Chapter 45 Chapter 0045
•CASSANDRA•
I fought the urge to roll my eyes at Nadia’s statement. She didn't like me, even when she didn't know my true identity.
But it didn't surprise me that she had changed into the person she was after becoming the Luna.
But I told myself I would never stroke her ego. If she wanted to go on the highway with me, then I'd drive her straight to hell.
"We apologize for disturbing your working hours, Dr. Frost, but we can assure you we won't take long," Elder Orin said as he leaned forward. "As soon as you've answered our questions, you will be free to go."
"Why am I here?" I asked, avoiding Mason's intense gaze.
Since I had masked my scent, the mate bond was masked as well, so he couldn't possibly know who I was.
But the way he looked at me reminded me of the many reasons I should've severed the bond the moment it awakened, but it would've led me to be in contact with him so he'd do the same.
The bond will still be there if he didn't accept the rejection. But I wasn't ready to talk with him.
I didn't want him to know about Alena. My life was better off without him, even though it kept me away from Rowan.
"We want to know how you healed our Alpha," Elder Draven answered. He looked older now, but still looked edgy whenever he addressed someone.
"We know how severe his case was," he continued. "But no one in our pack knew what was wrong with him. So we find it questionable that a human can heal him in less than an hour and also tell us the cause of his sickness. Should we be concerned that his sickness was caused by someone who wanted him to die?"
"Oh, come on, Draven," Nadia groaned, rolling her eyes. "Why beat around the bush when you should ask her if she knows something we don't about the Alpha’s sickness? She wouldn't know how to heal something that doesn't affect her kind."
"What the Luna wants to say is that we want to understand your gifts," Mason chimed in.
"I see that you're healthy and moving, which confuses me about why I am here," I said as I leaned closer to their table, looking at Mason. "Would I be here if you had died because I refused to help? So, what's my charge for healing a man you brought to my hospital because he was dying and couldn't breathe?"
Mason looked at the elders, and Nadia only frowned.
"You're not here to be accused of anything, Dr. Frost," Elder Orin said as Noah went to sit around the table as well. "We simply want to understand how you found out about the nightshade."
"No, honey," Nadia sneered. "You're here because there's no fucking way you'd know about nightshade and how to heal it. Whoever you're working with told you we were coming to the hospital and then you gave our Alpha an antidote, didn't you? You did this because your accomplice wants to confuse us about their intentions."
"Oh," I chuckled. "And why would I be conspiring against your pack? You said it yourself, whoever you are, that I am only human. I think it would be stupid of me to interfere in your affairs."
"How dare you?!" Nadia scoffed as she stood up from her chair. "I am the Luna of Silvercrest pack. I can order your head to be on a spike for talking back at me."
"Did I stutter by defending myself against your accusations?" I sneered, leaning even closer. "You should remember that you're not my Luna, and I won't keep quiet while you're talking nonsense. You don't even know me to accuse me of conspiring against your Alpha. I thought I was called here because you're grateful creatures, but clearly you're not."
"We are grateful for what you did, Dr. Frost," Elder Orin answered, obviously trying to cover up the crap Nadia had said to me. "But you should know that all creatures are skeptical about things they don't understand, but that doesn't mean we aren't grateful."
"Are you truly human?" Mason cut in as he got off his chair and leaned toward me. "If you are, this means someone from our world might have taught you something about our herbs and potions."
"I went to medical school with different people," I answered as he leaned closer. My heart raced. "There were witches, werewolves, vampires, and fairies in my school. That's where I learnt to heal different people."
"Oh, I see," he muttered.
He stopped a few inches from me, his frame towering over me as he looked down at me.
My stomach twisted as I fought the mate bond that wanted to break through the mask.
But I resisted and raised my eyebrow so he'd see I wasn't hiding anything because he looked at me as if he were searching for something or someone.
"Are you going to let me go now?" I asked. "If not, charge me with facts, and bring out the person you think I'm working with to kill someone I don't even know."
"I—"
"She must prove her innocence," Nadia cut him off, standing up from the chair. "If she's not guilty, our witch will prove it. Or do you believe the crap she just told us?"