Chapter 13: 12, A true healer

Colin’s POV

The news that Doc had given them was indeed bad. Colin would take on hordes of rogues instead of this type of issue. Rogues he could at least do something about.

Something like a sick pup just made him feel helpless. It had surprised him that Adina had asked to help the boy. But hadn’t Aries said something about her having medical knowledge? Colin had been so proud of how she had handled Mrs Morgan. A true Luna.

Now she stood bent over the boy and had placed both of her hands on his little body. Colin’s eyes grew bigger as a soft yellow light started spreading from Adina’s hands. Mrs Morgan drew in a sharp breath, and he placed a hand on her shoulder. Whatever Adina was doing, he had a feeling they shouldn’t interrupt it.

He watched how his mate’s hands glowed and how her face looked serene. She was always beautiful, but as he looked at her now; Adina looked like an angel. She stayed that way for almost five minutes and then the light admitting from her hand slowly disappeared and she opened her eyes with a soft smile.

“I think he will feel better soon,” she said, and Colin looked at the boy.

His complexion had gotten better, he didn’t seem as feverish, and the wheezing was gone. Colin looked in amazement at his mate. She was a true healer. She straightened up, but he could see her eyes go unfocused and she wobbled. Before she could lose her footing, he was by her side, giving her support.

“Are you okay?” he asked softly, not knowing how the use of her gift affected her. She smiled up at him.

“I’m okay, don’t worry. I just have had nothing to eat since breakfast. It has given me low blood sugar,” she said, and he growled softly in displeasure.

Colin decided the best place for her was in his arms, so he picked her up bridal style.

“I’m fine honey, I can walk,” she protested softly. Colin loved that she had used a nickname for him but still didn’t respond, so she gave up.

“This is amazing,” Doc said.

He had examined the pup and looked at Adina with amazement in his eyes.

“His fever is almost completely gone, and his breathing is back to normal. You are a true healer, luna,” he concluded.

“I am” Adina agreed. “I’m just happy that I could help,” she said.

Mrs Morgan was beside herself, stroking Tim’s head repeatedly. Then she looked up at Adina.

“Thank you luna, thank you from the bottom of my heart,” she said with tears streaming down my face.

“It was my pleasure, Mrs Morgan. I would like to come by and visit Tim when he feels a little better, if I may?” Adina replied.

“You are always welcome luna,” Mrs Morgan said, inclining her head in a deep bow.

“You can take her to my office, and I will see to it that she will get something to eat,” Doc said to Colin.

Colin agreed, thankful to get food into Adina as quick as possible. Sean opened the door as they approached it and he gave Adina a worried look.

Before Colin could stop himself, he let out a soft warning growl. Sean raised his hands a bit and took a small step to the side to show that he had no intention of trying to take Adina away from Colin. Colin gave him an apologetic look. He hadn’t meant to be that possessive, but Colin’s wolf was going into extreme protective mode.

When they arrived at Doc’s office, Sean opened the door and Colin walked to the couch and sat down with Adina on his lap.

“I can sit on the couch, Colin,” Adina said when she realized he intended to keep her on his lap.

“Yes, you are a woman of many hidden talents we need to talk about. But for now, I think you are exactly where you are supposed to be,” Colin replied and got a small smirk of approval from Sean.

Adina sighed and accepted her fate, she leaned against his chest and Colin was satisfied with wrapping one of his arms around her waist.

Adina’s POV

Adina was quite happy, sitting on Colin’s lap with one of his arms around her waist. Doc entered the room with a plate of two sandwiches on it and a glass of milk.

“Thank you,” Adina said, trying to gracefully lean forward to grab the glass. Easier said than done from Colin’s lap. Colin saved her by reaching for the glass and passing it to her. When she had taken it from him, he took the plate and held it so she could sit back and eat.

“The least I can do, luna Adina,” Doc said, beaming at her. She knew the man would have questions.

“Please ask questions you have. If I can answer them, I will,” she said before taking a bite out of the first sandwich.

“I don’t want to tire you luna, we can always discuss this another day,” Doc said.

Fine by Adina, that had realized how hungry she was. She gave him a nod, as her mouth was full.

“Can we do something about this disease? We can’t expect Adina to do this every time,” Colin said.

“We don’t have the means to do something here. I have reached out to other pack doctors, and it isn’t just our pack that is facing this. We will keep in contact with each other,” Doc said.

 “Have you been in contact with the laboratory in the Blue Mountains?” Adina asked between two bites.

“You mean the joint medical centre? No, I haven’t. To be honest, I don’t have enough contacts or influence to get a hold of information from them” Doc said. Adina frowned.

The joint medical centre was created as a joint effort for most magical species. It was a rare occasion when all of them worked together. Its purpose was to assist all communities of magical creatures.

“I will call them and ask if they have heard of this and if they are working on it,” Adina said. Doc and Colin looked at her.

“You have contacts there, baby?” Colin asked.

“Yes, I took my practical training courses there. And my family had a finger or two in setting the place up,” she said with a smile.

