Ava's POV
He did not look like a threat. I fixed him with a steady gaze, waiting for him to introduce himself.
He smiled warmly. “I’m Reuben Mills, a friend of Alpha Victor’s. I’m a doctor. He asked me to check your hand.”
I froze for half a second. Victor sent him here to check on my injury?
My wolf shifted, confused. Kindness was not something I associated with him.
And Reuben Mills? I knew that name.
He was a top tier medical wolf, renowned in both orthopedic and neural reconstruction. Getting an appointment with him required status, power, or luck bordering on impossible.
And yet, here he was. For me.
“…Let me see your hand,” he said gently.
Snapping out of my thoughts, I stepped forward and held it out.
He unwrapped the bandage with careful precision. His touch was light. Hi
