TBMA [Complete ✔️]

7. One day

Rosalie's P. O. V

"She should be in school, not here!" One of the nurses whispered, thinking I couldn't overhear the conversation she was having with another nurse.

"If anyone hears you, you're as good as dead, Estelle!" The other one hissed, making me shut my eyes tightly.

Ever since mom died four years ago, things have been very different. Instead of going to school with the rest of the kids, I trained with nurses and doctors, forced to read book after book about medicine and ancient myths about previous healer wolves.

Dad got a lot stricter with the pack, forcing a curfew, forbidding all parties and gatherings, and upping training. He never looked me in the eyes, never spoke directly to me, blaming me and my brother for mom's death.

The only time he ever spoke to me was when I tried to heal him a few days after she passed. He was really sad and angry and it was affecting everyone around him, especially Knox. He told me that if I had just been quiet, I could have gone to live with someone else and mom would be happy. He said the only reason the pack was miserable was because of me, but Knox didn't let me believe that.

Despite not loving me as much as he used to, my brother firmly explained to me that none of this was my fault. That father was a monster and his wolf had gone feral because of it.

But father only blamed me behind closed doors. To the members of our pack, it was my brother that killed mom. He made them believe that Knox was a killer. They all hated him, cursed him, and refused to look at him, but he never said a word.

I would hate for everyone to hate me. Even though they hated my brother, they all really liked me still. Perhaps it was because I was a healer and they could use me to their advantage, but nobody was mean to me.

Knox wasn't either, but he also wasn't loving like he once was. Dad forced him to train straight after school, and he would often come home with bruises I was sure weren't from training, but he never complained. He wasn't tired, the bruises and punches weren't what was affecting him, it was the absence of mom.

We both loved her very much, but I had him and aunt Zaria, and Zane to help me through the hard times, while he had nobody. The few wolves that didn't blame him for what happened to mom, he pushed away.

He refuses to talk to anyone, giving short answers to questions but never starting conversations himself. I missed him so much, every day, I missed him even though we still shared a room.

When I was younger I had asked aunt Zari if he still loved me if maybe it was mom he loved and that's why he was taking care of me, but she hugged me tight, tighter, and more warmly than anyone had since mama had died, and told me it's his way of grieving. She said some people didn't like to talk about their emotions, that he loved me most in the world and that I was all he had left. She asked me to look after him, even when it seemed he didn't want me to. She asked me to promise her that I would never stop believing in him.

And I did.

I promised her because I really believed that one day when he doesn't miss mom that much anymore, when he learns to accept that she isn't here, that he would come back to me.

And I never stopped believing that, even when it hurt, even when he was the one that made it hurt, I never stopped believing that the version of him I once knew would come back.

"Rose?" Nurse Estelle, the kindest and most caring of all of them, put her hand on my shoulder, jerking me away from my thoughts.

"Are you okay, Hunny, do you need a longer break?" There was a kind smile on her face, a few wrinkles starting to appear on her forehead, yet she was still beautiful.

I shook my head, smiling back at her.

"I'm fine, I was just about to get back to work," I mumbled, knowing she always caught me when I lied. But my exhaustion didn't matter to the dying wolves in front of me, and it certainly wouldn't matter to my father when he requested numbers.

I placed my hands over the wolf laying on the first bed of this room, my second for today. There were about six beds in each room and I was expected to heal around ten or twelve every day.

Estelle wanted to protest, but she let it go when she saw me concentrate my energy, going to stand near the door, so she wouldn't bother me.

I closed my eyes and focused on the energy I was channeling, forcing it through my veins and into the male wolf's body. The energy was strong, burning as it passed through me, setting every inch of my body on fire.

I bit my lip, tasting the metallic flavor of blood I had grown accustomed to. My lip was always b****y, always injured due to the constant usage of it to stop screams.

But with this being my seventh wolf, I couldn't hold it in, letting out an ear-piercing scream. When I finished with him, my body was trembling and my head was spinning.

Everything was starting to become blurry, forcing me to close my eyes and steady myself. I closed my eyes just as the now healthy wolf opened his, letting out a sigh of relief as he no longer felt pain.

