moved closer to him. "No!" 

Alpha Roger, my friend, apologized to the doctor before pulling me by the arms and leading me out, my eyes still fixed on Jasmine. 

"Let the doctor do his job, she will be fine." 

That was not enough. I just wanted to hear her voice again.