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ChapterTwenty-Eight
Sienna
Beeping woke me up. I blinked a few times, feeling super groggy.
My face screwed up as I tried to lick my lips. Cottonmouth was never a pleasant feeling. Did I smoke too much? What was going on? I shifted around, trying to get comfortable, and hissed as pain shot down my left arm.
“Sienna?! Don’t move, micetta.” King’s normally smooth voice sounded rough.
“King? What’s going on? Why am I— Why am I in a hospital room?” I asked when I finally looked around. Horrible beige walls, machines, an IV, and a small uncomfortable bed with a thin blue blanket. Yep, definitely a hospital.
“You passed out and fell during your dance class,” King replied, reaching over to offer me a cup of ice chips. He carefully put some on my tongue and ran his hand through my red hair, comforting me.
“Where is everyone else?”
“Taking up an entire waiting area.” King smiled, though it didn’t reach his eyes. “Between the mafia, MC, and our pack, it’s complete fucking chaos.”
“Ms. Rivers?” The warm voice filled the room, and I looked over to find a doctor watching us. It was an older alpha with dark graying hair, glasses, and a warm smile. “I’m Dr. Stevens.”
“How bad is it?” I asked, hoping whatever I heard wasn’t going to be crazy or super serious.
“Let me check your vitals, then we can go over everything, okay? Do you want to get the rest of the pack to join us?” King nodded at the subtle order and pressed a kiss to my temple before rushing out of the room.
The doctor made small talk as he checked my blood pressure and my pupils, then he squeezed my hands and did a bunch of other tests I didn’t quite understand. By the time he was done, my pack stood at the door, all of them watching with different levels of concern and relief.
Thankfully, no one said anything until the doctor finished writing in his chart. I didn’t think I could handle their concern and this at the same time.
“I’m glad to see you’re up now,” the doctor said as he sat on a stool and wheeled closer. “We have a few things to discuss. First, did you know you are diabetic?”
Diabetic?
It seemed so crazy that I could go from healthy to this, though I guess it couldn’t have been all that sudden. I didn’t know much about diabetes, but it didn’t seem like something that would just happen overnight. Was it an underlying condition that my other doctors just never found?
“No?” I managed. He gave me an understanding smile.
“Your blood sugar was dangerously low.” He launched into an explanation that I admittedly heard only half of. When he finished with a promise of sending in a specialist to see me, I could only nod.
“Could this be due to her erratic heat?” Yuri asked. When the doctor glanced at me, I gave a quick explanation. Hiding what happened wouldn’t do me any favors. His face grew concerned, but he was nothing but professional as he nodded along.
“I’ll have to consult on this one since it’s not something I have experience with. I can, however, send in some food for you, and that specialist will be by to talk with you. We’ll focus on what we can for now and find information for the rest. Regardless, this issue was likely lying in wait, and had it gotten worse, the outcome might not have been so pleasant. Your episode today might have saved your life,” he said in a fatherly tone. His eyes panned to the men behind me, and a small smile pulled at his lips. “And it seems you have more than enough support to get you through this.”
“I do,” I confirmed, finally turning to them again. My poor pack looked exhausted and worried. I’d officially put them through hell.
The doctor walked out then, and I waited for someone else to take the lead. I was far too exhausted and in too much pain to be the one.
“Sienna,” Nash said. His voice was strained, and my heart clenched at the sound. “I’m so sorry we didn’t realize something more was going on.”
“You’re not a doctor, Nash. There’s no way we could have known this was going on. Besides, everyone was processing that hell of a heat. This isn’t on anyone, except probably me. I really haven’t been eating properly, but I had no clue about this.”
“We’ll be here for the specialist,” River said emphatically. “We’ll figure out how to manage it.”
“I’m out on giving you shots. I can’t live that life,” King said. “But I’ll help in other ways.”
I snorted. “No one is giving me shots. I’m an independent omega, remember?”
“Not anymore,” Yuri argued. “We’re a pack, and we’re going to start acting more like it. We’ve already had this discussion, Sienna.”
My instinct was to protest, but what could I say to defend myself now? I’d landed myself in the hospital. Not to mention I loved how they thought of me and picked stuff out for me or treated me to stuff. I’d never been treated that way before. The only thing I didn’t want to admit was that I liked his bossiness. I needed to make sure that our relationship continued to grow at the pace I was comfortable with, and that meant keeping a few little secrets to myself until I was in a less vulnerable position. Those alpha instincts might go nuts if I said I liked him taking charge while I was laying in a hospital bed.
