“Nicole!”
Kaela scrambled off the bed and hauled the doctor upright, panic flooding her voice. “I’m so sorry. I don’t know what happened. Are you hurt?”
Nicole laughed weakly, brushing dirt from her white coat and gesturing at her chest. “A simple ‘no’ would have been enough. These girls took the worst of it.”
Kaela hurriedly stacked the fallen medical texts while Nicole straightened.
“You’ve gotten a lot stronger,” the doctor observed, eyes bright with curiosity. “I almost can’t believe you’re still human. What have you been eating?”
Kaela managed an awkward laugh. Nothing special, unless one counted a certain Alpha’s “meat.”
“It’s not food,” she admitted quietly. “It’s from Ronan. Because I spent the night with him.”
Nicole’s mouth formed a small O, but there was no judgment in he
