The Alpha Won't Be Denied by Georgette St. Clair

Author:Georgette St. Clair [Clair, Georgette St.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-27T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

She slept poorly, tossing and turning all night. Her mind knew that she and Carver weren’t speaking, but the animal within her screamed for release. And only Carver would do. She wanted to be in bed with him again, wrapped up in his arms, moving underneath him…

She woke up early to a knocking on the door. Who would be visiting her cabin here?

Hugging her plaid flannel pajamas to her, she padded over to the door.

To her surprise, Darlie stood there on the doorstep, wringing her hands nervously.

“I am really, really sorry to bother you again on your honeymoon. I wouldn’t come if it wasn’t desperate,” she said. “The clinic called me in this morning and un-fired me. Yesterday Natasha was only able to heal a couple of people and then she passed out. She had to be taken home, and she hasn’t come in today – her husband said she’s too sick. Several of the families with measles are back. They never got treated yesterday and now their kids are really, really sick. Like life-threateningly sick.”

“Good God, why are we still talking?” Virginia grabbed her purse and pushed past her, running out the door still in her pajamas and slippers.

“Do you want to get dressed?” Darlie asked, following as Virginia sprinted over to Darlie’s car, which was still running.

“Nope. I’m good. It’s an emergency – let’s hit the road. People may judge me if they choose.” She glanced back at the cabin. “Damn it. I didn’t tell Carver where I was going.”

She couldn’t take any time to run back inside, so she reached into her purse, grabbed her cell phone and called him as they drove; it went to voicemail. She hung up and sent him a text.

Going to the clinic again, some kids are really sick with measles. I’ll text you when I’m done.

Darlie steered expertly down the country roads, zipping around corners with ease, and they were at the clinic within minutes.

None of the cubs were past Virginia’s help, she realized with enormous relief. She quickly assessed which ones were the sickest, healed them first, and moved on. She knelt next to them, hands on their feverish little bodies, and poured all the strength from her body into theirs.

She healed all seven of the sick kids while their worried parents hovered over her and wrung their hands.

After she’d healed the last one and the grateful mother had carried her out of the examination room, she leaned back in her chair, dizziness swirling around her.

“Whoa. Maybe you should have paced yourself a little.” Darlie sat down next to her and handed her a big mug of coffee.

“Couldn’t. They were really sick – it needed to be taken care of immediately. I’ll be fine, I just need a few minutes to recover.” Virginia took a really big sip of the coffee, enjoying its bittersweet taste as it rolled down her throat.

“Take all the time you need. There aren’t any other urgent cases.”

Virginia nodded, took another swig, then leaned back in the chair, closing her eyes.

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