p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Fix my daughter's wrist and make sure nothing else is wrong with her!" Caius demanded the wide eyed balding man dressed in scrubs and a doctor's coat. His name tag said his name was Dr. Daniels. Caius of course didn't care what the man's name was, he simply wanted the man to fix his child. Caius was extremely worried because when he checked Bella's wrist it had swollen even more and the purple bruising was trailing further up her arm./p
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p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Athenodora held Bella gently cradled in her arms. She couldn't keep the small smile from her face because as soon as she had picked Bella up she had snuggled into Athenodora's body and laid her head on her shoulder. The girl's comfort with the queen pleased her greatly because even if it was sub-conscience Bella was showing signs of accepting the bond. Following behind her mate and the two guard members who secured the room she carefully set Bella down on the exam table. When she moved to give the doctor room Bella held on to her with her good hand. "I'm not going anywhere don't worry."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Thank you." Bella was relieved she didn't have to go through this alone. She had always hated Doctors and hospitals but had visited many during her lifetime. Bella held onto the queen's arm and snuggled closer to her when the doctor approached her./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Dr. Daniels held up his hands when he saw the glare coming from the intimidating woman as he approached the hurt girl. His fear of these people was great but he had to examine the girl to help her. "I just need to check her over to see what is wrong."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Be careful." Athenodora was having a hard time controlling her instinct to attack anyone who came close to her hurt child. It was only for the fact that the doctor was the only one who could help Bella that she allowed the man in the same room as Bella. Looking over to Jane she could tell her guard member was seconds away from hurting the man. She was grateful that Jane let her be the one close to Bella because she had no doubt that Jane was feeling the stress of the situation just as much if not more than the queen./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"The doctor gently held Bella's hand and ran his fingers over her wrist. When Bella whimpered in pain Caius had the man held to the wall by his throat in less than a second. "What did you do?! I told you to fix her not hurt her."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Bella knew that if she didn't intervene the poor doctor was not going to make it another minute while they were there. Trying to figure out a way to defuse the situation she went with her instincts. "Father he didn't hurt me. He was just checking the injury. I promise I'm ok."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Father?" Caius dropped the man immediately when Bella called him father. He looked at Bella who had her head down with a blush on her cheeks./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Bella was embarrassed at having calling the king father. She didn't know why she did, it just felt right. "I'm sorry, I won't call you that again. It just slipped out."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""No it's perfectly fine to call me that." Caius reassured her. He hadn't felt this level of happiness since the first time his mate told him she loved him. He carefully put his finger on Bella's chin and lifted her head so he could look her in the eye. "I could think of no honor greater than for you to consider me your father."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Thank you." Bella's blush became worse when Caius kissed her on the forehead. She wasn't sure why but she felt more connected to the vampire king than she did to her own father Charlie. Maybe it was the bond at work or maybe it was the fact that Charlie wasn't much of a father at all. She would have to think about it later. "If it's alright can he look at my wrist again?"/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Caius glared at the doctor causing the man to gulp. "You will be more careful with my daughter or you will suffer the consequences."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Oh course sir." Dr. Daniels approached Bella again and tried to ignore the many eyes on him. He cursed the fact that he had traded his on call shift to tonight even if it freed up his day for his anniversary with his wife. He knew she would rather him be alive and miss their anniversary than dead because he had no doubt that if he made the wrong move he wouldn't even get a warning before they killed him. He amended that thought when he looked at the young blond girl now standing next to the examination table. By the look in her eyes he knew if she had her way his death would be drawn out and painful. "I just need to look over her wrist. I'm sorry if this hurts you."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""It's ok I understand."Bella tried to give the man a reassuring smile but could tell it wasn't working. The only way for them to get through this without any blood shed would be if she could control her reaction to the pain. Although it was hard she kept a straight face and didn't make a sound as he prodded her wrist and arm./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""I agree that it seems like you have a broken wrist. I am however worried that some bones in your arm may have splintered as well. I would like to do an X-ray to be certain exactly what is wrong before we set you up with a cast." The doctor kept his eyes on Bella as he spoke as she was the kindest looking one of the group./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Jane hissed hearing that the mind reader had possibly done more damage than they thought. "I'm going to kill him."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Not before I get my hands on him." Athenodora growled. Turning to the doctor she asked. "If the bones are splintered what is the plan for treatment?"/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Unfortunately until we see how bad the damage is we won't know. If it is as bad as I am thinking she may have to have surgery to repair the bones so they heal properly." The doctor told them./p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Now it was Caius who growled. In his mind he was already concocting ways to make Edward suffer more than he originally planned. He went through a mental catalogue of guard members who had gifts that would do the most damage. Initially he wanted to be the one to torture him but now knowing his daughter might need surgery he wanted Edward to suffer for a long time. "Let us do this x-ray and see what is wrong. Then I want you to do a full physical. We need to make sure nothing else is wrong with her."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Dr. Daniels couldn't help but flinch hearing that. He didn't want to do a physical on the girl for fear of anything else being wrong with her. He knew he shouldn't offer medicine right away to keep the girl lucid but in this situation it felt like life or death. If he could make the girl feel better quicker he felt like it would be in favor of him living. "Do you want me to give you something for the pain right now?"/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Bella looked to Athenodora for guidance causing the queen to calm down from her anger. She mentally scolded herself realizing that she needed to be more worried about her daughter's comfort than her revenge on the mind reader. This brought thoughts of the difficulty of having Bella stay human. She would have to have a discussion with her mate and Jane on the subject. Pushing those thoughts to the back of her mind she gave Bella a reassuring smile. "I think it would be alright to take something now. I want you to be comfortable."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""The medicine will likely make you groggy and a little less lucid." The doctor explained noticing the confused looks he was receiving from the group."She will be high on drugs. It isn't dangerous if she takes them as recommended and follows the instructions properly. She will feel the effects of having taken a drug. I warn that you need to be careful as if used improperly some people get addicted to the feelings."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Athenodora thought about what she knew of humans who took drugs. Mostly they tasted horrible. Looking at Bella's wrist and arm she knew Bella was probably in horrible pain. She was proud of her daughter for trying to stay strong and not show weakness. She was proving to be worthy of the title of Volturi Princess. However it was the knowledge that she was in pain that made her decision. "Give her the medication. We will make sure that she takes them properly."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;"Jane ran her hand through Bella's hair softly. She wasn't worried about her mate taking the medication. She had numerous people who would make sure Bella took them properly. Jane would look up the side effects of taking the drugs though so she would be prepared for her mate's behavior."I agree if they make her feel better than she should have them."/p
p style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; caret-color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); color: rgba(11, 12, 15, 0.95); font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-line; margin: 10px 0px !important;""Good I'll just go get you something while you change into the scrub top and we will get you x-rayed." Dr. Daniels hurried out of the room but before he could take a breath in relief at being out of those intimidating people's presence he found himself faced with half a dozen people in different locations around the lobby and hallways of his clinic. He wasn't sure who he had gotten involved with but he had a feeling they weren't the kind of people you wanted the attention of./p