Oracle Of The Moon

Supposed -Kale's POV

Kale's POV-

Her words echoed in my mind over and over. She'd wait for me forever. How could she even stand to be near me after I had sent her into such a spiral?

I knew that she seemed so fragile, but I yelled anyways. I could tell that she had a lot of baggage from Fleming's pack, and yet I still lost my cool. How could she still think that she was my mate after all that?

I knew the answer. I looked down at our conjoined hands, she felt whatever the hell I felt in our touches. She calmed me when I needed to be calm, she sent sparks through me just by looking at me, and she had already endeared herself to me in a matter of hours. She felt the same pull- the supposed mate bond that we shared.

She'd wait forever for me, she said. So, why couldn't I bring myself to even indulge in her for just a second? I was realizing that I wanted to indulge her, and that was a recipe for disaster.

Doc and Hannah came in and spoke to Lucy then he turned his attention to me. "Now, Alpha, I cannot make you leave, but we will be talking about sensitive subjects with Lucy. Since you haven't yet accepted her as your mate, I think you should respect her privacy unless it is okay with her for you to stay."

I instantly felt disrespected. She was my possible mate, and I was Alpha; how dare he tell me what to do! Lucy squeezed my hand, and it immediately calmed me. How the hell did one gesture do that? We all looked to Lucy for her to say something, but I could sense her discomfort, so I took matters into my own hands. I'd hate for her to say yes to me staying out of obligation or fear of me.

"I am not ready to leave her yet, so can you hold off on the very sensitive topics until I feel that my wolf will be okay being away from her. When it comes to her malnourishment, physical abuse, self-harm, and psychosis I know a little bit about those things... just not the specifics, yet. So, if this stuff is about that then I would like to know about it. If that is okay with you, Lucy?" She nodded with a thankful look to me. I wanted her to feel comfortable with me; even if we weren't mates, she was now a part of my pack.

"Okay, you obviously have obtained a lot of physical damage over the years. Pretty much everything is healed, just extremely scarred and sensitive. Your left shoulder has healed in an awkward way, but the only way to fix it is a rebreak, so I don't necessarily recommend that unless it's already terribly painful for you now.

"Your organs are in bad shape and losing function due to malnourishment, along with your bones and muscle mass. I want to keep you in here for the next few days to hydrate and feed you. Your wolf should recover and be able to heal you better after you get some more nutrients in. I really don't think that all your organs will be one hundred percent better, to be completely honest. However, they should be much better than they are presently.

"After your recovery you will need to work out and exercise to build up your strength and mobility. I do think that you will be in good physical health after some nutrients, rest, and proper exercise. I expect you to recover ninety-eight percent of all body functions. Which I genuinely am shocked about seeing all the damage you have endured over the years, Lucy. You are a very strong she-wolf," Dr. walker said with a smile.

"I do want to caution you though; you will be a little more vulnerable to hits and abuse than most other wolves around here due to the scarring and organ damage. However, it's not life threatening and the mental damage is probably much worse than the physical. Which is why Dr. Preston is here with me, she is a psychotherapist and neurologist."

I felt myself getting riled up again the more that Doc spoke. By the end of his assessment, I was livid. Those awful, awful scumbags beat her so badly that she is more likely to get hurt than others... They permanently fucked her up, and I was so angry about it. Don't get me wrong, I was happy that she'd be okay... However, I was so angry at what had happened to her- and I barely even knew of any of the things that went on in that pack. Still... No one deserved that, especially not my maybe mate.