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Chapter 29
"How did you say you obtained this injury?"
Carlisle asked as he got behind Hadrian to further examine the injury.
"I had an accident with some of the machinery I was working with late last night Dr. Cullen."
Carlisle frowned.
"This wound wasn't caused by a machine."
Hadrian had no doubt been bitten by a wolf, and if the scent wasn't enough of an indicator, the teeth marks, that were too large to have been from a wolf of regular size, were.
However, a regular doctor wouldn't have been able to notice it, not with the larger, more noticeable wound almost directly over it.
And that was another, strange thing. The wound was too clean a cut to have been caused by a machine provided that it was an accident as she said. It wasn't deep enough to have been done deliberately either. It looked almost as if an entire part of shoulder had been neatly cut away at.
"Did you come in contact with any animals recently?" he asked as her went about skilfully treating her wound. She needed stitches.
He watched closely for a reaction.
Sure enough, Hadrian's shoulder tensed minutely and though her heart rate hadn't increased, he acknowledged that she knew something.
"My shop is surrounded by the forest Dr. Cullen," she spoke flippantly. "There are animals all about."
She hadn't answered his question. Not directly.
Carlisle covertly scented the air as he moved to remove his gloves, having finished treating her injury.
He went over to his desk and picked up his clipboard.
"Have you been near any foxes or dogs?"
He watched passively as Hadrian's body stiffened further.
"I'm not very good with animals," her voice was slightly strained, "I do my best to steer clear of them."
Dr. Cullen inclined his head as he wrote up Hadrian's prescription, more so acknowledging the fact that she had given him an evasive answer yet again than anything else.
It would seem that Hadrian Potter had secrets –
Carlisle's lips quirked up, into a small weary smile.
– But didn't they all?
Word Count: 344
A/N: Don't think that I forgot/underplayed the fact that Harry got bitten by Sam. Carlisle will address it...in due time. It's an interesting theory though right? The treaty that the Cullens signed with the shape-shifters' ancestors spoke about the vamps not being allowed to 'bite' any humans (or crossover into the shifters' land). Now one of the wolves has seemingly harmed a human...interesting times ahead.
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