Chapter 2: When You Assault A Healer

Peter what happened?! Katie yelled and ran toward him, she held in him her arms, panic surging through her. His body was hot and he was breathing heavily “Ahh shit,” Katie cursed, thinking she should have just taken him to the healer this morning.

“My head,” Peter groaned. “ It feels like it's about to break…ahh”

"Don't, worry ill take you to the healer,” Katie carried him, but he suddenly let out a guttural scream that scared Katie.

And all of a sudden, he stopped moving and passed out. His body growing limb over Katie's arm,

Her heart stopped and for a while, she was motionless, before she moved, she placed him back on the floor and placed her ear on his chest to hear his heartbeat.

A silent thump echoed in her ear, and Katie sighed in relief, tears falling out of her eyes. He was alive.“Thank you, moon goddess,”

If he had died she didn't know what she would have done. Probably followed him, as the guilt and pain would kill her.

Immediately, she picked him up and carried him to the car. It was a ragged jeep, and she barely used it, except she wanted to go a far distance, as diesel was quite costly.

Katie put him in the back seat and hurriedly went into the front. She took out the keys put in the ignition and turned, but it refused to come on.

Again, no response.

Again, the same thing.

Katie hit the steering wheel with her fist in frustration, “Come on, please don't fail me now.” She pleaded and tried once again.

Thankfully, the car responded and she got into the road. She couldn't go to a regular hospital as they didn't understand werewolf biology, or the concept of having a wolf or anything not associated with the natural laws.

Her only resort was a find a healer from the supernatural, but they were a dime, a dozen.

Most packs usually had one, but Katie was a Loner so that closed that option.

Which left only one choice, Ralph Adoi. He was the only one she could rely on, as he was also a loner. But he was also the scumbag who told had ripped her off and told her Peter wouldn't need to come back for treatment.

“That fucking bastard,” she gritted her teeth, “I'll f*king kill him.”

She clenched the steering wheel and slammed her foot on the pedal, speeding up.

Her destination, Ralph Clinic.

*

In an office, with dim light and cracked walls. A bearded man sat behind a desk counting money, when all of a sudden the door was kicked open.

“What! Who's the fuck is that?” He yelled in surprise. He had bodyguards protecting the place, so it was startling someone had entered his office in such a manner. At first, he thought it was one of his enemies as he had made a lot, but when he saw Katie walking in, he let out a sigh of relief,

“Oh, it's just you,” Ralph said with a slow smile and slumped in his chair.

“Oh, It's just me?” Katie asked tilting her head as she strode towards him.

“What the hell do you want?”

Katie reached his desk and casually shoved it to the side with one hand. It glided to shatter as it hit the side wall. With her shifter strength plus her rage, it was effortless.

Katie stood before Ralph who stared at Katie with a grin, looking unbothered, or rather he hid as he was sweating buckets.

Katie then grabbed him by the collar, swept him up to his feet, and pinned him to the wall with force.

“You said he'd be fine," Katie growled, her wolf teeming on the edge.

“I did, but only temporarily,” Ralph replied, trying his best not to gulp as Katie's greenish eyes tore into him.

“Temporarily, and you saw no reason to mention that before taking all my money?”

“That was what your money could afford, Missy, so I did just that.”

“Bullshit!” Katie spat. He did it, so she could keep bringing Peter back for another treatment, which meant more money in his pockets.

“So what are you going to do? Kill me? Don't be a fool. I'm a healer. They're a couple of packs I could join, and they'd all be willing to welcome me. But I chose to remain a loner to treat you a pathetic bunch. I'm a fucking hero. I save people and bring them back from the brink of death…"

“You fill your pocket by scamming desperate people," she pressed her arm more firmly against his throat, but he only smiled choked.

“Of course…a man's gotta eat and pay his bills.”

Katie scowled in disgust. She most certainly wasn't his only victim. He'll purposefully give sloppy treatment, so that people keep coming back, forcing them to spend more.

But then even if people knew this, they still came back because he was the only healer available.

“Miss Wright, I've had countless desperate customers. What do you think will happen when everyone discovers you killed me? They'll come after you, followed by your brother, who doesn't have much time left, ”

Katie's eyes widened in shock and her grip on his throat went lax.

“He doesn't have much time left? What the hell do you mean by that?”