**Chapter 11**The clinic was full by noon.Not because the pack had suddenly become sicker overnight, but because people finally understood that the Reed family no longer stood between them and my time. For years, Alexander’s relapses, Sarah’s medicine, Emma’s training injuries, and every Reed emergency had pushed other patients down the list. No one had complained openly. The Reeds were too powerful, and I had been too willing to bear the cost quietly.Now the waiting room was packed with border guards, young wolves, elderly pack members, and two mothers holding feverish children. Caleb stood at the front desk, moving faster than I had ever seen him.When I entered, the room fell silent.I did not like it.Respect was useful. Reverence was not. Reverence turned people into symbols, and I had spent too long being one thing for everyone else: Alexander’s mate, Reed family healer, the woman who never said no.“Patients will be seen by urgency,” I said. “If you are here to gossip, leave
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