“If you could set that on the table for me, I would be grateful,” Doc instructed. “Now, who am I looking at first?”
“Savo.”
“Cambrie.”
It would seem out of the whole room, I was the only one who felt that the man bleeding should be looked at first.
Doc took a moment to look at my pack then down at me. “Ah, I see. Well, little Omega, they aren’t going to let me look at your Alpha until I’ve checked you over. We’ll be quick about it so I can set you at ease as well as the rest of the room.”
I nodded and begrudgingly shuffled over to him and took a seat in the chair Oscar got up from. He reached into his bag and pulled out a few instruments I’d never seen before. “Can you tell me your name?” Doc asked as he checked the light on one of the tools.
“Cambrie, sir,” I answered.
Doc looked at me over his glasses with a gentle smile. “No need for that, call me Doc. When was the last time you were looked at by a doctor, Cambrie?”
“Um, I broke my arm when I was twelve, they put it in a cast,” I answered.
The older Alpha paused with a frown. “And before that?”
“I really can’t remember, I’ve always been healthy and never needed a doctor,” I offered, knowing it was odd that I’d never been allowed to be seen by a doctor.
Doc cleared his throat and moved to the side with the device in his hand. “What I’m going to do is a quick overall examination since it’s been a little while. It’s best to make sure that nothing from this event you’ve been through caused any issues or made something worse you might not have known about. Now, this tool is going to let me see inside your ears. I’ll look at one then the other, it might feel a little funny but shouldn’t hurt at all.”
The moment Doc’s hand touched my ear I froze, struggling to take in a breath. I knew that Doc wasn’t a danger to me but I was still too raw after everything that had happened. “Here, Cambi, take my hand and we’ll get through this together,” Bodhi offered.
I smiled at him, grateful for the offer and gripped his fingers like they were the only thing that could keep me sane. Doc worked fast and incredibly professionally, but my body and mind were still on high alert not allowing me to relax. After my ears, he checked my eyes, listened to my heart and lungs, then he had me pull my dress up so he could look at my knees.
“Looks like Savo did a good job cleaning the wounds, knees are just tricky to heal with how much the skin moves around. My suggestion would be to keep ointment on them to keep the scabs softer, so they don’t keep cracking open and bleeding,” Doc instructed. “Now, do you have any questions for me or anything else you want me to look at for you before I move to Savo?”
Shaking my head, I stood and wrapped my arms around Bodhi, unable to be touched by anyone but my pack right now. As if Doc understood, he nodded and pulled the chair over to Savo and plopped down to look over his glasses at the man.
“Alright, tough guy, when I ask you what happened I expect you to tell me every detail. None of this macho bullshit where you tough it out because that’s what Alphas do,” Doc warned, holding Savo’s gaze until he nodded. “Great, so other than the obvious, what do I need to look at?”
Savo shifted slightly, clearly not pleased with being cornered. “I jumped over a wall, twisting my wrist when I vaulted over it. The drop on the other side was steeper than I expected, and I cracked my head on a rock as we rolled down the hill. I haven’t had a chance to look over myself to see if there are any other cuts that might need stitches. The bullet wound is through and through, so I don’t think there’s a bullet to worry about.”
“Thank you for being honest,” Doc shifted to look at the rest of us. “I know you want to be here for your packmate, but it would be best if I could have the room. I need to strip him out of his clothes to check him over and I feel everyone is entitled to their privacy.”
Nixon nodded, and with an arm around Spencer’s shoulders, the two of them walked out with Rafael trailing after them. I looked at Bodhi and gestured for him to give me a minute before walking over to Savo. I placed my hands on either side of his face so he was looking right at me.
“Be good, let Doc help you, and don’t growl at him, please,” I instructed.
Doc chuckled as he opened the duffle and pulled out the materials he would need. Savo tried to glare at the man, but he didn’t fight against my hold. “I’ll let him do what he needs to,Keksík, but I don’t have to like it.”
“I can work with that,” I said, kissing him softly before I stepped back and let Bodhi and Oscar escort me out of the kitchen.
“Found yourself a good one, didn’t you, tough guy?” Doc commented. I didn’t hear Savo’s response but I already knew what he’d say and that made me smile.
Bodhi led me into a room with a large suede couch that the others were already sitting on. Nixon was on the phone but he crooked a finger, calling me over to him. When I reached him, he offered me the phone showing me the screen, which told me Marius was on the other end.
I snatched it out of his hand and held it up to my ear. “Marius!”
“It’s me, Princess,” Marius answered. “God, it’s so good to hear your voice.”
“I miss you,” I blurted, not really knowing what to say first when I had so many things I wanted to share all at once.
“Not nearly as much as I miss you, Cambrie. I’m so sorry I couldn’t be there tonight to welcome you home, but I will get there tomorrow,” Marius explained.
Clutching the phone tightly I nodded then remembered he couldn’t see me. “There is nothing you need to apologize for. Nixon told me what you did so they could get me out. I’ll be here waiting for you whenever you arrive,” I promised.