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Chapter 4
He was tense. Every muscle in his body felt tight and strained, his jaw locked, his mind in turmoil. His wolf was pressing so hard to the surface; Darien couldn't help the growling and hissing bursting out of his throat every now and then. The soft body in his arms was too limp. Her sweet, alluring scent was tainted by blood. By her own blood. His wolf roared in anger and desperation and he clenched his teeth so hard he could feel the pulse at the base of his jaw start to thump. He was a mess of nerves…
"Darien…"
He recognized Andrew's voice and sensed his anxiety but he just fucking didn't care at the moment.
"We need a doctor." He said completely ignoring everyone around him and shifting her weight in his arms carefully. She was so thin and light and fragile. Why was she so light? Had she been not eating right? Anger mixed into the already messed up heap of emotions. He had never in his life been so confused and uncertain about what to do before. He was one of the most dominant Alphas for God's sake! That meant he knew what he was doing, always!
"There is a doctor in the city. It is not far away from here. She is a human but she is usually the one attending the pack when someone gets injured." The new male, the submissive, Bran, said quietly and winced as Darien turned to glare at him. His eyes were wolf's eyes - Darien knew it without needing to see it. When he was this stressed and upset, this close to change, his eyes usually turned to wolf's eyes.
"We need Zoisite." He hissed but he was not moving. He and his wolf were equally uncertain what to do.
"Darien…" Andrew cleared his throat again but gulped nervously as Darien growled at him. It was never a good idea to argue with a pissed off, off-centered Alpha so he quickly glanced away in submission.
"Darien, she won't last until Zoisite gets here. It would take at least two hours." Kunzite said carefully. His tone was soft and his body relaxed, inoffensive in every possible way.
Darien breathed through his nose in an attempt to calm himself and clear his mind so he could focus on the task at hand. Everyone around him glanced anywhere but at him as they formed a half circle around him. They were a confused bunch of wolves. No wonder, when their Alpha was standing there unable to make a fucking decision, too worried to move. How pathetic… He needed to get a grip.
Taking several deep breaths he tried to focus. They needed to take her to the doctor and fast. He knew that but he felt reluctant to bring her to someone he didn't know. Then again, he didn't really want to have Zoisite around her either. His wolf growled in agreement. No male around her when she was weak and injured. Not even Zoisite whom he trusted with his life…. But not with her life as it seemed.
"Where is this doctor?" Darien turned to the submissive male from her pack… He gritted his teeth. Ex-pack. Now that sounded much better.
"This way." Bran said quietly and took a tentative step forward to show the way.
"She is going to be all right." He said looking at Serena's limp body from the corner of his eyes.
Darien growled dangerously and possessively, pulling Serena further away from him. Wisely, Bran took the hint and put a few feet between himself and Darien, careful not to anger the very dominant, very dangerous Alpha.
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Darien's nose scrunched up as he stepped into a closed up examination room. The room was middle-sized with light-green walls and with a huge bed - clearly used for examination -, in the middle of it. There was a middle sized table next to the bed, full with doctor's equipment. They all looked sharp and dangerous offending his wolf. But those were needed to heal her and that made him stay in the room even though his first thought was escaping. Taking his mind off those needles he looked around the room. There was a cupboard on either side of the walls. Darien scrunched up his nose again. The air was filled with antibiotics and similar medicines. He hated it…
"Lay her down on the bed please."
The gently, female voice was soft and not autocratic at all. Darien now focused on her. The middle aged woman was tall with short, brown hair and keen eyes which were now carefully downcasted on the floor. Her shoulders were dropped and her head tilted down. Complete and total submission. It calmed his wolf further down. She clearly knew how to act with werewolves and dominant Alphas. Darien had a feeling she knew exactly what she was doing and that it made him relaxed enough to consider to stay and to let her do whatever she needed to do to heal the injured female in his arms. He knew the good doctor's act was on purpose as submissive as it was, but he also felt the woman was human and a gentle soul. Deciding it was the best to give it a go, slowly he walked up to the bed and carefully laid the petit woman with long blonde hair on the bed. He stayed where he was, right next to the bed and watched the human with cold blue eyes. One wrong move and he would be out of here with his precious she-wolf. He knew he must have looked like a cornered wild animal ready to attack in any moment. Actually, that wasn't too far away from the truth. The fact that the doctor was female and clearly a human helped him take control over his growling wolf. She means zero danger – he kept telling himself over and over.