“You are a doctor?” Doc asked.

“No, I never got around to doing the internship. I just hold a medical degree,” she answered, digging into the second sandwich.

“I thought you had a business degree,” Colin said.

Adina had taken a bigger bite out of the sandwich than she should have and was busy chewing it, so she gave Sean a sign to answer.

“She has both,” he said.

“Impressive,” said Colin proudly.

“Indeed. If you have time to spare, you are more than welcome here. We could use an extra pair of hands.” Doc said.

“I would be more than happy to,” Adina said as she washed down the sandwiches with the last of the milk.

“Feeling better?” Colin asked concerned.

“Much,” she said with a smile, and her wolf purred when she heard the concern in his voice.

Adina’s wolf had already decided that Colin and his wolf were behaving worthy of a mate and Adina could feel that her wolf wanted to meet Colin’s. Soon, my friend, Adina thought.

After talking a bit more and giving Adina time to get some rest, Colin, Adina, and Sean decided it was time to head back. Colin wanted to carry Adina back to the pack house, but Adina refused. After staring each other down for a couple of minutes, Colin let her down with a sigh.

“Thank you,” Adina said and stood on tiptoe and kissed him on the cheek.

She wasn’t entirely sure as he turned around to look at something, but she thought she had seen him flush.

When they arrived back at the pack house, Jason was busy loading the fridge full of groceries.

“Hey, I was thinking I would cook tonight for the gang. And by cook, I mean throwing something on the BBQ, and by the gang, I mean you three, me and the turtledoves upstairs,” he said, smiling.

 “Great idea,” Colin said.

“Dinner will be served in about three hours,” Jason said.

“Need any help?” Adina offered.

“Thanks, but I will manage luna,” he declined.

“You need to rest,” Colin said, picking her up to carry her up the stairs.

“Let me down,” Adina demanded but got no response. “Sean, help me,” she called down.

“No can do Adina, you said Colin never was to be considered a danger to you,” he replied making Colin laugh happily.

“I almost like you, Sean,” Colin announced as he reached the fourth floor.

“That’s because you are soft,” Sean laughed from below earning loud laughter from Jason. Even Adina joined in.

Inside their apartment, Colin put Adina down on the bed.

“Rest,” he told her.

“I will, I just need to do one thing first,” she said reaching for her phone.

She sat up against the headboard while searching for a contact. Colin went into the walk-in closet and when he came back, he had changed into jeans and a sweater.

Adina had found the contact she needed and did a quick calculation in her head. It should be about nine o’clock in the evening over there. She dialled the number, and he picked up on the second ring.

Colin’s POV

“Hallo Markus, Wie geht es lhnen?” Adina said with a smile on the phone.

Colin looked at her and wondered if she would ever stop surprising him. He hadn’t understood a word of what she said. But he heard the name, Markus. It was a man she was talking to. She laughed.

“Wunderbar. Ich füle mich gut, nie besser” she said, glancing in Colin’s direction. “I was calling for some information. Do you have a minute or two?” Adina had noticed Colin’s look and had, without hesitation, switched back to English. It wasn’t necessary, Colin thought, but he liked the gesture.

“Thank you, my friend. It’s regarding pups that are getting sick. It seems to only affect the pups under four years of age, with fever, infection in the lungs and redness of the skin. There seems to be an outbreak in several packs here,” she continued.

Colin couldn’t help himself. He walked over and sat beside her on the bed. Putting an arm around her, he placed a kiss on the top of her head. He felt her leaning on him. She shuffled around so her back was resting on his chest, and she tilted her head back to use his shoulder as a headrest.

“Really? How soon will it be ready? So soon? Could I place an order? One moment,” she said and pressed the mute button. “How many pack members do you have?” she asked Colin.

“Just over 900,” he answered.

“Markus? Yes, we will need 1000 doses for the Black moon pack and equally as many for the Frost Lake pack. Thank you. When can we expect them? That will be fine. How much do I owe you? Sorry can’t do dinner, my friend,” she said and Colin’s brow went into a frown.

Adina must have felt him tensing because she gave his arm a small slap.

“Because I have found my mate. Thank you. No, I don’t think you would have a chance in a fight,” she laughed.

This male was pissing Colin off, it was time for Adina to hang up the phone, Colin decided. He bent down and started placing small kisses on her neck. Slowly he increased the kisses and let them move to nibbles. He could feel Adina’s body responding to him.

“Okay, Markus, but how much do we owe? Mhm, I’m grateful to you for your help. I need to go. You know how it is, things to do. Guten Abend” she ended the call and let out a sigh.

“Colin, what are you doing?” she wondered, wrapping an arm around Colin’s neck.

“Distracting you,” he admitted.

“Mhm, why?”

“It was that or taking the phone and breaking it. I preferred this method,” he said, continuing to nibble up and down her neck.

“I do too” Adina admitted. “But we need to talk seriously for five minutes” she continued.

“Go ahead,” he said with a smile, not stopping.

 “I can’t focus Colin” she whined.

“See it as focus training,” he said.