Under The Crescent Veil

7. Traitor and Hero

"Where are we going?" Nyx asked as Nora took her on a walk. The human girl was surprised they let her out of the Alpha's house. Even though she was the so-called mate of the Alpha, she felt more like a prisoner. A glamorous one, but still.

"You shall see when we get there, but for now just enjoy the nature." Nyx had to admit it was indeed nice to walk between the trees, even if it was together with a werewolf.

After ten minutes the two women walked into a more populated area with multiple buildings, cars driving by, and children playing on the sidewalk. It felt strange to Nyx, nowhere here were any signs of the war going on. Back home, you could feel it everywhere, but here it was peaceful.

Nyx's confusion only grew more when she saw humans in small quantities living and going about their day next to the werewolves. Recognizing the humans by their smaller frames and less muscled bodies between the werewolves' bigger ones. She had a hard time concealing her surprise, but mostly her disgust. They were traitors she thought.

"Here we are," Nora announced as they stood in front of a parking lot connecting to a building with the words clinic on it.

"Why did you bring me here?"

"You still need to be checked out. Silas may be a pushover, but I am not. Let's go." And with that, Nora took Nyx's hand in hers and slightly dragged the girl with her.

Nyx despised her actions, but she had learned from that morning that she was no match for Nora and therefore obliged. She knew when and how to pick her battles.

It wasn't a busy day in the local clinic and Nora and Nyx were quickly helped and settled in a room. In a painful silence, they waited for the doctor. When she finally arrived Nora let out a sigh of relief. She tried hard to get to know her sister-in-law and she knew it would be hard to connect. Nora was aware of the propaganda HPS used and she was absolutely sure Nyx was affected by it. But Nyx was something else to her.

The doctor worked in silence noticing the awkward and heavy tension in the room. Eventually, she asked, "How much pain are you in? According to the x-rays two of your ribs are broken and your back looks still... uncomfortable."

Nyx shrugged her shoulders. Her pain tolerance was quite high. "It's bearable," She finally replied.

The doctor raised a brow. "Okay, and how high of a number would you give your pain, with one being the least and with ten being the most pain you have ever been in?"

"Between a five or a six, I guess."

The doctor raised both her eyebrows. Nora shook her head. "She's in pain. Nyx thinks we don't notice, but Silas has and I have, and I only met her today."

"Hmm, okay. I will write you another prescription for your pain medication. You still may take these since it has been only a couple of days after the injury. Have you taken them as the doctor told you before? Or less?"

Before Nyx could answer, Nora already spoke up. "Probably less. She refused to eat because she was weary we did something to it, so I think it's fair to say she tried to stay as sober as she could, not trusting anything here."

The doctor let out a heavy sigh and set her gaze on Nyx. "I strongly advise you to take them as they are prescribed. In a week you can try to lessen the doses... Let me finish this up and then I'll be out of your hair." As she was busy, Silas walked in bewildered and out of breath. "What happened? Why is Nyx here?"

"Easy there lover boy, I just wanted to make sure Nyx is in top condition," Nora winked at her brother. Silently Silas mouthed a 'thank you'. Once the doctor was done Silas asked for a summary of her findings.