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Chapter 10: Check Up & Funeral

I fought to open my eyes. When I finally got them open I squeezed them back shut from the blinding bright white light that was dangling down in front of me. "Alayah?" Kaden's voice filled my ears. I turned to look at him.

"Hi," I simply said. How long had I been out? He sent me a soft smile.

"Hey," He responded as soon as the doctor came into the room.

He came over and took my temperature and checked my heartbeat. "Miss. Kennedy," the doctor began. I nodded my head signaling for him to go on. "Are you aware of what happened before you blacked out?" He asked.

"Aunt Charlotte di—is gone," I said to him, not wanting to fully believe she is gone.

"Correct," the doctor said. "Now, do remember how you felt before you blacked out?"

I thought for a moment, memories began to surface. "Yeah," I began. "I felt really dizzy when I got to the hospital, but I ignored it. Then my head started hurting really badly out of the blue. Then after finding out what happened, I was really upset and the dizziness and headache got worse and the next thing I knew was that I blacked out."

The doctor looked at his clipboard he was holding. "What's wrong with me?" I asked a little timidly. I didn't want there to be something wrong with me, more than there already was.

Kaden and the doctor shared a quick glance before Kaden gave him a slight nod. "Miss. Kennedy," the doctor began to speak again.

"It's Alayah or Leah." I corrected him.

"Alayah, we aren't sure what's wrong. It could be because you shifted for the first time yesterday and the stress of your aunt put together overwhelmed you or it could be something else. We don't have much experience with your kind yet Alayah, so we are really unfamiliar with what's happening because this situation is a rare occurrence."

I blinked, trying to take in all the information. "So I'm really just in here for nothing then? You really can't do anything to help me, then release me so I can leave. I've got preparations to make." I told him, pushing the covers away and ripping the IV out of my arm, not caring if it was bleeding or not.

"Leah, you need to rest." the doctor's voice said.

"No, I'm leaving, so Mr. Doctor I suggest you get those release forms ready." I snapped back at him.

"We can't exactly do that Luna." the doctor said back. Luna again, seriously!

I turned back to face him. "Don't call me Luna and why can't you release me?"

The doctor paled a little bit. "Calm down Alayah or you will shift. You aren't in control of your shifting yet." Kaden said. I had forgotten he was in the room for a moment.

I sighed. I walked back over to the bed and sat down. "Why can't you release me?" I asked the doctor as calm as possible. I didn't want to shift, to endorse that pain once more.

"You don't have a legal guardian to sign the papers. I don't know if you have any more family to be able to release you. You are only 16 Leah, therefore you can't release yourself." the doctor said.

I glanced at Kaden. "Can't Kaden sign the release papers? I just want to get out of here." I grumbled. "Say he is like my boyfriend or something and let him sign the papers, I don't care what you have to do, I just want out of here."

"I'll see what I can do Luna." the doctor said before leaving the room.

I let out a huff. "I'm not a Luna! I don't even know who that guy is!" I said.

"He is the pack healer from your aunt's pack. He works here." Kaden spoke up.

"Oh," I said softly at the mention of my aunt.