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The agonizing hours later I was finally done. My brain was sweating, mu bladder screaming for a release, my hopes down and my mood even lower. I did answer all the questions, but in my state of mind there was no way of telling if all the answers were correct. I managed to put my pencil dow in just about a couple of seconds before doc and Lisa entered the auditorium.
“Ah, I see you’re done?“, her attention on me. I gave her a tired sinile and just nodded.
“Well, than I suppose Adrian should take you to lunch while a check everything, I say meet you back
here in an hour or so?”
It was doc who answered her, not me, seeing I was exhausted, hungry and in dire need of a toilet.
“Yep, got to feed that monster she’s carrying, or Shirley will hunt me down and cut my fingers off if she finds out I left Emily without food for more than two hours…“, aaaaand the grumpy old man is back. Lisa just laughed while collecting my papers, and doc Evans helped me out of the auditorium to guide me to the cafeteria.
“Don’t worry, I bet my left eye that you passed.“, he said while taking a bite of his massive burger.
“Ehm, I don’t want to be responsible for any part of your anatomy, no offense“, I said with a horrified expression on my face. Doc just barked out a laugh while we ate out lunch. When we were done with our food we still had half an hour left, so we moved to a coffee shop on campus to have a hot drink. Doc had an Americano, and I went with a hot chocolate with extra whipped cream on top
“So,” doc started. “It is time to introduce you to the pack. Nathan thought about a bonfire on Wednesday night, we could gather everyone for a BBQ and do it in an informal setting, what do you
think?”
I almost choked on my hot chocolate right there. “Is it really necessary?”
“Well off course!” Doc Evans said in a no nonsense tone. “You are a part of the pack now, and either way, most of the wolfs already know about you, except for the healer part, it would be polite to introduce you properly. And also, Nathan can’t just ignore the fact that a human is residing in the pack, it would be inconsiderate towards everyone, and being an Alpha means that the pack members come first, ignoring your presence can undermine his authority by showing the people that their sense of comfort is not as important as a mere human girl.”
my eyes to t
I lowered table, I never thought about me being there from Nathan’s point of view, how egoistic of me. When did I become so self centered?
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“I guess you’re right, I’m sorry, I never meant to undermine anyone’s authority…”
“No worries, girlie, you are new to this world, it’s absolutely normal to not know how things work
here.”
“Yeah, I guess.
A moment of silence settled between us, we continued sipping our drinks deep in our own thoughts. One thing bugged me though, so I figured I could voice my concerns to the doc.
“If we are not telling anyone about me being a healer, what will be the reason for me to stay in the pack?”
“Ah, that…” doc Evan’s eyes suddenly were full with mischief.
“You see, girlie, we are going to tell everyone, that Shirley’s wolf felt bound to you. There is this thing in our world, where our wolf can get attached to someone as if to his own child, to feel the need to protect and care for someone, when one actually isn’t his kin. It will not be lying, because mine, Shirley’s, Jonathan’s and Hannah’s wolfs do feel that. Usually it’s just one wolf binding with another, but you being a healer means that eventually the whole pack will adopt the same bond with you, you just need to
interact with everyone. In time we will also tell everyone who you really are, but not straight away. We need to let everyone get used to you and create said bond.”
“I see. But why are we keeping it a secret? I don’t get it.”
“Well, you see, healers are supposed to be extinct, you are proving decades of beliefs being wrong. You can’t just drop a bomb like that and expect everyone to believe it right away. First let them connect with you, that will be the proof that you indeed are a healer, because usually were’s do not
connect to humans.”
It seemed logical, but still one thing bugged me.
“Doc, but won’t anyone suspect anything?”
“Did you miss the part when I said that I have a town full of morons? The subject is too deep for anyone to remember everything they learned in middle school, no one will be able to connect all the
dots.”
We shared a laugh, because let’s face it, I like dark humor, and doc Evans was a king in it. But still I had this nagging feeling that it just can’t go that smoothly. By the serious glint in doc’s eyes, he wasn’t as sure of it himself, but for my sake he pretended to be. In the end what options did I have? I found myself a new family, I just needed to trust them.
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