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“It sounds like you’re saying I should be wary of Mirielle,” I retorted, pulling myself out of her reach and striding toward the threshold.
“That, too.”
Smirking mirthlessly, I opened the door to let in Jorga, as Calliver remained on guard.
“You sent for me, Alpha?” the healer asked, curtseying, her head lowered respectfully.
“Not me,” I sighed, but Endora ushered her in.
“Check him thoroughly, Jorga,” the enchantress ordered her. “And ensure that there’s no dark magic lingering.”
She swirled her finger around to gesture through the room, her eyes fixated on me. Jorga looked confused.
“Aren’t you able to do that yourself, Endora?” the healer asked nervously, her discomfort obvious as she picked up on the tension between us.
“The king would like a second opinion, I’m sure,” Endora replied cattily, stalking toward the door.
I rolled my eyes and shook my head as the enchantress vanished in her plume of blue smoke.
“Alpha?”
“Ignore her,” I told Jorga, settling back onto the settee. “And make it quick, please. I have something very important to do.”
“Of course, Alpha. I can’t sense anything wrong with you externally, but let me do a quick exam, and I’ll be on my way.”
I strained my ears to listen for Mirielle in the bathroom through the thick walls, honing on my wolf ears for the task. The faintest splish-splashing of water told me that she was still in the bathtub, but she had already been in there for a while.
Jorga snapped fingers on both hands, and a small flame appeared between her thumb and forefinger.
“Follow my fingers, please, Alpha,” she intoned, her voice taking on a hymnal tone.
I stifled a sigh and let her proceed, her violet irises burning into mine, a heat penetrating my spine as she checked me out with a diagnostic spell.
“If you don’t mind me saying, Alpha, you were very lucky,” Jorga informed me, snuffing out the fire from her fingers. “I see that you’ve healed, but there was some internal damage. I believe they were attacking you from the inside out.”
I shuddered at the mental image, but I shook my head.
“I am very lucky,” I told her honestly as she collected her kit and secured it again. “Lucky that I found Mirielle in the Bellewoods.”
“She seems very nice, Alpha,” she said meekly.
I considered pressing her more for an opinion on Mirielle, knowing that the healer had worked on her when my lover had been brought in from the caves, but I stopped myself.
I didn’t care what anyone has to say about Mirielle. I loved her.
“Can I get you something to sleep, Alpha? Or a concoction for pain?” the healer asked as she collected her belongings.
“No, thank you, Jorga. That will be all for tonight.”
Jorga offered me a timid smile, and I walked her to the door, locking it behind me, but I stood there for a long moment, my back against the wall.
Then, I turned and unlocked the door, letting myself out into the hall just as the water in the tub began to drain in my ensuite.
Mirielle was going to have to wait, after all.
Chapter19
Mirielle
