Chapter 31
As we walked from the medical centre to the pack house a car was parked at the entrance with a group of people leaving. Conrad said it was all the council members leaving after the two-day meeting they just had. They all should have left by now but there was someone waiting around.
A she-wolf in very expensive designer clothes, extremely high stilettos, and blonde hair done perfectly with a lot of makeup leaned against the car. She looked like a high-end model. She was gorgeous. She comes running up to Conrad, pushes me out of the way, and throws her arms around him. I ungraciously fall to the floor as I don’t have a lot of strength.
“Oh, my poor Alpha King. I heard you had to go on a mission last night to rescue someone who was stupid enough to leave the safety of the pack and spent the night in hospital. I was so worried about you”. She talking in a sickly sweet concerned voice and clinging to his chest while completely ignoring me on the ground in pain.
Conrad pushes her off and rushes to me.
“Are you OK”. I just nodded and went back to looking at this she-wolf who just stared at me with disgust. “For goddess sake Cordelia I told you to leave me alone. And you can’t go around shoving wolves to the ground”.
She pulls this weird pouty face and starts to whine. “I didn’t notice her. I was too focused on you handsome”. She reaches out her perfectly manicured hand and starts rubbing her hand over his bare chest. I must have been in too much pain to notice before but dam he has some muscles. He must have shifted last night to save me as he is only in shorts. He has such defined abs and pecs. His arms have bulging biceps that must often be hidden under work shirts as I haven’t noticed before. I know I have felt them against me before but seeing them is something else. No wonder I like him holding me in them.
Wait. What. I look down at the ground before he notices me staring at him. Thankfully he is too distracted and annoyed at Cordelia.
He grabs her hand and throws it off. He growls at her “I told you before, don’t touch me”.
“It’s not my fault you’re so amazing. Call me and we can confirm the details for our date between the council meetings”.
She turns around and shashes back to her car. Of course, he has a date with someone as attractive as her. The billionaire Alpha King with the rich councilman Alpha daughter makes sense.
Conrad bends down and picks me up bridal style to carry me the rest of the way.
“I can walk”, I tell him in weak protest.
“I know. But you’re in pain and I want to carry you. Don’t believe anything she ever says. OK. I can’t stand her but she likes me for the status and money”.
I just stayed in his arms and he carried me in silence. I just thought about what he said. I might not be interested in the money or status but many she wolfs would be. If they are half as pretty as her then he would have plenty of options. Then why is he so fixated on me?
All the girls were in the room we were in before. Conrad thought it would be better to give us some similarities to help us feel safe again.
All eyes turned to us when Conrad carried me in.
Kimberly rushes over to me, “Oh my god Eve you look awful”.
Conrad places me gently on the couch and steps away so the girls can come to see me.
“I’m OK really. It’s just a lot of bruising. A few days rest and I will be fine because wolves heal much faster than humans”.
Kimberly is crying at this point. “You risk yourself to save us. I love you so much”, she just collapses in my arms as she cries.
Michelle is angry and has been clearly holding on to her anger for a bit “I get you are a great warrior and everything but don’t ever scare me like that again”. She comes down next to me and hugs me gently.
Willow the ever-practical one “You were so brave to do what you did. What do we need to do to look after you”.
Conrad steps forward to give her the pain medication. “She’s just had one of these for the pain but probably not fully kicked in yet. She can have one every 4-6 hours but I have a feeling she won’t tell you she needs them. The medics will be up to check on her regularly and all meals will be brought to the room. Breakfast should be here in 20”.
Michelle’s eyes go wide when she looks at Conrad and starts scanning his physique very openly. “My my my Alpha King”, she practically purrs in her sexy voice.
Conrad goes red, “And that’s my cue to go find a shirt”.
Kimberly states in a panic “What about our clothes. We brought nothing with us”.
Conrad turns to calm her down. “Don’t worry ladies. After you have eaten we will get a list of urgent stuff to bring here and my team will go pick it up. We will then get a bigger plan together so you can move into the pack house and have your own rooms”.
“You would really let us all move in. Just like that”. Kimberly’s eyes are wide with shock.
Conrad just smiles. “Of course. You’re all part of the pack now and we protect our own”.