together in a

aily to "check on them", which really means spending hours with Viv

ormance

doesn't mind her husband doti

since I tricked him into signing those papers. Fi

olate chip pancakes because the little girl a

my robes. Silk, cre

mber offerin

ice is careful.

ancake. "O

island, her fingers tracing the marble countertop. "I

e them into a smiley face for Mira. "Y

s not

ark curls bouncing. She climbs onto the stool, ey

ild is innocent in all of

h her daughter, "You'

ve." Unlike her m

as I watched s

e 31st. Pack council will be presen

sm

ws?" Viv

ee. "Vivian, I need to run to the cli

said he might st

urse

llness Clinic

rs. Ashford. Not the Alpha

gy. "Dr. Grey! Your ten o'clock is here. M

his file. "

th the kind of pain that Western medicine can't touch. Hi

my treatment table. "My regular

f is compensating for an old injury. Your body healed, but the energy meridian didn't. I

puncture, herbal therapy, energy wo

do that?" he

te out his herbal prescription. "Three time

moment of quiet. I'm updating p

mi

three rings before

arm, relieved. "I've be

at

It's in a few days, and I thought since you made mention of me ope

nic and I don't think I'd love to b

the two of us. I feel like we haven't

ian over me for th

ay, because that's what

surprised. "I thou

uld I b

s. Because." He stops. "Elena, ar

ne. Jus

ork to

r once asked what I act

I say, ending the call

ad in. "Everything

ing my medical bag. "I ne

Hill. The patient is a young Omega, maybe nineteen, who's been

nd I can smell the distress on her

inside. "Let's se

rebalance her energy. Herbs to help her wol

she whispers. "That I'm we

offered your heart to someone, and they reject

t feel lik

oing to heal. Your wolf is going to heal. And one day,

n I leave, but t

rive home. About how I und

enthouse, Dominic's car

, steeling myself for

ter. Vivian's laugh, light and m

e has never done for me in years while she sits

ots me first. "You're

hat." I set

you don't mind. Vivian mentioned she was

toward my room. "I'm

y wrist. "Stay. Please. We

u're alway

. Instead, I nod. "L