Chapter Forty–Three
Von POV
Though I was instructed to remain in the pre
presence of Luna Red, it was beyond my power to listen. The woman barely managed to when she received a mod link, apologizing for curing a shon. Then before had the chance to comment on her announcement, she was muchung off. I didn’t know what message the woman received, but it was clear something was troubling ber mind
I could well understand.
In these private imenis, I wandered around the monor of the pack, alarmed at the degrading condom Though Edbernout of touch with news the last couple of years, it was clear things had changed. Two years ago Crescent Moon was one of the most powerful packs in the territory second to only Blood Diamond it was this pack that’d aligned themselves with the Alpha King offering their aid when needed. The largest stores extensive medical practices, and an abundance of warriors created their own little army.
Whard changed!
Wandering around the gardens that’d fallen as the rest of this place, I was alerted by the cries in the distance Concerned at what could be the cause followed them to a lule girl nearby, whool fallen and scraped her knee. “Are you okay sweetie?”
“Kare hurts,” she whimpered.
Instantly charmed by the baby that couldn’t be more than three, with strawberry blond girls and pully cheeks. Surely her mama wai minting her. Swinging tied child into my arms at the assurances I’d help, I took her into the medic bay. Its preseper was the first alarms. The medical bay was pormally extensive in its practices, was nothing more than an empty mom with a bed and chair. No medical equipment, cabinet of medicines, not even the bossc herbs the park was known for
A woman rushed forward when she noticed me standing in the room, though it was the girl she focused on “Marie, what happened?”
She pointed to her knee. “Hints.”
Clearly being the nurse for this medical boy, she reached for a black case and opened it up. The woman scanned through the herbs inside, which were menial at best, barely the basics. She reached for a bottle. I don’t have much but I will create a paste.”
“Hold on” Tour in before the woman could finish, I snatched up the clear vial full of the herli she’d intended to use. My eyes widened to sauceni when I saw the yellow buds inside and the tragic mistake she’d nearly made. This is Sammatch herb. Do you have any idea what this could do in a
Her expression was blank.
1 grashed my teeth at her ignorance: “This herb while good ground up in a tea for constipation, in a paste for acut could cause debilitating stomach sickness, ulcers, even death. Who on earth ever allowed you to trear these people You could kill them?”
“Tri sorry,” she dropped her head as shame took over her too, disheartened at what her actions had caused. Im not a Stacher and don’t have the propertraining for it.”
Then who is?” I demanded.
She shook her head. “We don’t have one. Our previous Suncher died last year in the raids and plagues, no replacements were
were sent I was only chosen for having the most medical experience, though I do admit it’s sorely lacking ”
“What’s your name?” I wondered.
“Hannah,” she replied. “Hanna Carson,
I stepped around the table to face her. “Well, Hanna did it ever cross your mind to send word to the king His Stitchers are quite proficient in all forms of medicine. He’d have gladly sent herbs or allowed you to train beneath his stitcher”
“We did,” she replied and ducked her head down, as if ashamed to admit this aloud.
Hagerly nodded her head “After the first raid, Alpha Kincaid sent word to His Majesty, alerting him of the problems. Only we never heard back from him. And with each new raid, the plagues, still no help came from him. we accepted we were on our own.”
My heart broke at the knowledge of the state the pack was placed in, due to the ignorative and neglect. Was it door on purpose! Had Kadden been ignoring the needs of these people all this time, when they needed him most? None of it made any sense. Crescent Moon was his ally, during the war he depended on their army, so why would he ignore their need! Surely there had to be some explanation for has lack of assistance. Flipping through the herba the woman did have in the case, I fetched one with purple and blur seeds “Hembreath. If you grind this down and then urt it to bod for two minutes until black, it will create a paure. It will have healing properties, as well as a natural sedative for pain.” “Thank you” Hannu breathed
stepping back to allow the woman to get down to work, Iruriously observed the mom around me. It left much to be desired “As for the state of this park. I want you to write out a last of everything this pack needs. Medical, educational, labor, and supplies, I want you to fund three among your par but waste to follow in a field of medicine, then on Monday you and them will go to Shadow Creek’s stitcher Marigold is an amazing practitioner. all get you better prepared in treat the
cally bugging me for all she was worth. “Thank you so much, my lady. My people will
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no moraldiet privarle Then the annuntaier fary needed, theud was juore than willing to Andle damned the roguenquences. If the nut was angry at me for overstepping my bounds without talking to him then I wind arrepe las wrath. I wouldn’t allow these people, any of them to endder for a second longer, due to his
We stayed the night.
