Chapter 0321
I should have been there,” Nan whispered, lifting her gaze. “If Sammy hadn’t told me what had happened… I wouldn’t have known. I’m such a terrible best friend.”
“Why weren’t you there?” I found myself asking, needing a distraction. I didn’t want her to think she was at fault. because I knew Judy wouldn’t want that, but I needed to think about something else other than the fact that she was lying on an operating table right now.
“I was dealing with something,” Nan sighed, leaning back in her seat. She ran her hands up her arm, like she was trying to warm herself and that was when I saw the handprint marks on her forearm.
Without thinking, I grabbed her wrist, careful not to hurt her.
She startled and turned her widening eyes in my direction.
“Are those bruises?” I asked in a low tone.
She pulled her arms away and covered them with her sleeves.
“It’s nothing. It was an accident,” she told me a little too quickly.
“An accident?” I asked. “That’s not an accident. Who did that to you?”
“It’s nobody,” she told me, more adamantly this time. “Like I said… it was an accident. He was angry and I went to walk away, and he grabbed my arm to stop me. I bruise easily.”
“Who?” I asked again, my tone was more forceful this time I was seconds away from using my Lycan powers on her and forcing the information out of her.
“Look I know you are smitten with Judy or whatever, but that doesn’t give you a right to pry into my personal life. I don’t want to talk about it. It’s not your concem, Alpha.”
Sammy sucked in a sharp breath at her words, and I let out a low growl. She clamped her lips shut and glanced at the ground, desperate to keep herself from looking at me.
I was clear Nan had no intention of telling me who had hurt her, and I knew the second Judy saw those bruises she was going to want to find out who it was and get to the bottom of it herself.
It might even put her in further danger.
“If I find out who it was-“I started to say through my teeth, the thought of Judy putting herself in a dangerous situation festered in my mind, making my thoughts jumble and my wolf agitated.
Nan interrupted my words by standing up abruptly.
“If you’ll excuse me, Alpha Landry.”
Without another word, she stepped away from me and hurried toward the other end of the waiting room. I stared. after her with my lips pressed… I thought about Irene and how I would react if something like that happened to her. She was my daughter, and I would slaughter anyone who brought harm to her… same with Matthew.
Same with Judy…
Sammy sat in Nan’s former seat.
Probably that guy she’s been talking to,” Sammy said with a shrug. “I heard them arguing before we came here, and it sounded really bad.”
I glared at her.
Chapter 0321
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“What guy?”
“I don’t know his name,” she said, nibbling her lower lip.
I glanced back at Nan and saw that she had taken a seat somewhere else, her hands buried under her lap and her eyes fixed on the ground as she fought the urge to cry.
“So, Judy is part of your pack, Alpha?” Sammy asked curiously. “Has she always been?”
The door opened and someone walked into the waiting room. It drew my attention to the person, ignoring Sammy completely.
I didn’t recognize the small group that entered. It was guy and two girls, both looked worried but the guy only looked annoyed as he looked around the waiting room, his eyes landing on Nan.
The second the girls saw Nan; they rushed to her. I watched as her face grew paler as they got closer to her. Her eyes refused to look at the guy.
I narrowed my eyes; he looked guilty as fuck.
Was this the guy who did this to her?
I channeled my Lycan hearing so I could hear what they were saying,
“Can we talk?” He asked her.
She finally glanced his way, swallowing
“I’m here for my best friend. Haven’t you said enough?” She asked.
“Please,” he pleaded softly. “Give me a chance to explain myself.”
“Nan, he’s a good guy,” one of the girls said. “He didn’t mean to hurt you.”
“Yeah, he’s my cousin is so sensitive,” the other girl said. “Give him a chance.”
Nan glanced between them all before her eyes landed on me… I was busted. She knew I could hear them, and she knew that I now knew the truth.
She sighed and then stood to her feet, quickly averting her eyes from mine.
“Okay,” she said softly. “Let’s talk.”
She disappeared out the door with him and the girls sat down in the seats that Nan was nearby.
I thought about following them, but then the door of the operating room swung open and one of the doctors walked out.
“Alpha Landry,” he said, stepping towards me. I stood to attention immediately. “Miss Montague is out of surgery, and it went well. We think she will be cleared for next week’s challenges. Now that she’s patched up, wolf will heal her in no time. No serious injuries were detected.”
Relief.
All I felt at that moment… was relief.
