The Alpha's Refusal
My pulse thundered in my ears, a rhythmic, violent beat.
"She has no authority over medical triage," I snapped.
"She is the future Luna of the Citadel—or so the staff believes," Hestia said with a bitter, toothless smile. "The other healers are terrified of her. I only made it because I’m technically off-duty today. I had to smuggle this kit out through the laundry chutes. If her guards catch me here, this old hide of mine will be the next thing on the tanning rack."
I looked at Hestia’s gnarled, trembling hands as she tried to clean the yearling’s wounds, then at the rows of suffering men who would likely lose limbs, or lives, without proper neutralizing agents.
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