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were crapcrmed, I was
was gee is separate chambers. Harying down as the bed Dessed and turned fitfully, unable to find the comfort needed to sleep Ed spent a meuations deepurupurat to the man and the month before banning humn body fret away from me. Every night Ef fallen aslerparochum just on the geher silent the door, har vore nasly, watching talenther as we slept. It felt uneasy for me to lay in the bed alour, knowing Kabler way down the fall inclus sewerthanaleens, Narty twind my steps inway.
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Obronne, he debut. Klavage was a love–struck found whooody demight about the close persond füs mate, and was willing to do anything. I knew Tenn Kadden the beast had been torturing hits from day one, temple he hadn’t your jonno detail. Foxperted it had to be bad, judging by the bank on his
Whuchen way barely half an hour later I was slipping out my door sujet to ensure sucone could hearine. Then tiptoeing along the liang vorridor, my semes took me straight to the room he was in Igneuring any sense of guilt I should have for toraking into a man’s mutans, I slipped through the door. Tremaming as quiet as possible. I maneuvered in the darkness, not even the inventolight ing way. Which was fine, night vision rate intarely Slapgang underneaths the blanker I was Herowo ndi guard by the hand closing around my that. In the seconeduthur Pallowed. I Bened myself planted face fund into the mattress, his boedly janning nor down. It wasnt sexual egler. He snarled “You betterola damn good explanataten for why prai thought to clarda antramy
Einmaned at the presscod has body. Yep, even in a fat olänger, rage at the tiraght of stane strange woman in his bed, he tumed me on I was vrch a wanton she for punislament
“Von Karlien Lar–off in my ear, though he didn’t remove his body. He only pesceeded to parts further into me, his thoughts changing now that knew my identity. “Are you suicidar
“Maylar “Ladmated trabdully
The hand pressed into my borly suddenly changed direction, as it traded down my thuge me the hemodiny nightgown. Hisirs escaped both of in he pushed up the bottom of the guwai, revealing my naked body “Gliviously, Only an innatar woman would clundeintre my bed while I slept and excited when I practically threatened to kill her.”
Witherbar, he slammed autome. Showing noccontraut at the demight of where we were, die unprisoned my arms abonor my head. Relentlessly Kaddeo slammed into my body, the thing of the headband en losing his thrusts. He took me with the same wild alarekin as last night, delivering my body punishment for creeping into his bed. Hoved every minute of j. Rating down on the sheets to hold in the screams, he piledrove las cock.
Spilling his seed inside of me for the second time tonight, Kadden rolled over onto his back on the other side. He didn’t offer me the sweet nothings another mate would’ve done, as pleasantries were beyond hian. “Be gone before dawn.”
“Why?” asked ham.
“In for your own protection,” be assured me, answering the question weighing heavily on my mind. “Someone is working against me. I don’t want to give anyone a reason to come after you. Right now Layla and my inner people only know, the rest think you’re just a pleasing distraction. I want to. keep it that way.”
Just as instructed by him the first rays of dawn were scheduled to rise when I snuck out of his room. An hour later I was downstairs having breakiau, none the wiser I spent the right as his arms. When we prepared to leave Hamua made an appearance, again thanking me for my help. However, she slipped a note int my hand, knowing it was the list of the things the park needed. Neither of us really kurw if Kadden would be pleased by our agreement and no chance of being denied by him.
Two hours later we arrived at Red Dawn. I was aghast to admit that just like Crescent Moon the pack was hit hard, though not nearly to the same degree. And just like Harin, I searched out the presence of the medical staff, which thankfully was fully stocked Or letter stocked I should say. All the while grung artitel the park I made putes of everything Red Dawn needed to retum to their former glory. Both in and sammude the pack:
For the next week, Kadden alfabng with the warriors weit tithe surrounding parks in the territory. I was pleased that all of them were at variais. different levels of need, most of them stood well on their own Factione Iwas encountered with the need that plagued them, I made sure to wild it
time we retuned for it was clear that something needed to be done, or else the kingdom would fall to run. There had to be a reason why the needs of las people were being ignesand. Anel I was beginning in suspectilu wasn’t Kadden whood ignored them Why? What was Larken dung! What affected the kingdom affected him!
