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‘Alpha,thisisGabriel.We rescued Ruby at the exchange, but she and Danny were injured. We’ve alerted Dr. West. He’s meeting us at the hospital. He’s lost a lot of blood, Alpha.’
‘How the fuck did that happen? Don’t answer that. We will debrief later. We’re on the way there.’I ended the mind-link and saw Celeste looking at me with concern in her eyes.
“We gotta go to the pack hospital. Danny’s back with the warriors. He’s got Ruby, and they are both injured.” She took off her apron and we immediately took off running.
We arrived at the pack hospital in no time. As we entered, we heard commotion through one of the double doors and a woman screaming. We rushed in to find blood everywhere, and the nurses were trying to tie down a she-wolf while the doctor was working on Danny.
“Ruby,” Celeste whispered.
“Go,” I urged her. “Maybe a friendly face will help calm her.” She nodded at me and ran to her side.
“Celeste? Did they get you too? I thought you found your mate?” The poor girl began sobbing.
“I did, Ruby. I did. The person you attacked is named Danny. He’s my mate’s gamma. We sent him to rescue you.” She tried to console Ruby.
“Rescue? Oh, my goddess, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry. I thought he was the buyer. They told me they were selling me. That they barely made any profit off me,” she said, sobbing. “I didn’t want to die, Celeste. Please forgive me.”
“It’s okay, Ruby. He will understand.” Celeste soothed the young girl.
“The hell I will! This is my favorite shirt! Ow,” Danny answered from the other bed. Dr. West was cleaning his wound, and I saw him smirk when he shut Danny up by dabbing his wound a little too hard. “She slashed me pretty good. Luna, I will need some food to get my blood count back up to normal,” he added, giving Celeste his puppy eyes. She’s clearly developed a soft spot for my dick of a gamma, because my mate laughed and nodded at his request.
“I’ve got croissants in the making. I’m sure I can make a few croissant breakfast sandwiches for everyone.” Danny grinned at her words, and I pinched the spoiled brat on his good shoulder.
“OW! I’m wounded, you know!” he said indignantly, but Dr. West and I rolled our eyes. We could see he was going to be fine and was simply trying to get more food out of my mate.
“I’m sure you’ll heal. What happened?” I asked, trying to figure out what the hell happened to warrant so much blood.
“We noticed her getting the signs of a shift two days ago. We started tailing her more closely after that, and last night, we saw her being dragged out in the middle of the night. We’re not sure why they sold her before the full moon. We followed and videotaped the exchange and managed to get her away from the buyer while wearing hoodies. She was knocked out the entire time, so I thought she might have been injected with Wolfsbane. About thirty minutes from here, she woke up and freaked out. I was trying not to hurt her, and she slashed me twice with her damn claws before I managed to knock her out again.”
“So what I think you’re saying,” I said with a smirk. “Was that dealing with black market buyers was a piece of cake, but you were wounded by a nineteen-year-old girl with no fighting experience.”
“I was trying not to hurt her!” Danny said indignantly, making Celeste laugh until she had tears in her eyes. Even Ruby let out a soft giggle in between her sniffles.
“I’m going to go make breakfast. Ruby, I’m going to leave you with these nurses and Dr. West. They will look you over to make sure you’re well. Then we’ll have to talk to you about what is going on and what you want to do. Okay? You’re safe. Maya is here too. I will have her come keep you company when she wakes up.” Ruby nodded, wincing as they put an IV line into her arm. I was proud of how Celeste took charge of her needs. She was acting like a luna more and more each day, building her confidence the more she learned from Gillian’s mother.
“Celeste,” Ruby said, and we both turned to look at her. “I can’t have children. When I shifted, something happened, and the pack doctor was called. I was told something went wrong with the shift, and it tore my womb to pieces. The people who took me said I was useless if I couldn’t bear a child, so they didn’t care if I had a mate or not. That’s why I was sold earlier,” she choked out while tears tracked down her face. Celeste gave her a tight hug, and I saw her eyes flash with fire when she walked past me and out the door.
She left, and I already missed her as I watched that nicely rounded ass disappearing through the double doors. She had filled in quite nicely in the few weeks she’d been getting proper meals.
“Ahem,” Danny interrupted with a grin, and I rolled my eyes again. “We got the video, man. You can clearly see the exchange and the people involved. We should be able to get the bastards.” My eyebrows went up at that.
“Bang-up job, man. We will assemble all of our data and present it the day after the luna ceremony. I’ll ask Celeste if anyone else is close to getting their wolf before we make the final decision.”
“So I can stay now?” Danny asked.
“Yeah, brother. Rest. Tomorrow’s the full moon run.”
“Does that mean I get to eat more of Luna’s food?” he asked, hope filling his eyes, making mine roll, but my heart swelled with pride.
“She only cooks twice a week. It was the compromise we reached. So yeah, you will enjoy her food more.”
“Awesome, I’ve been dreaming of that chicken parmesan,” he said gleefully.
“Well, I’m sure you can ask. She takes requests, and so far, no one’s been disappointed.”
“Hmm, you think she’d do some southern fried chicken? I haven’t had a good one since my grams burned herself. Gramps threw away the fryer.”
