Kaelen's POV
I realized too late that the one I clung to, seeking comfort, was the very Alpha who hated me. I couldn't even think.
Not because of the injury that I had gotten but my slut of a wolf, who purred in need of some touch, and it didn't help that Ashton's body heat engulfed me.
Fortunately, I didn't do much to lose all the dignity I held, but it at least dropped it by a lot.
However, whatever medicine the doctor gave to me was enough to calm her down. But my injury healed slower than I wanted it to.
“Didn’t you say I was healing fine now?” I asked Lenal who joined us days later.
I had been stuck in bed, unable to train or move for fear of making it worse. “You stayed in your wolf form for too long,” he said simply.
“I thought I could. I felt fine.”
“Just because you felt