"I am going to come closer to take a look at her." The doctor said softly, still not meeting his eyes.
Darien hesitated only for a moment before he nodded. He watched every movement the woman made like a hawk and couldn't help but respect her when she did not shiver under his not too friendly stare.
A few moments passed in complete silent. The doctor was watching the blonde female frowning every now and then while Darien narrowed his eyes on the doctor.
It was completely quiet in the room as they were the only occupants. Earlier when they had arrived Darien had ordered everyone, including Bran, to stay outside of the examination room. Too many wolves would have made him more snappy and that was something none of them needed right now.
"I am going to touch her very carefully." The doctor said daring to throw a quick glance his way. Darien tensed in response. "I need to see the wounds. She is suffering and she needs help." The woman said gently.
A muscled jumped in his jaw and he bared his teeth but finally he nodded to the doctor to go ahead. A few minutes later the doctor stared to use several equipment, always carefully explaining what she was doing and why. Darien nodded in understanding every single time, never moving away from the bed, his body incredible tense. He gulped down a dangerous growl as blood was transfused into the she-wolf's petit body. The smell of fresh blood made him restless. His mind understood it was saving her life but his body was not convinced… neither was his wolf. The doctor must have known how tiny ice she was walking on because all her movements were careful, slow and gentle.
Thirty agonizing minutes later the doctor finally sighed in relief.
"She is very weak. One rib is broken two other are cracked and bruised. She lost a lot of blood and she has a fracture to her skull but she will survive. Thanks to her werewolf genetic s her bones will heal in two days. Tomorrow she will still be uncomfortable but she will be able to move around but she needs to be careful. Now I am more worried about the nasty bite on her arm. Not because of the bite itself but because the fangs sank as deep that they damaged some nerves and made a hole into the bone. That will take some time to heal." The doctor summarized as she cleaned the equipment and put them systematically away.
"But she will be fine." Darien said rather then asked. There was no other option anyway. He wouldn't accept anything else.
"She will feel extremely dizzy and might have some lingering pain for a few days. She got it pretty bad. Without the blood…" The doctor trailed off before she shook her head. "She will live yes. But she needs to rest at least 24 hours. And even after that, she will need to take it easy."
Darien nodded in satisfaction as he glanced down at the female again. She was going to take it easy all right, he was going to make sure of it. Her eyes were still closed and she did not move an inch but she looked less pale and the fact that no blood was oozing from her small body helped him relax some more.
"The house next to mine is an inn. You can move her there for the rest of the night and the better part of the next day. She won't wake up for a while." The doctor said.
"Thank you." Darien nodded throwing a glance at the woman truly seeing her for the first time without the agonizing anger and fear he had felt for the past hour. "You seem to know a lot about us." He said tilting his head the slightest bit, examining the woman not with distress but interest this time.
"Yes I do." Her voice gave nothing away but Darien's keen eyes did not miss the small smile on her lips.
"It seems very odd that a pack would take on a doctor who is actually not a werewolf." Darien crossed his arms in front of his chest this time his eyes never leaving the woman as she moved around the room. He detected the slightest discomfort in her form immediately.
"Murdoks Pack was run… differently." She said quietly.
True enough but Darien was no fool. "That is not it." He said simply.
The woman sighed as she put away the last of the tubes she had used before. Her shoulders dropped in defeat but she stayed with her back to him. "I knew the moment I saw you I was not supposed to let you in. You aren't like Jacob. There was too much intelligent behind your eyes even when they were filled with nothing else but worry and fear for your mate." She said.
Mate. His wolf purred at the thought and Darien glanced down at the female sleeping peacefully for a moment before he turned his attention back to the doctor.
"I knew that the moment she was okay, you will just start to pay attention." she continued then she turned around to face him. She was standing in front of one of the cupboards while he stood still right next to the bed. "By the way, you should mark her as soon as possible or your wolf will drive you crazy over this. You are too dominant." She added nodding towards the sleeping female.
"You keep yourself away from my business and my mate." Darien growled, his lips curling back to show his fangs.
The woman smiled a sad smile. "She is petit. What is her name?"
Darien frowned for a moment in hesitation. He just realized he had no idea what her name was. It hadn't mattered before but now he wanted to know. He wanted to know everything about her.
"Ah. Now I understand why she is not marked yet. You two just met right? True mate's bonding is exceptional and can happen very fast." The doctor said.