"Thank you, child!" He cried and took my hands, kissing my knuckles. "May you be blessed!" I forced my eyes open and smiled warmly at him, reminding myself why I didn't hate who I was. Sure, I was forced to be here by my father, but if I had the option to chose not to be a healer, I'd rather feel pain than not be able to help.

The sighs of relief as pain leaves the patients' bodies, the thank yous, the tears of happiness and smiles on their faces, and the faces of those they love were priceless things I wouldn't mind feeling pain over.

Estelle helped me walk to the next bed, wiping my sweat away with a wet towel.

"You're burning up again." She told me, concern swimming in her dark brown eyes.

"It's okay, I'll be finished soon enough." She opened her mouth to speak, but quickly closed it and let me do what I was supposed to.

I sucked in a breath and placed my hands over the second patient, a young female wolf, and channeled my healing energy again, the familiar pain intensifying with each second.

Another ear-piercing scream escaped my lips, my hair flowing behind me with the signature healer wolf silver.

After I was finished with her, I worked on two more adult wolves before I searched the room for my final patient of the day, my gaze landing on a girl not older than five years old.

The little girl was holding a ripped teddy bear with one missing eye. She was trying to sleep, but violent coughing was shaking her tiny frame, her brows furrowed in discomfort.

The last female I had healed ran over to her daughter, taking her hand and giving it a small kiss.

"What did they do to you, love?" She asked her little girl, now caressing her hair.

I kneeled next to her mom, despite my body's protest, putting a hand on her shoulder.

"What happened?" I asked gently. The mother was quiet, her body visibly tensing at my question. I thought she wouldn't answer when she sniffed and turned to look at me.

"The latest rogue attack..." She began, wiping her tears with the hand that wasn't holding her daughter's. "My mate and I's house was attacked. He went out for battle but was quickly outnumbered. I had to leave him behind and save our daughter." She looked back towards the little girl, dark shadows of pain casting her features.

"I picked her up, straight out of bed, and ran. She cried along with me, cold and scared, while I cried as I listened to her dad's pained screams." A shudder went through her body. "I knew they were going to kill him, but I had hoped I would get there in time. I left her in the faraway woods and told her to stay quiet, that mommy and daddy would come back for her," Her cries became louder as she held her daughter's hand just a little tighter.

"We were young when I got pregnant, my mate and I. He stuck by my side through all and he isn't here anymore." She took another pause. "When I got there, I felt the bond break, saw his body fall limp to the ground seeped with his blood. The rogues thought I would die from the pain, that's how loud I screamed, so they only hit me once, but I blacked out. I woke up In the morning after everything was over. My baby got really sick because I left her in the cold and she hasn't healed." She finished, tears streaming down both our cheeks now.

No one should have to go through this. No one should have to watch their mate die and blame themselves for their daughter's sickness, it wasn't fair.

"I'm so sorry for your loss!" I whispered, running my arm up and down hers, once, soothing her.

"Do you think you can help her?" She sucked in a breath right after asking me, afraid. "Please!"

I nodded, urging her to move to the side, so I could have enough space to work with. With a final burst of energy, in front of the curious eyes of the healed patients, my hair floated one last time for today, and my lips let out one final scream, before I slumped to the floor hearing the rush of the female's steps towards her daughters, while Estelle rushed to help me.

"Mommy?" The little girl asked, a sob escaping through her mother's throat.

"I'm here, love, I'm right here and I'll never leave you again, you hear me?" I opened my eyes to watch them hug each other before the female asked me to join in.

The hug felt loving, full of gratitude.

"Hi!" I waved at the sweet girl, who waved back. "I'm Rose, nice to meet you, sweetie!" She smiled and shook my hand.

"I'm Lilly and my mommy is Sophia!" Her mom smiled and thanked me over and over again, but my gaze and attention were entirely on the two's bond and the way they looked at each other.

The way no one looked at me anymore. My heart twisted painfully as I realized my memories of mom's face were starting to fade, her once familiar eyes now only a distant image.

One day I will have my own daughter and I would love her more than any parent has ever loved their baby. I will be the perfect mom and give her the love mine no longer could.

One day, when I gain my freedom and get my brother back, we'll start our own families. I will have a little girl and he'll have a little boy.

And I'll be their favorite!

A/N

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