The wolfless doctor

l have anything serious to

vering over the handle. My heart stopped beating for

for Valentine in front of everyone," another v

a scalpel. "She said she wanted to feel loved. She even borrowed money t

tears. Without thinking, I shoved the doo

oice breaking. Tears poured

leaning close to Tricia. "Mary." His

"What are YOU doing? You told me you loved me. Y

al. How can I, Derek Morrison, have anything serious with a wolfless omega who

ering her mouth. "Oh sweetie, did you really think he'd cho

, their laughter chasing me down the corridor. My vision blurred with tea

ing down until I was sitting on the cold floor. My whole body shook with sobs. T

n ward seven! We need a

doctors rushed past me toward the emergency ward. I wiped my

face gray, monitors beeping frantically around him. Three nurses crow

ed. "This patient needs surgery now. H

l pressed to her ear. "He said he'd be here in

patient can't survive that long. I

this case. The patient specifically requested hi

nt's body went rigid, then began convuls

is blood pressure is dropping. We need t

l do

. Everyone turned to stare at me. My own voice soun

ike I'd lost my mind. "Mary, this isn't

invisible strings. I grabbed surgical gloves from the supply cart and snapped th

nd the authority in my voic

arm. "You're just an intern. You don't even know the situat

tically. "He needs an emergency Bentall procedure with composite graft replacement. If we don't

Dr. Stevens' m

know that?"

s. "I need a cardiothoracic surgery kit, stat. Prepare for open heart surgery. Get m

stood ther

racked through th

ing with confidence I didn't possess, making the incision with steady precision. E

exactly what to do even though my conscious mind was screaming in confusi

ed. "Clamp the aorta

cedure, the patient's life hanging in the balance. My hands moved like the

xamined my work with eyes that seemed to see mo

ent's heart beat strong and stead

sing

denly back in my own body. I stared down at my hands, covere

ust ha

voice filled with awe. "Vitals are normalizing. He

in, already dressed in surgical scrubs, his face set in dete

red. Panic flo

'm so sorry. I didn't know what came over

rom the room, my vision blurring with fresh tears. Behind me, I could

ench, shaking. What was wrong with me? How did I do that? I was just an intern. I

y Ha

e doorway, her arms crossed,

orking nurses." She looked down at me like I was dirt on her shoe. "Try not

and left, her laughter

ace in my han