"You can keep your comments about my mate and start to talk Doctor Mizuno. You know a lot about werewolves. You should know you are not leaving this room until I know what you have to do with us."
Doctor Mizuno took a glance at her name tag neatly clipped to her white coat. He must have got is from there.
"You are wondering how I managed not get killed by an enraged dominant Alpha going crazy about her mate's safety? How I managed to handle you?" She asked with a soft smile and a raised eyebrow.
"None can handle me Doctor. And you are not on the right path right now with the not getting killed mission." Darien said his voice deep and dangerous. "I am not patient."
"My husband was a werewolf." She said surprising him with her blunt answer. "I know… A mating between a werewolf and human is rare. I know I was not his true mate, that could have only been another werewolf but one can never know if he or she would be those lucky ones who can find that special other half ever in their lives. My mate… he gave up on finding his true mate. We fall in love and he truly chose me as his mate." She said with a sad smile earning Darien's respect yet again. This woman seemed to truly love her husband.
"What happened with him?" He asked paying extra attention his voice was kept calm and gentle.
"He passed away. I don't want to talk about it." She said firmly. Darien nodded in response. He could respect that.
"He was a submissive wolf. He used to be part of the Murdoks Pack. When we met and fall in love, in exchange of a lone wolf status without a pack for him, I agreed to be the pack doctor. You know, he wanted to get away from Jacob and he gave us a chance in exchange for my support." She said. "It was a perfect deal for everyone. My mate got rid of the pack he hated without being hunted for it and they have got a doctor."
"How did he survive without a pack?" Darien asked tilting his head again. It was extremely difficult to be a lone wolf without a pack. His kind craved the nearness of the pack mates. He didn't consider himself a feely-touchy person but still he could never imagine to be without his pack. He needed the closeness of the others.
"We were his pack." Doctor Mizuno smiled gently.
"We?" Darien raised an eyebrow in suspect.
"I have a daughter."
Darien frowned again. How come a male, even though submissive, could live with the knowledge that his mate had a child with someone else? Something was strange here but his focus suddenly shifted completely from the doctor to his mate as she let out a quiet moan.
"It is all right. She is healing and it is not completely painless." Doctor Mizuno said quickly. "But I would suggest taking her to the inn and into a comfortable bed."
Darien was already taking the female into his arms by the time the good doctor finished her sentence.
Well I didn't plan to stop here but I decided to do so as I think this part of the story deserved its own chapter. Now the next one will be about Serena waking up! What will be like the first conversation between her and Darien?
sabina21: I think this chapter answered all your questions! (:
gabicg1: I am really happy you enjoyed it!
raye85: Well if the pack will be welcoming towards Bran and Serena, if they can fit in, is a question for the future (: Why none touched Serena was not because of Darien's warning as in words but rather that they saw how he reacted in general.
chaoticwisdom: Yay for Doctor Mizuno for saving Serena! (:
seranoa: Well I was enjoying writing the actions in the last chapter. As I was trying my best to describe what Darien was feeling right after the battle in this chapter!
OrientalDanceGirl: Yes well about Barn, we will see his story. The girls might show up rather sooner than later ;)
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Rock85: Oh thank you a lot! I am happy their relationship is already picking your attention! That is exactly what I wanted... without them really interacting up until now! Well in this fanfiction mating is important and is not done easily. If Darien and/or Serena had any relationships before? That we will see. But mating is something much much stronger and more serious thing.
misshaa: There you go!
Serenity312: Thank you! I hope you are going to like it!
Sunny: Well we made a bit of time jump here. But Serena will be interested to know what happened after she passed out so someone will have to fill in those details! ;)
Maz: Well when it happened and when he realized might have been not at the exact same time!
Guest: Thank you so much! I am really happy if that is how it seems! I really try to improve! IT means not just the plot but the depths of the characters! Of course my main focus is with Darien and Serena.
Guest: THANK YOU! You have no idea how much your review meant to me! Plot and the depth of characters are exactly what I am trying to get better with! Darien is a true Alpha in this story who of course loses focus sometimes, just like in this chapter. It is a challenge to keep him a strong leader but still a human with faults. Creating Serena's character is also very difficult. She is a submissive wolf so she has to act as one but submissive does not mean weak minded... I hope I can pass the challenge I made for myself with this story. It definitely deserves to be written well!
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