Lewana POV
Nearly 38 hours I have been on the go for now. Liam is still struggling. A few pack members have slowed down in healing since my plasma has been used up, and I am exhausted. I end up sleeping in the medical centre so I am nearby in case any patients walk in.
Thankfully, I’m not woken up. I rise on my own at about 6 am.
I shower at the medical centre and change into a new set of scrubs I keep on standby. I then go check on Liam, who is
awake too.
“How are you feeling today?“.
“Better. Still in a bit of pain but OK“. I checked his gums, and he is still anemic, but it will have to do for now.
I’m about to continue when Mary comes in. “I’m so sorry, Luna Queen. I will come back“.
“No matter my title, you can still call me Lewana. You can stay if Liam wants you to“.
He nods, and she goes over and takes his hand.
“So, we need to talk about eating again“.
Liam’s face lights up. “I could go for a steak with cookies afterwards“.
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“Not. A. Chance. Clear fluids only today. Water, juice, broth. Things like that. I know wolves heal faster, but I need to make sure when you bowl starts working again, your stitches don’t rip“. 1
“Sooooo, tomorrow then“.
“It will be a few days before steak and cookies. If all goes well today, maybe ice cream tomorrow“.
Mary starts cooing over Liam like he is her 5–year–old boy again. “Don’t you worry, my brave soldier. I will get all your favorites ready“.
He is lapping up the attention from her, as I know he is still a big kid at heart.
I go and get breakfast, and I have nearly finished when I feel the earth shake. The Phoenices have arrived.
Prince Eli’s mother is the first to speak up as his father stands behind. She was yelling before I got through the front door.
“WHERE IS MY SON?“.
‘Queen Ember, I will take you to his room“. It’s a tense walk up the stairs, and I go to knock on Prince Eli’s door when his mother just walks in.
He is startled awake and goes to stand up at the sight of his parents.
His mother snaps at him. “WHAT. HAPPENED“.
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Prince Eli recounts the events as I check his vital signs. I ran a full evaluation of his blood in my lab, and he has a higher sodium level. Makes sense as sodium chloride makes orange flames and helps with electrolyte movement in the body. I ask his parents for samples of their blood to see what the baseline should be, but I can see they are trying to check on their son without showing too much affection. I decide to leave them to it.
Princess Rose will need to process the trauma in her own way, so I will check on her later. I decide to go check on the last Royal patient. Prince Aalto.
I go to the swimming pool with Conrad and find him lounging in the hot tub.
“Hey, Orca. Coming to check on your favorite patient“.
“Don’t flatter yourself. You’re not even top 5“.
He throws a hand to his chest as if I hurt his chest, and I just roll my eyes.
He is healing well, and I am practically done when we hear car tires screeching to a halt outside. Conrad and I are instantly on alert.
The doors fly open, and in comes Prince Aalto’s mother, Queen Coral, sprinting like her life depends on it.
She jumps into the water with Prince Aalto, pulls him close, and starts smothering him in kisses.
“Oh my poor little cherub…kiss. What did those wolves do…kiss. It’s OK, I’m here now…kiss. My brave, brave boy is going to battle….kiss“.
Prince Aalto is fighting his mother while she is doing this. “Mother, I’m fine. Stop it. Give it a rest. Come on. Stop it“.
Lewana and I can’t stop laughing, and when we see King River come in, he just shakes his head.
“Coral, sweetie. Give the boy some. We have company“.
She grabs Prince Aalto and pulls him to her chest. The water in the swimming pool instantly launches into the air and goes into sharp blades as her eyes go white.
“I am not apologizing for loving my son and vowing to mutilate and drown any of the wolves that did this to my baby boy“.
King River tries to calm her as she has clearly done this before. “Darling, I get you salty toward them, but the wolves that hurt him weren’t Conrad and Lewana. You need to calm your waves“.
The waves crash back into the pool, and she comes out of the jacuzzi. “Right. Which way are they, and I’ll deal with them“.
“We don’t know where they are, Coral. We have been too busy with this ceremony to hunt them“.
She looks at me, confused. “But you’re Luna Queen now. Right. It’s over“.
Conrad steps in. “They attacked the morning of the ceremony, so technically no“.
Her face goes white, and she looks around worried. “The shadows knew“. She goes over and hugs her husband for support. “They are actively preventing you from mating. Do you know why?“.
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“There are too many reasons why“. Conrad comes over and rubs my back as I lean into him and just feel the way he
anchors me.
King River speaks with an ominous tone. “We need to work that out and fast. Otherwise, the shadows can regain control before we know what is happening“.
Conrad thinks for a moment. “We need to get all the guardians together and discuss this matter. We need to work out what is going on before it is too late“.
With that, we head off to inform everyone else and clear our calendars for the day. There was only one person in the pack house who could help us now.
Willow.
Balance of Light and Shadow
