Unruly Pet

Rosie

"How's the patient?" Doctor Mia asked anxiously.

"Hanging in there, she's in bad shape though." I responded carrying the blond inside.

I covered up part of the worried expression on my face just enough to make me seem like a vampire. I needed to care enough to make sure I seemed like one of the people giving rights to pets but not too much for it to ruin the usual indifference of a vampire.

I set her on the bed and stepped back. Mia quickly picked up one of the needles on the counter and started an IV. Thankfully she had the mind to make sure she was ready before we got here.

After the IV started she picked up more needles and put shots into the port on the IV. She also pumped her stomach to get out any poison that wasn't already in her blood.

Mia pulled some kind of potion out of the cabinet. I'm not sure exactly what it is but it smells safe so I didn't stop her.

She was hooked up to one of those monitor things, I admittedly have no idea what the normal ranges are but Mia looked at them with a worried expression.

Her breathing was shallow and her heart raced like she was in pain. Trying to make it a little easier for her to breath I unbuckled her collar.

"Now we wait," Mia said, the moment felt somber, like mist hung in the air covering us.

When I finally had time to look at the girl more than her condition I noticed a few things about her. She was a lot skinnier than even most pets, and her hair was so oily it looked like her master hadn't even bothered to hose her down.

Tiny waves in her almost wet-looking hair hinted that it might have been curly at one point. She reminded me of someone, someone that etched guilt into my heart.

Someone the fear of losing was still fresh in my mind. Someone I tried not to think about anymore.

"Derik," I prompted. I waited till he hummed in response. "What are we doing about the last meeting we have?"

"We rescheduled, it's probably important that we stay here for when she wakes up. So we can explain what happened and why we took her and ask what she'd like to do."

"What can we do with her? It's not like we can throw her into a pet shop after her poisoning and she can't stay here for the rest of her life."

"Well, we can find her an owner we trust, she's a werewolf so we could get her a job, we could put her in a pack. It's not like we can really guarantee safety anywhere but if she feels strongly like one thing or another we can give her a chance to try it."

"I guess there's nothing to be done right now, there's not much use in standing around. I'm going to help Adam with his work and update him on everything that happened."

I could hardly think about work but Adam was probably overwhelmed and it's not like I can do anything to help the poor girl.

I quickly opened my email and sent Adam an email since a text was too long for everything. I worked quietly sitting in a chair until I heard the blonde's breathing get deeper. Which can mean one of two things.

When I listened to her heart I realized it was much slower than it had been. But it sounded like a healthy rate if still a little fast.

A little anxious I typed quickly like it would help what was happening. Adam finally emailed me back, my phone said it had been three hours since when I told him.

Basically, he said I made a good decision with the situation and that he would work into the new law into the website. He also said he was mad that me and Derik were still working on our day off but let it go.