"Come on Mel! We still have to pick up the paint from the paint store!"
I smile at Rita's exasperated face as she tries to rush me, I go on ahead and go with a nintendo switch with games for my favorite patient and hurry to catch up with Rita at the checkout lane.
When we arrive back at the pack house after our extravagant shopping spree, thanks to Rita's insisting we spent much more than we should have. The crew was already here working on the the demolition of the old third floor.
The patients were ecstatic because they were subsequently moved to the second floor as of now during the remodeling process. Although some of the wolves were upset because they felt this may take too much time, but Dean was a good Alpha. He was able to delegate and and relax his fellow pack members to where they trusted our decision.
Rita had to go meet Jax, but I was on my way to the hospital; I needed to see Samuel and give him his gifts! I was going around the corner of the trail down past the bend in the road when I was pummeled to the ground in a matter of seconds.
I felt my head hit something hard and a warm sticky substance started to fall down my face, I look up and can barely see out of the fog in my eyes. The world is spinning and I see a tall slender figure approach me and cackle, "Hmph, some Luna you are!"
I feel a hard kick to my rib as I grunt out in pain and work to roll away from my attacker, just as I am about to call my wolf I hear a loud scream and the sound of dead weight hitting the ground.
Footsteps approach me, "Dumb bitch."
I look up and as my focus slowly comes back I am looking at the face of the red head from the ceremony! Her hair is in one long french braid and she was wearing a skin tight black jumpsuit with black combat boots.
She looked completely different than the last time I saw her, she was wearing a server uniform and looked scared to be caught. Today she held an aura of confidence and her slender high cheekbones were held up high with her blue eyes on high alert ready for any kill to come upon her.
She chilled my blood to the bone, I had never seen a woman like her before. Not only did she just knock out a she wolf in one kick to the head, but even the way she stood here in front of me only showed power and strength.
"Are you okay Mel?"
I nod my head and hold my hand up to my head and look down at the red blood stained on my fingertips.
She sighs and slips her arm underneath mine, "Come on, lets get you to the doctor."
I am lifted up like it is nothing as she takes my arm and puts it over her neck, "I got you sis, lets go."
I was more than confused, my head felt foggy and this girl led the way like she had been here a million times before. As we approach the hospital I hear gasps and whispers as a crowd circles around us, as soon as we enter the front doors of the cafeteria I see an angry Rita storming to my side.
"What the hell happened!" She glares at the woman and looks at my head concerned before continuing her rant, "You need to leave Madelyn! You know better than to be on this land, if my brother catches you-"
The woman pulls out a chair next to the table we our standing at and helps me sit down before interrupting Rita's nagging,"-Your brother actually gave permission for me to be here for the time being, thank you very much Miss. Rita!
"There is something much more important going on right now in the world besides silly rivalries in case you were concerned! Now if you don't mind, could you get Melanie to see a Doctor please, that blonde b***h cheap shot her onto a rock and the left side of her head needs some attending to."
Rita didn't stop glaring at the woman, whose name is apparently Madelyn before she nodded her head, "Yeah, lets go upstairs. Are you okay Melanie? It doesn't hurt too much does it babe?"
I shake my head, "No I just have a reeeally bad headache." I pouted my face which made her chuckle, "Ah, such a strong Luna we have," as she patted my back and led us to a first class VIP room. I knew it was the nicest room in the hospital, especially reserved for the Alpha and Luna if need be.
I crawled into the comfy bed and laid my head down and a man in a white lab coat rushed in, "Luna! I hear you had a hit on the head?"
Before I could answer Madelyn stepped in, "It was more than a hit to the head Doctor, she was kicked onto a boulder and fell right on the left side of her head. I assume a mild concussion with bandaging and Excedrin should get it back on track please."
He stared for a minute back at her, silently thinking about something before nodding his head and writing something down. "Let me just examine and I will get a nurse in right away to finish her up then!"
Again, I was shocked; nobody argued with her. They listened attentively and were almost reassured by what she said. Who was this girl? As the doctor feels around on my wound and the rest of my skull I glance back over at her.
She was tall, muscular and had freckles that covered her cheeks, but she was also tan. Like she was out side a lot and the way she was always checking around her as though something was lurking and ready to pounce on her at any given moment.
Before I could look away she returned my gaze and before I could even react she smiled at me! It was the first I had seen her smile and genuinely look happy for a split minute. The doctor finished his exam and gave me a prescription before leaving to get a wound nurse to bandage me up.
Rita had her eyes on Madelyn the entire time, but she didn't seem to mind, if anything I think it might have amused her.
"Why did you help me back there?"
Her head whipped in my direction as her brows furrowed and studied my behavior, "Why wouldn't I help you Melanie? You are Luna to this pack, you are somebody very important. Maybe I needed something to put me in good graces with your Alpha."
I shook my head, "No, you care about me. I can tell, and how did you know about me being a wolf? I know you knew! That is why you told me to search for my inner self at the ceremony, right?!"
Rita gasped in shock and glared angrily back at Madelyn, "What the Hell?! What were YOU doing at the ceremony?!"
She smiled slyly as she looked back at Rita and just shook her head, "It is too soon, you both are not ready."
Rita laughed loud and sarcastically before raising her voice, "Who the hell do you think you are?! Do you know who I am and what I could do to you?!"
Once again Madelyn didn't blink as she smiled calmly back at Rita before stating, "I think that I am the assassin of all assassins Rita. I think that I was responsible for the death of Shang Shuieg, leader of Rogue Pack 29, along with his warriors! I also think that I single handed, was capable of defeating an entire army of vampires at Area 51 with only one machete and one vial of dead mans blood, am I right though Rita? Or should I continue?!"
I was about the give my input when the door abruptly opened and my handsome mate walked in while saying in his low husky voice, "I think we have all heard enough of your bragging rights for one day Madelyn. Everyone knows you're a bad ass so, can we just get on with why you are on my territory please?"