Rachel POVOur Blessed Goddess Medical CenterGetting to the hospital was proving to be an exercise in organized chaos.Tyler still didn't want me to go while Nathan was adamant I had to be allowed to go. Neither of the Alphas in my life could stop fighting with each other long enough to agree on how I would be transported to Ethan.I was in the process of ordering a ride for myself with my cell phone when Adam came into the house looking pissed."I've got the car pulled around to the front if you can stop fighting long enough to get in."Adam was normally a very laid back guy -he had to be in order to tolerate being Beta to Tyler- so I was surprised to see him angry.Was there too much testosterone
Rachel POVOur Blessed Goddess Medical Center - Surgical Waiting Room Floor 3No one came to tell us any updates. No one came into the waiting area to join us in the waiting. No one came for any reason at all.Nurses and doctors bustled around outside the surgical waiting lobby while the overhead intercom went off in unpredictable bursts.I could tell Our Blessed Goddess was a living hive of busy worker bees all buzzing around while they did their errands in the name of their queen. I doubted the hospital was ever still or quiet. I should have been comforted by the constant hum of energy.All I could feel was increasingly cold panic freezing me from the inside.In spite of the buzz of the hospital, I became quieter and quieter myself un
Tyler POV"Go find out what's wrong with your mate, Lewis."Nathan Lewis gave me a look which said he'd kill me if he could, but I wasn't moved by it.I already knew he'd kill me if he could.After all, I had what he wanted more than anything else in the world: I had Rachel as my mate.Rachel had been a warm weight against my chest until I'd pushed her away from me. Her face was stricken as she looked from the nervous omega in the doorway to Nathan Lewis to me and back again.Her concern for her brother was admirable in a way yet also perplexing to me. Why was she so convinced she needed to be here to wait on him? Ethan would likely not awaken post-op for hours. We were wasting time sitting around in the hospital waiting area just---
Art POVOur Blessed Goddess Medical Center - Surgical Waiting Room Floor 3Too many minds were pressing in on me to focus on the ones treating Ethan Flores. My head ached with a throbbing insistence I couldn't ignore. I slouched further in my chair while tuning out as much of my surroundings as I could.All the pacing of my companions had to be ignored or I'd get ill watching them move. All the worries of those with me had to be pushed down or I'd be too distracted to recognize a potential threat before it was on top of us. All my own thoughts had to focus on my assignment---I couldn't go back to the Alpha Council with news I'd let an Alpha House heir be maimed or murdered.Could Ethan Flores be heir to House Campbell?Omega lives were foreign to my experiences as a wolf a
Nathan POVHearing Lindy wailing on the floor of the lobby was blood-curdling enough to let me know I'd be remembering the sound in my nightmares."What's going on out here? She's not dangerous. Goddess wept, get off her!"I crossed the lobby with long strides -my wolf, Lyon, only too happy to propel me forward faster to get to his Queen- and sank into a crouch by Lindy's side."I said for you to get off her."The threat implied by my tone was a real one: my wolf wanted to tear out the orderly's throats for tackling our mate. Lindy was crying with an intensity I had come to realize was unique to her. There didn't appear to be any physical damage done to her in spite of her tears.Both of the hospital staffers who had been holding Lindy
Rachel POVOur Blessed Goddess Medical Center- Surgical Waiting Room Floor 3"Do you think he'll be able to help? Save Ethan, I mean?"My words came out mumbled and murmured because my lips felt numb.Honestly, the numbness was spreading from my lips to my cheeks, my scalp, down my neck, and on and on until I felt as if I were an ice sculpture frozen in place by nameless fear. A ringing sound was echoing in my ears and only got louder the longer it took to get a reply.Both Alphas with me seemed to want to do anything other than speak to me; Lindy Campbell was silently crying while clutching Nathan's hand with both hers as if she could hold him in place if she only tried hard enough.I realized I wanted to slap the girl only when Tyler
Rachel POVOur Blessed Goddess Medical Center- Surgical Waiting Room Floor 3Nathan returned with a pitcher of ice water from the cafeteria while Lindy held onto him with one hand and a stack of paper cups with the other. I wasn't sure if I should acknowledge she was clutching him as if he'd vanish on her the second she let go or just ignore it so I decided to ignore it.Her.Ignoring Lindy Campbell was turning out to be a full-time occupation for me. The good thing about trying to tune out Lindy was not being able to fixate on Tyler.Who still hadn't returned from his "walk.""Where's Wright?"Trust Nathan to get right to the heart of the matter.I was saved from
Rachel POV"You can't just walk away from me when you're upset."I was hyperaware of every inch of my body and I used my full weight to press against Tyler. He let me maneuver him into leaning against an alcove in the hallway out of the view of casual passersby.I say he let me because my weight wasn't nearly enough to push Tyler Wright around even with the additional pounds I'd started to pick up in my pregnancy.His wolf grumbled on the inside about letting a female push him around, but I knew Wynd would do anything if it comforted Rayne while pregnant."I need to be able to argue with you and know you'll talk to me. You'll argue back. You won't just walk away. I can't handle you just walking away, Tyler. It's too much for me."Tyler