The School Bully Husband & His Genius Doctor Wife

The living antidote.

Eden Grace

“Eden come here quickly, we don't have much time.” A female voice called the eight year old Eden who had just woken up from sleep.

Eden walked wobbly, her feet crunching through dry leaves which had blown in through the open windows, scattering on the wooden floor.

Eden and her family were normal werewolves who lived quietly in the woods. Her parents were revolutionary biomedical scientists who spent their days studying nature and healing potions. They even had a mini laboratory at the back of their house.

“Eden, my dear child come fast...we have not much time left.” Her mother bellowed again.

Eden was still in sleepy daze but she had no choice but to walk towards them.

“What is it, mommy?”Eden had no clue of her surroundings at all. Her mother suddenly knelt down and cupped her face with trembling hands.

“You’re very special, Eden. Listen to Mommy, okay? You must not tell anyone what happens today. Understand?” She whispered, a forced smile stretched too tightly across her face.

Eden looked at her mother puzzled, “Why? Are we in trouble mommy?”

Her father walked in with a sad smile on his face. He was holding a long syringe filled with a golden serum in his hand making her more curious.

“My baby, you are not supposed to say anything because the world isn’t ready for what is inside you.”

What's inside me? Eden looked confused as she gazed at the syringe. But then her mother hugged her tightly, blocking her vision. “This is going to protect you. One day, it might save many lives. But now, you must run, Eden.”

“Run? But where mommy?” Eden’s voice cracked. What was going on? Her brain couldn't process any details at the moment.

“Anywhere.” Her mother’s eyes welled with tears. “Promise us...if anything happens...you’ll run and never speak of this. Not to anyone.”

The syringe suddenly pierced her skin but it was not painful, it was just strange as the warmth spread through her veins.

Eden’s limbs felt light, her thoughts became foggy as the serum came to effect. Little Eden didn’t know what was going on but she didn't dare to ask a question either seeing their distressed expression.

She was super scared and suddenly a sound echoed near the door making everyone flinch. From the very moment everything started to move in a blur.

The terminal beeped, scaring her. Her mother shoved open a panel behind the storage shelves, revealing a dark narrow exit tunnel.

“Eden, go! Now!” she cried, pushing her forward.

“Mama? Papa? What about you?” Eden's voice trembled. She couldn't process what was going on because the injection on her little body was making her hazy.

“We will follow you soon dear, now run and don't look back!” Her father pushed her, making her stumble forward.

And Eden, without giving a single thought she began to run, not looking back like how her parents told her. She ran through the trees. Through the forest.

But then she was still a helpless child after all, she couldn’t help it and just once she looked back.

Then…KABOOM.

A deafening sound bombarded the sky making her flinch violently. And she just witnessed the fire that swallowed the house her parents were in.

Shards of metal and glass flew into the air like fireballs and crackers. The entire estate erupted into a bloom of smoke and death.

And then her world shattered through in a heartbeat.

“MOM! DAD!”

Eden suddenly woke up from the hospital desk, the scream still lodged in her throat. She looked around in anxiety, breathing heavily.

It was that damn nightmare again. Eden pressed her aching head.

She was twenty two now not eight anymore but the scene was so vivid that it brought chills whenever she remembered it.

Eden curled into a ball hiding her face on her knees when her parent's memory hit her.

Eden's parents were once renowned biomedical scientists. The world admired their brilliance, often calling them the minds that could change the future of medicine.

But all of that ended the night when their house went up in flames.

The newspapers had blamed it on a chemical leak, an unfortunate gas explosion in their private laboratory.

But Eden remembered more. The memory of fear in their eyes, the injection, the warning to run had etched her mind completely.

And now she had a secret that no one knew of. A secret buried deep in her blood, one even the world’s best doctors or any pure bloods wouldn’t dare imagine.

Eden Grace now had a rare neurological condition, or rather a miracle woven into her now modified genes, a modification her parents had worked years to perfect.

Now, her blood could fight off almost any rare toxins. Her blood didn’t just resist poison, it neutralized it.

Eden Grace was a living antidote. A walking cure. But she had kept it hidden, even her original identity and lived as a nobody because of the promise.

Eden stood and walked towards the washroom to wash her face.

“Hey! Watch where you’re going!” Someone yelled near the corridor.

Eden’s heart jumped and she stumbled back, bowing her head automatically. “I-I’m sorry.”

Her fingers fumbled as she stepped aside, feeling the subtle smirk of the tall, broad shouldered werewolf at the doorway.

“Tsk. Why is she even here...?” One head nurse sneered at her.

“I know right. I bet she might have done some dirty deeds to get a job here, otherwise why would a wolfless girl be employed here?” Another whispered.

Even in a hospital, Eden never felt smaller, weaker, or more invisible than here.

Eden Grace was the infamous wolfless intern doctor of the prestigious Saratoga hospital. Unlike others werewolves, her wolf hasn't awakened even now at the age of 22.

She had no special abilities nor capabilities of werewolves. Eden was built so small that she was mistakenly considered a human.

Eden walked and picked up the charts in her hands, forcing herself to focus on the tasks ahead.

“Hey, you….” one nurse called Eden out. “Dr. Freya told to clean Room 312. Someone puked in there.”

“But that's not my duty…” Eden said softly.

“So what? We are already short on staff. And you do not get much work anyway. So Dr. Freya told you to be useful for once.”

Eden's face went grim immediately. She wasn't a janitor, she was a doctor for god sake but everyone here was looking down on her because she had no wolf. No official pack. No bite to protect her.

“I will not.”

The nurse gave her a look, “What? Thinking of retaliating? Go ahead. You know it, it won't end well if you mess with Dr. Freya.”

Eden’s fingers curled into fists at her sides, nails digging into her palms. No, she could not risk losing this job. She had fought tooth and nail to get here.

But how could she tolerate this injustice?

“I'm not a janitor, I'm an intern. If you tell me to do extra ward duties I'll do, but I won't do these kinds of things.”

The nurse’s expression darkened instantly, “What? Do you think you are too good for this place, is that it?”

Eden lifted her chin, though her heart was pounding. “I never said that. I am just asking to be treated fairly.”

“Fairly?” the nurse laughed bitterly. “Do not make me laugh. You should be grateful we even let you stay here without a pack, without a wolf, without anyone backing you.”

With a sharp shove, the nurse pushed her.

Eden had no time to react.

Her foot slipped and balance broke. And the next second, she fell hard onto the cold floor, the impact knocking the breath from her lungs.

A bucket nearby tipped over. Icy water splashed over her clothes, soaking her completely, seeping into her hair, her skin, her bones.

Laughter erupted around her. “Oh my God,” one of them mocked. “Look at her.”

“So clumsy,” another added.

Eden sat there in stunned silence, drenched, trembling, her hands pressed against the floor as water pooled around her.

Her eyes stung, but she refused to let the tears fall.

Not here.

Not in front of them.

Slowly, she pushed herself up, her wet clothes clinging to her frame, her fingers shaking from cold and fury.

“Quick, Alpha Jake is coming!!” The words of the nurse rippled through the corridor like a warning howl.

Suddenly the air shifted around Eden.